All eyes in the world (including mine) are broken. We need to fix our eyes.... :-D (that's what Raster would say, he is the only one that seems to think it is easily readable)
On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 11:53 AM, Rui Seabra <[email protected]> wrote: > Everyone I show it to agrees with me that there is not enough contrast. > > Just look at the text to the left of the clock. > > Much more readable even though it's smaller. > > Carsten Haitzler <[email protected]> wrote: > > >On Mon, 19 Nov 2012 09:55:08 +0000 Rui Seabra <[email protected]> said: > > > >indeed. right. :) seriously - it's zero trouble reading it for me - > >it's not > >even barely an effort. > > > >> Riiight. > >> > >> Carsten Haitzler <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> >On Mon, 19 Nov 2012 08:42:32 +0000 Rui Miguel Silva Seabra > >> ><[email protected]> said: > >> > > >> >> You may be very right from an engineering point of view, but from > >an > >> >> usability point of view you're quite wrong as the end result is > >quite > >> >> dark and hard to read: > >> >> > >> >> http://files.1407.org/shot-dark-clock-on-dark-bg.png > >> > > >> >i'm reading it incredibly easily. in fact not even reading - just > >> >glancing at > >> >it and i can read the time just fine. > >> > > >> >> Rui > >> >> > >> >> On Mon, 19 Nov 2012 09:55:29 +0900 > >> >> Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> > >> >> > On Sun, 18 Nov 2012 20:40:34 +0000 Rui Miguel Silva Seabra > >> >> > <[email protected]> said: > >> >> > > >> >> > > As of today, some 10 hours ago old tree, the clock is almost > >> >> > > unreadable, being dark blue on dark grey is not good... > >> >> > > >> >> > the day that it dark blue, is the day the sun is deep purple. > >this > >> >> > isn;t a subjective thing - it's provable via rgb values (and > >lets > >> >say > >> >> > you define dark blue as < 0x80 intensity of the maximum > >element). > >> >> > > >> >> > > Rui > >> >> > > > >> >> > > > >> >> > > On Wed, 14 Nov 2012 22:24:19 > >> >> > > +0900 Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) <[email protected]> > >> >wrote: > >> >> > > > >> >> > > > On Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:03:52 +0200 "Alex-P. Natsios" > >> >> > > > <[email protected]> said: > >> >> > > > > >> >> > > > massively worse than whats there. in the same way its also > >> >blurry > >> >> > > > and unreadable too (using that term the same way). in > >addition, > >> >a > >> >> > > > serif font where everything else is sans-serif in the theme? > >> >> > > > that's like walking around in a pink suit with green shoes > >and > >> >> > > > expecting to be taken seriously in a business meeting. :) > >> >> > > > > >> >> > > > the clock is mimicing a blue version of a "tube clock": > >> >> > > > > >> >> > > > > >http://assets.ilounge.com/images/uploads/nixie-tube-clock-1.jpg > >> >> > > > http://gadgets.boingboing.net/filesroot/nixie-tube-clock.jpg > >> >> > > > > >> > >> > http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q146/atbglenn/Nixie%20Clock/MyNixieTubeClock.jpg > >> >> > > > > >> >> > > > as such it's a pretty good reproducion of such a thing as it > >> >was > >> >> > > > done by hand, and its perfectly readable. people claiming > >it's > >> >not > >> >> > > > readable are the kind of people who use that word to simply > >say > >> >"i > >> >> > > > dont like it" - it has nothing to do with readability. you > >can > >> >> > > > read is just fine without any problems. > >> >> > > > > >> >> > > > > Greetings, > >> >> > > > > > >> >> > > > > Many people came crying in #e about the new dark digital > >> >clock > >> >> > > > > and those unreasonal scribbles in the numbers back. > >> >> > > > > > >> >> > > > > It looks cool and artistic but it is hard to read :( > >making > >> >it > >> >> > > > > unusable as a module (at least in its digital form). > >> >> > > > > > >> >> > > > > After a brief discussion about it cipher (Haris Antonatos) > >> >> > > > > decided to give it a try and create an alternative set. > >> >> > > > > > >> >> > > > > I think of it as pretty neat and matching with the overall > >> >feel > >> >> > > > > please have a look at it as a possibly viable replacement > >of > >> >the > >> >> > > > > current digital look. > >> >> > > > > > >> >> > > > > http://postimage.org/gallery/f4doc1s/ > >> >> > > > > > >> >> > > > > -- > >> >> > > > > Best Regards, > >> >> > > > > > >> >> > > > > Alex-P. 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