The Blog of Harald

Finally, some reseachers have shown that those ickly overhead flourescent lights really do cause eyestrain in computer users. An article in Realage’s HealthBytes Newsletter, claims

a significant decrease in eyestrain, eye fatigue, sensitivity to light, blur with computer use, and glare or reflections from the computer screen

when overhead flourescents were fitted with an acrylic filter tinted to give off “more natural light”.

Ye gods, I despise overhead flourescents. I’m glad to see more concrete research in this area…