Andrew Lentvorski([EMAIL PROTECTED])@Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 12:51:18PM -0700: > What I found is called a "bookmarklet" generator: > http://www.squarefree.com/userstyles/make-bookmarklet.html > > It makes sites like this readable: > http://avinashv.net/2008/04/python-decorators-syntactic-sugar/ > > Now, one thing I still don't quite seem to get. Everybody > *claims* that white-on-black is more readable. Yet why does my > experience disagree? > > Why do I find the white-on-black websites to be so much less > readable? I use white/green/cyan on black for consoles. Which means e-mail, editing and most everything else I do is "bright" on black. My reason is that I find bright backgrounds shine more light at my eyes and make me tire more quickly.
I followed the example link above and I agree that it needs some work. Possibly my own font settings would improve it. Fonts with thin strokes make anything less readable for me. If the spaces between letters are too big, that can be a problem too. White on black may just enhance those kinds of things. Carl's previous point about fonts being designed for black on white seems reasonable to me. I remember a while back that a student studying graphic arts in advertizing told me white on black is *much* more effective on banners and ads. This is apparently common knowledge in that field. Of course the execs who pay for it don't have to listen. I don't try to turn everything to bright on black on my desktop, but I sometimes will change application backgrounds to a "newsprint" green. That helps take the strain off my eyes. Wade Curry syntaxman -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
