Seeing the World Through Rose-Tinted Spectacles

19 April 2006

You may have noticed that the glasses I wear have a pink tint. Contrary to popular opinion, this isn’t a fashion statement; they stop me getting headaches when spending long periods of time in front of a computer monitor. They also make reading faster and more comfortable. The same principle is apparently used with dyslexic kids.

My optician recommended that I try Screen Tinter from Thomson Software Solutions. The software makes it easy to tweak window colour backgrounds. Setting Red: 255 Green 230 and Blue 255 does it for me!

It’s free as in beer, but only works on the Windows platform.