Peter Cordes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > In the case of terminal colours, I thought most people really did > use black bg terminals, or at least dark something, like blue. Also, > real VT100s and VT220s have black bg screens with amber text. > There's a precedent for black bg terminals outside of X.
Light (Amber, Green, Gray) on Black terminals probably made the most sense, back then. Most people will concur that a light background means too much eyestrain on CRT rates of 60 Hz or less. Low-end computers followed this trend (C64: amazingly readable lightblue/darkblue, Amiga: white/darkblue, IBM-PC: Gray,Green/Black) With the advent of powerful workstation monitors delivering 70 Hz or more, the most glaring problem of black/white became less and less important. I'll throw in another <URL:http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/people/ematias/faq/S/S-9.html> (Anwers from comp.human-factors to "Which screen colors look best / produce the least eye strain?") -- Robbe