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Stoic Joker:
Wow! That is cool, but can the taskbar be kept at the bottom instead of (the Mac-ish) at the top of the screen?

I can't look at it for more than 20 minutes without starting to feel some eye strain.
-40hz (May 29, 2014, 10:37 AM)
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That's because cool new things aren't designed for old blind people. :D How the hell did you get bifocals? I keep getting talked into these %#$! "Progressive" lenses that just drive me nutz. I have to take them off while at the computer or I'm afraid my neck will snap while I bobble my head trying to hunt for the right spot in the channel where the screen will supposedly "clear".

40hz:
I can't look at it for more than 20 minutes without starting to feel some eye strain.
-40hz (May 29, 2014, 10:37 AM)
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That's because cool new things aren't designed for old blind people. :D
-Stoic Joker (May 29, 2014, 11:36 AM)
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Ah! That explains it. I'm guilty on that score. ;D :P

I keep getting talked into these %#$! "Progressive" lenses that just drive me nutz.
-Stoic Joker (May 29, 2014, 11:36 AM)
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Actually, mine were called progressive "bifocal" lenses. (Sorry for the confusion if I used the wrong term.) Supposedly that means they progress between two distinct strengths as opposed to some that have a specific third strength (trifocal?) somewhere in them. Or so it was "explained" to me when I got mine.

It took me a few days to teach just my eyes to move instead of my entire head in order to find the sweet spot. Guess I'm just lucky. My GF can use them too. But her Mom, my Mom, my two sisters, and three of our friends absolutely can't stand progressive lenses. They've all got the ones with "the line" and a top and bottom.

But I also had an incentive. My pair cost a lot. I don't have optical coverage, so I really couldn't afford to go back and get a different pair if I didn't like what I ordered. And since I need glasses for just about everything, I really had no choice but to figure out how to use them and adapt.

So it goes. ;D

MilesAhead:
I'd probably like the transparency for something that's only going to be showing for a short time.  Like if I hit Winkey pause to get at advanced features or whatnot.

I actually surf the net quite often in a W7 VM just because W8 is so lame.  I have the Big Muscle transparency mod to keep me sane.  But I don't get using drab and flat unless I'm on some really tight ram allowance.  Like running TurboVision on Dos or something.  :)

Edit: with my eyes I don't think glasses will help.  They keep changing their mind what's wrong with them.  I know if I went to an optometrist they would change right after (s)he wrote the prescription.  :)  They're probably pissed because I don't let them stare at hot chicks as much as they want to.  :)

Stoic Joker:
Boy, and here I was all ready to be jealous that you'd gotten a pair of the good old fashion lined bifocals. I always thought the round reading segment lenses looked cool as hell back when I was in an optical surfacing lab. But I didn't need a multifocal lens back then so I couldn't try them properly.

With progressives as the curves change you end up with a trifocal like effect regardless of what was being shot for to start with. The cheaper progressives tend to have narrower channels and more distortion of peripheral vision when you try to look to the side without moving your head. This is a bit dangerous for driving me thinks as having to wag your head back and forth constantly becomes painful rather quickly. And of course the higher my add power goes the worse the peripheral distortion gets.

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@MilesAhead - Are you diabetic by chance? Frequent changes in vision is an indicator of diabetes.

MilesAhead:
@MilesAhead - Are you diabetic by chance? Frequent changes in vision is an indicator of diabetes.
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Please don't say unlucky things.  :)
I'm perfectly healthy if you don't count boredom as a malady.  :)

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