I was born with excellent vision, and even flew high-performance aircraft without glasses. However, as a now 60 year old computer programmer (yep, we do exist) I tried progressives, and gave up on them. I ended up with neck-strain when looking at the monitor. It was a disaster.
My optometrist gave me three prescriptions, for which I obtained three different pairs of glasses:
1 - short range (for reading books);
2 - medium (for reading computer monitors) which focuses at approximately at one cubit (1 arms-length);
3 - long distance (for TV and driving and everything else).
It obviously cost me more, but I am very happy with these 3 pairs.
Now if Google (or some other smart guys) could come up with self-focussing glasses, that would be cool.
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I was born with excellent vision, and even flew high-performance aircraft without glasses. However, as a now 60 year old computer programmer (yep, we do exist) I tried progressives, and gave up on them. I ended up with neck-strain when looking at the monitor. It was a disaster. My optometrist gave me three prescriptions, for which I obtained three different pairs of glasses: 1 - short range (for reading books); 2 - medium (for reading computer monitors) which focuses at approximately at one cubit (1 arms-length); 3 - long distance (for TV and driving and everything else). It obviously cost me more, but I am very happy with these 3 pairs. Now if Google (or some other smart guys) could come up with self-focussing glasses, that would be cool.