GOgoldenkey·May 28, 2022
It's not bad advice to make font sizes larger. You should also be using something like F.lux or night mode all the time. Yellow light is much less straining on the eyes than white or blue light.
Resolution really doesn't matter much when it comes to strain. I have a 2011 2560x1440 27" monitor that I've always used large font on. What's important is being able to see without straining and a larger UI helps. Having higher resolutions is nice but largely unecessary. Blur is not going to happen from making things larger if you do it right. Doing it right means that you shouldn't be changing the actual output resolution of your OS, but rather the interface size itself. On OSX you'll want to use the HiDPI (Retina) resolution options. Enabled through this script: https://github.com/xzhih/one-key-hidpi
On Windows you can just set the magnificatio
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n/font size through the settings panel.
This applies to any resolution display -- use the full physical resolution!!
Frame rates are actually more of a factor. 120hz+ is going to cut down on strain. Avoiding PWM [1] on phones, tablets, laptops, and monitors will also help.
But really, the gold standard is for you to wear a different set of spectacles when you do your computer work. You shouldn't need the power of your full prescription to do close up work. It's destroying your eyes.
[1] https://www.notebookcheck.net/Why-Pulse-Width-Modulation-PWM...