On 06/07/2011 07:09 PM, pancake wrote: > Its anti natural. It's not.
Because I asked myself which is the best working environment regarding ones eyes some time ago, I looked around for some scientific research on the topic of black-background vs white background. There's not that much research to be cited (and to be honest, after reading the papers I removed them) but the overall conclusion is that most probants had a higher reading speed and slightly less reading errors with black text on white background. Nevertheless, the differences are very small. In the end it comes down to personal preference. Additionally, I looked around for some research regarding eye health w.r.t. black- vs white-background because one common 'understanding' seems to be that your eyes will be treated more friendly with a black background. Again, none of the research papers I read (origin from about 1970 - 2008 or so, when I have some time and the will to I'll search the papers) came to the conclusion that this is true. Quite the opposite, that they could not detect any difference. The only clear direction stated was that when you have to work with a monitor and feel that your eyes are tiring, you should probably go to an optician as you might have a minor amblyopia (+.25, -.25 something like that) and proper way to work against it is to try eyeglasses. regards
