Usability / colours

[Wim De Smet]

Josef Dalcolmo said:

>
> wdesmet at 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 at yucom.be