> However, it doesn't really matter about the difference, and it's not > Ann's eyes that are at fault. The important thing is that you're using > one of the combinations that every design guide recommends against > because of its inherent illegibility. In general it's a better idea to > have dark text against a lighter background. Think about the number of > books and magazines you see with black pages and light print, and ask > yourself if you'd want to read something printed like that.
I've found I much prefer dark backgrounds to light ones, but perhaps I have somewhat sensitive eyes. I have read that white on black can be hard on the eyes, but I did make my text a gray tone to make it less contrasty, and I think that helps a lot. ffffff on 000000 is really hard to look at, I agree. There are two main reasons I chose black as my background color: 1. Photos tend to look better on a dark background when shown on the internet (IMHO). There's less glare around the image to screw with the apparent presentation of the photo. I also picked gray tones for my text and links to reduce glare. Photos often look very different (to my eyes) between my dark website and my bright livejournal, which has a white background. 2. Darker websites use less monitor power to display than bright ones, so it's a tiny contribution towards reducing power consumption and, thus, climate change. May sound silly, but it means something to me. Anyone have any ideas about why my lovely gray colors aren't showing up properly in Firefox? John -- http://www.neovenator.com http://www.cafepress.com/neovenatorphoto -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
