[andrewaylett]

Contact lenses are good for certain issues with eyes, but not others -- at least around here, they're worn a lot more by short-sighted people than long-sighted people, and the article is definitely describing someone who's long-sighted.

The problem is that if you need to correct your vision for close-up work, a lens that corrects sufficiently may not be suitable for general purpose vision. In this case, you need to use glasses as you'll need to take them off when you get up from your computer, or you'll need bi- or vari-focals.

[lutorm]

True. I wear contact lenses to correct for my general near-sightedness. And then I wear reading glasses on top of them when sitting for long periods at a computer.