>From: Adam Churvis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Yeah, and I bet you *fine*, girl!
Aw, shucks ... *blushes* you're going to make me all embarrassed and stuff >We just need the desk to follow the chair's adjustment is all (unless you >say otherwise -- you have good >advice). >Are there any other pieces of advice you have for accommodating people >around your height? Definitely the desk should adjust with the chair. The thing about short people - most usually everything about us is short, obviously. Arms, legs, etc. So if the chair is low enough for our feet to touch the floor, but we can't reach the keyboard or see the monitor because it's out of proportion to the height of the chair -- no good. The optimal position for good posture is back against the chair; feet on the floor; arms waist high, bent at 90 degrees so they're straight out or tilted up slightly, and supported somehow; monitor at a height where the neck doesn't have to tilt up or down to see it; and enough clearance under the desk to comfortably fit the legs. Usually the problem I have is arms and legs. The chair either can't get low enough so my feet rest on the floor and my arms are level simultaneously, or the chair's TOO low and my arms have to reach up to use the keyboard. My optimal set up is an adjustable keyboard tray (adjustable up and down) with good wrist support and a large space for the mouse, a chair that goes low enough so my legs fit under the keyboard tray, and space on the desk to bring the monitor within an arm's length of my eyes (although I find as I get older the monitor creeps even closer than this -- I'm only 32!! *sigh*). An alternative is a foot rest if a keyboard tray isn't available and you have to adjust the chair higher. This at least supports the feet. Really, it's basic ergonomics ... it's just most standard (read: cheap) office furniture doesn't meet the extreme needs of the really tall or really short even when adjusted optimally. But you can find items that will meet these needs just fine - they might be a bit more expensive, tho. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Enterprise web applications, build robust, secure scalable apps today - Try it now ColdFusion Today ColdFusion 8 beta - Build next generation apps Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:240943 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
