From what I've read here and elsewhere, almost all the pro monitors for photo editing are matte. I personally can't stand glossy for anything -- I think consumers generally prefer it because it looks pretty, but they don't realize the eye strain it causes.
The only way to have glare is if there is a light on in the room or sunlight that you have no control of. A "Pro" must not have any ambient light striking his display wether he has a matte, or non-matte screen. If they do have a lamp shining on their display while they are editing graphics, they are not a pro. If they do that and try to earn a living they will go broke or they have stupid clients.
If your publishing something only to the internet, it doesn't matter what you do because it will look different to everyone that looks at it.
For office workers with light they have no control over, there may be glare which could cause eye strain.
There are different needs for these two different groups.
People keep throwing around this "pro" term - "Pros use matte". Non-sense. They used matte if they had an Apple Cinema Display because they wanted Apple and that's all Apple had.If there no light shining on your screen there's no glare. But if you have a matte screen it will disperse the light that comes through it thus dulling it. There's nothing you can do about that. But a "glossy" screen is simply clear glass that does NOTHING to the light coming through it. The reason colors look "more brilliant" is because that is the source material and you are used to seeing matte make it less brilliant. Matte is something between the image and your eyes, you can't control it. But ambient light can be controlled by a pro.
Remember all those high-end CRT editing monitors? They were all glass ("glossy"), pros would put a hood over it to prevent light striking the surface. You have to do that with glass or matte. Read articles about true artists that work very hard to get their monitor calibrated to give the same results as their printer.
Go to a gallery that has glass in front of a photo, will it be matted? No way. It will be the same clear - no color hue - glass that covers the front of a "glossy" display.
Clear glass does not alter a color, matte does. If someone wants to demonstrate how clear glass alters the color have at it.
