[Jim Richards]

John, I use progressive lenses and that seems to work out well for me. I, too, spend a good many hours in front of a monitor, and I'm quite comfortable with my glasses. One important consideration is the brand of lens you get. I tried to use progressive lenses from the large chain stores like Lenscrafters without success. I was very uncomfortable with the combination of corrections (near/far) using their lenses. I could see far and near; however, the near region was too focused and I felt like the glasses were throwing off my depth perception when I was standing up. It made walking very uncomfortable. I ended up getting glasses with a higher grade lens (Zeiss). This worked out well for me and I've been wearing glasses with Zeiss progressive lenses for a number of years.

IMO, multiple glasses (regular, reading) are a PIA.