Got a chance to look at the new nmh web site today.  I must say I don't
think making it white text on a black background is a good idea.  The
default blue and purple link colors are too dark and are extremely difficult
to read against a black background (both on my AIX workstation's 8-bit-color
1280x1024 display and my PC's 24-bit-color 1024x768 display, each of which
has the brightness cranked up).

I know white on black looks more striking than black on white or grey, but I
don't know that nmh in particular _needs_ a striking-looking web site.  I'd
say one that's easy to read is more appropriate.  Another big problem with
#FFFFFF-colored text is that most browsers (esp. Netscape) honor the text
color but not the background color when printing, so you get white on white
and empty printouts.

Doug, I know that nice logo you designed won't look as classy in a frame on
a light-colored page, but I'd say the tradeoff is worth it.

Oh, and one typo on the opening page -- it should be "shell commands", not
"shells commands".

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