Use-case for turning off display smoothing

2007-08-22 Thread Jameson Chema Quinn
I'm thinking about syntax coloring. In cases like this, it is more important to be able to see *whether* something is colored than to see what color it is. Even with no backlight, the diagonal banding would give you that information; the smoothing, by reducing that banding, would be getting in the

Re: Use-case for turning off display smoothing

2007-08-22 Thread Walter Bender
We should alway make sure that there is some value contrast in our color choices so that (a) things will work in reflective mode and (b) those with color vision deficiencies can still see important distinctions. -walter On 8/22/07, C. Scott Ananian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 8/22/07, Jameson

Re: Use-case for turning off display smoothing

2007-08-22 Thread Eben Eliason
Use of bold, italic, and underline for syntax highlighting can also be effective in conjunction with color/value differences. - Eben On 8/22/07, Walter Bender [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We should alway make sure that there is some value contrast in our color choices so that (a) things will