Computer Use and Comfort survey

[ben03]

One thing that I think I find important that is not on your survey is the height of the chair relative to the desk and computer.

you're spot on - this is an important factor to consider when setting up a workstation. since most desks are not (easily) height adjustable that leaves us with the keyboard tray option ... which more often than not draws the ire of many. but setting up the chair with your feet on flat and firmly on the floor is the starting point. for those in discomfort the missing key is often the addition of a lowered surface for the keyboard and mouse.

i classified this as "equipment setup" in the survey.

thanks for the feedback:-)

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

I might be inclined to take the survey (or even click the link) if I knew more about who you were and why you wanted the information.

His real name is ben and he's posted 913 times on eLynah since 2004.  What more could you want to know? :-P

that info is incorrect ... it was reset when the site was migrated to Age's new server (iirc) :-P i first started posting in 2000-01

We used to see you at games...and then you disappeared. that is, if you are the Ben I'm thinking of.

yes, same one ... you can chalk my disappearance up to the move to California :-)

Then why haven't you run into Roy 82?  He's out on the left coast, too.  ::whistle::

BTW, Ben.  The reason I said in the survey I'm not interested in learning about ergonomics is that I know a lot about it already.  My company requires us to do an ergo survey of our workstation EVERY YEAR.  I've done about 15 of them, so I pretty much know what constitutes an ergonomic workstation set-up.

Thanks Jeff ... you work for a fairly progressive company if you've been doing so for 15 years. A large number are really just coming around to the idea b/c they can finally see a cost/benefit of preventive measures vs. reactive.

I think we went through a spate of carpal tunnel surgeries way back when, and that woke people (read: the company's lawyers) up.

I find the comment about progressive a bit ironic.  There's a story (possibly apochryphal) from the late 80's about the president of our company saying he didn't want to spend the money to give the engineers PC's because he was convinced they wouldn't catch on.

[RatushnyFan]

Question.....not worth its own thread.  I want to upload HD videos of my boys hockey games so that teammates can watch the video as well. Can I use a free hosting service provider or Facebook or do I need a higher quality service provider? The key aspects that are important to me are (1) ability to host HD video, (2) bandwidth - I don't want to have to upload multiple video segments for a single game and (3) ability to share with others so that they can view the game.

Thanks for any advice.