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Originally Posted by Worldwalker
With the growing popularity of wide-screen monitors, "unless the calibre window is very wide" might not be so unlikely.
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Please (!) do not over-optimize calibre for wide-screen monitors.
I have tried hard to use one and given up. My problem is that I need trifocals. I wear progressive lenses to avoid all the lines and rapid vertical vision shifts. The middle-distance focus width on all progressive lenses I have seen (and I have looked hard) is very narrow, just a few degrees off of straight-on. When I look at the center of a wide screen, the edges are out of focus. Bringing them into focus requires moving my head to the side, making the other side even worse. The result: my head is popping back and forth like I am controlled by a drugged puppeteer, I get headaches, and generally grouchy.
I can't even use a 4/3 monitor bigger than 19", and a 19" one must be at least 2.5 feet from my eyes.
I am certain that I am not the only one in this situation, as it comes with age.
