Despite – or perhaps because of – my love for video games, I tend to lag behind a bit in the department of technological trends. I did not get my first smartphone until about two years ago, and I was not using a widescreen monitor until exactly… yesterday.
That’s right. You know how back in the day everyone’s monitor was a square? That was mine. Until about 16 hours ago.
Needless to say my crowded world…
suddenly got a whole lot bigger…
It’s actually kind of difficult to enjoy right now, because for whatever reason, my new monitor is hurting my eyes. I’ve never been one of those people who gets eye strain from staring at monitors (other than from the 3D feature on the Nintendo 3DS), so I’m at a loss as to why this one is giving me fits. Nothing looks fuzzy or anything; everything is crisp and sharp. So who knows. For now I’ve pushed the monitor back (so there’s at least 24 inches between it and me) and also turned down the brightness. We’ll see if it helps!
Welp, could be the eyestrain from (I kid you not) having to skew your eyes around a lot more. You may need to rearrange your UI so that the stuff you look at the most is clustered in one or two areas, such as (in my case) the lower middle.