Josef Dalcolmo said:
wdesmet@yucom.be said:
sys. And I think there's a problem when people find black screens "scary" (making them blue would probably not help either ;)
I agree, however the choice of colours of some applications is rather suboptimal, to put it mildly. Lynx for example or Jed have colour settings that not only offend the eye but are very difficult to read (like dark
blue
letters on black background). Both can be configured differently, but I
think
there should be better default. Note that even a colour blind person found
the
settings terrible. Colour should be an enhancement, but not necessary for
the
usability!
I do not find black backgrounds scary, since I have used computers since
they
all had black background on the screens, but I do find them more tiring on
the
eyes. Unfortunately, the default colour choices of some applications in a terminal with non-black background setting seem not very good. Fortunately this all seems to apply mostly to older (but still useful) apps.
- Josef
Isn't this a glare problem? Glare on a black screen is more impeding than on a coloured desktop. Actually I find black-white contrast pretty good on the eyes. But maybe that's just me, or my screen.
responding,
Wim wdesmet@yucom.be