Yellow on black is a big win for me. After 15 years I still prefer
it.
.Tami
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"Wendt,Andrew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>What do you people prefer as colours for extended viewing of text? :-)
Once upon a time I decided I wanted some variety in my terminal
colors, so I wrote a little TkPerl front-end to xterm. When I
ran it, it would pop up a large text label with the word
On Jan 14, Wendt,Andrew conjectured:
> What do you people prefer as colours for extended viewing of text? :-)
I personally like white letters on black background. And word processing
apps are always black letters on white bg. This is why I prefer to use
paper copy for extended reading. I can'
>> What do you people prefer as colours for extended viewing of text? :-)
If I'm reading a README while installing, it'll probably be less in an Eterm with
randomised
picture bgs - sometimes hard to read, but I love the pics!!!
Else, it might be black on white in emacs or netscape (for html) -
On Fri, 14 Jan 2000, Wendt,Andrew wrote:
> What do you people prefer as colours for extended viewing of text? :-)
On my old monitor I preferred white text/black background - on this one I find
that anything except white background is okay - even light yellow.
Sunnan (mm, how can I change away the
On Fri, 14 Jan 2000, Wendt,Andrew wrote:
> [...]
> >6. Get a color scheme that works for you, and stick with it. I like
> >black text on a light yellowy background for major reading of computer
> >text, purply or blue-green title bars, matching widgets, light yellowish
> >text in the titlebars, m
On Fri, Jan 14, 2000 at 08:26:06PM +1100 or thereabouts, Jenn V. wrote:
> > What do you people prefer as colours for extended viewing of text? :-)
>
> Black on white, always. White on black is literally painful!
> For me.
I remember when I started using X finding that the combinations of
colou
"Wendt,Andrew" wrote:
>
> Eek. I cannot understand why people have black letters on a light background
> for viewing text...
> What do you people prefer as colours for extended viewing of text? :-)
Black on white, always. White on black is literally painful!
For me.
Jenn V.
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coder wrote:
> i would die without my green text on a shaded Eterm background..
> Makes me think of the old 'green screen' CRT's way back when.. :)
>
> My roomate seems particularly fond of the classic amber color on a clear
> eterm with a dark theme background.
I'm used to white on black as s
--- "Wendt,Andrew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What do you people prefer as colours for extended viewing of
> text? :-)
There was a study done several years ago on this subject. The
results were inconclusive (surprise, surprise :->). If anyone
wants to read it, the website is at
http://hubel.sf
"Wendt,Andrew" wrote:
>
>
> What do you people prefer as colours for extended viewing of text? :-)
>
i would die without my green text on a shaded Eterm background..
Makes me think of the old 'green screen' CRT's way back when.. :)
My roomate seems particularly fond of the classic amber col
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>6. Get a color scheme that works for you, and stick with it. I like
>black text on a light yellowy background for major reading of computer
>text, purply or blue-green title bars, matching widgets, light yellowish
>text in the titlebars, menubars in a grey or purply shade with text in a
[..
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