How do you sit at a computer? Where is your keyboard and mouse? How do you face your monitor?
It's something that I'm mildly curious about. I don't think it says anything about the person, but I think it's interesting to compare notes and habits. People who use a laptop are kind of excluded, unless you just have to have your laptop on a table or desk when you type.
Personally, I usually sit with my chair at a small angle to my desk, turned to the side so I'm not sitting head on. My monitor is angled so that I get the right viewing angle from where I sit. I rest my right arm on the desk from the elbow down as I use my mouse. My keyboard rests in my lap, I find that more comfortable to type from than from a tray.
It's partly a reaction to space issues. I've always either had a cramped room or a built-in desk that was not built with computers in mind. I started keeping my keyboard in my lap simply because I didn't have desk space for it, and the habit built from there. And then when I started to have a TV in the same room, I needed to position my monitor and my TV so I could just shift my gaze from one to the other easily. When I'm playing a video game though I tend to lean forward and swivel my chair to face the monitor more directly.
It's something that I'm mildly curious about. I don't think it says anything about the person, but I think it's interesting to compare notes and habits. People who use a laptop are kind of excluded, unless you just have to have your laptop on a table or desk when you type.
Personally, I usually sit with my chair at a small angle to my desk, turned to the side so I'm not sitting head on. My monitor is angled so that I get the right viewing angle from where I sit. I rest my right arm on the desk from the elbow down as I use my mouse. My keyboard rests in my lap, I find that more comfortable to type from than from a tray.
It's partly a reaction to space issues. I've always either had a cramped room or a built-in desk that was not built with computers in mind. I started keeping my keyboard in my lap simply because I didn't have desk space for it, and the habit built from there. And then when I started to have a TV in the same room, I needed to position my monitor and my TV so I could just shift my gaze from one to the other easily. When I'm playing a video game though I tend to lean forward and swivel my chair to face the monitor more directly.