Then the easiest to read is amber on black. There is a lot we can learn from the sharp shooters, and the old dumb terminals.
On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 2:52 AM, Pieter Praet <pie...@praet.org> wrote: > On Sun, 12 Jun 2011 22:23:03 +0200, pancake <panc...@youterm.com> wrote: > > Just to add my 5c to the thread.. > > > > I remember in the msdos5.0 age where everybody was using a 80x25 text > console to run programs and graphical mode was just for games.. > > > > Many text editors used a blue background. This is: wordperfect/wordstar/ > edit.com .. > > > > I remember my teacher arguing this as something medically prooft that > white or black on blue is better than b/w or w/b. > > Your teacher is full of shit. > > Google "photoreceptor cell apoptosis induced by in vivo blue light > exposure". > > Hint: "apoptosis" means DEATH. > > > Another point in this topic is that many ebook readers (iBooks) allow to > change the background color to 'sepia'. Which is good for long readings, as > the contrast is lower than b/w. > > > > I think that for long readings you use to be in a fixed position and your > eyes get more tired if there's more bright on the screen. > > > > Also crt and lcd/tft screens have differet brightness effects. Tft are > less damaging to eyes than crt.. So i think discussion about colors on text > moved to only stethical and personal issue because its no longer dramatic as > it was in the crt era. > > > > > > --pancake > > > > On 12/06/2011, at 12:20, Connor Lane Smith <c...@lubutu.com> wrote: > > > > > On 12 June 2011 10:53, Nicolai Waniek <roc...@rochus.net> wrote: > > >> Quite the opposite, that they could not detect any difference. > > > > > > So uh, not *quite* the opposite. > > > > > > I'm willing to believe people have a higher reading speed with > > > black-on-white, though I suspect this is in part because that's how we > > > read the vast majority of the time. However, especially when I'm > > > tired, I can *feel* my eyes strain against the brightness (and if you > > > lower the brightness you get an unreadable grey-on-grey). We may be > > > good at reading black-on-white, but perhaps not black-on-fluorescent. > > > > > > It's possible I'm an outlier, being almost blind in one eye, but I > > > doubt that has much of an effect in this case. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > cls > > > > > > > Peace > > -- > Pieter > >
