Bastien wrote: > Eric S Fraga <e.fr...@ucl.ac.uk> writes: > >> And I've not only given up trying to convert anybody to Emacs, I have >> also given up trying to explain why a dark background with light text is >> much better on the eyes. Too much inertia and bad practices out there >> unfortunately. > > On this slightly off-topic subject, an oculist told me the dark > background did not really matter, what matters is the contrast. > Very high and very low are not good, something inbetween (but > he could point to a way to quantify this.) > > I use xcalib (http://xcalib.sourceforge.net/) to quickly switch > from light-on-dark (most often) to dark-on-light (from time to > time) and I recommend it.
What I once heard from ergonomical studies is that "black on white" was better than "white on black". Though, is it based on real grounds? Best regards, Seb -- Sebastien Vauban