On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 04:47:07PM -0700, Andrew Lentvorski wrote:
> 1) Color support used to be slow (and/or take up a palette entry)
> 2) Color may cause rendering issues
> 3) Color has emotional and cultural connotations
> 4) It's not clear what non-white does on text-only devices
> 5) It's what people are used to
> 6) Any reason to go to off-white is subject to degree
>
> So, it's probably a combination of inertia and no obviously better place
> to switch to.

None of these are showstoppers today right?

> For every person who like less contrast with off-white, there will be a
> bunch of people for whom it looks ivory and hate it.
>
> That having been said, a lot of blogs are starting to use "white on
> black ... snazzy!" and I can't *stand* it.  I find that I have to use a
> bigger font or the text looks like vibrates.

Is there *any* color combo you think will work
besides one with a white background then?

Chris


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