Question: In Western Europe, we currently have a long spell of warm and dry weather. The perfect moment to combine sunbathing with working from home. However, outside in the sun, the legibility of my laptop screen is greatly reduced when compared to inside the house/office, even when I maximize the display's brightness. Are there any tricks I can use to increase the legibility (and ultimately my productivity)?  

I'll share one trick I often use, but I'm definitely interested in more suggestions.

Answer: 
I forgot where I saw/heard this tip, but I'm often using a [cardboard](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardboard) box slightly larger than the laptop to provide shade on the display. At least for me, this makes it more legible. An additional benefit is that this also reduces the amount of sunlight on the laptop, which keeps it cooler and avoids the processor being underclocked, which would decrease performance. A slight disadvantage is that it also partially blocks the sun's rays to my upper body and arms.

Here is how it looks like:

[![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/LtVDtm.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/LtVDt.jpg)
To increase the legibility of a computer screen, arrangement should be made to control the fall of run rays directly on the computer screen. This can be done by covering the top of the computer by some wooden surface or cloth , in such a way that the area of the wooden surface or the cloth is more than the area of the top surface of the computer.