dlthomas comments on Spend Money on Ergonomics - Less Wrong

43 Post author: Kevin 23 December 2011 06:40AM

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Comment author: dlthomas 23 December 2011 09:59:37PM 2 points [-]

Large monitors would have mechanical and safety problems in portrait modes, or would need much heavier and bulkier support.

I don't follow this at all.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 24 December 2011 12:27:46PM 1 point [-]

Higher center of gravity, though I don't have a feeling for how tall a monitor would have to be for this to be a problem.

Comment author: dlthomas 24 December 2011 05:29:15PM 2 points [-]

If it pivots about the center of the screen, wouldn't it necessarily have the same center of gravity? That's how my monitor at work works, anyway.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 24 December 2011 06:02:06PM 0 points [-]

That makes sense-- I was thinking about finding a way to stand a landscape-oriented monitor on its edge rather than a sensible built-in feature.

Comment author: dlthomas 24 December 2011 06:19:11PM 1 point [-]

Ah, yeah, that does sound ill-advised. Maybe that's what the earlier comment was thinking too.