Bob W wrote: >>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. >> >> >> > >You may be an exception, of course (or a natural-born Death Metal >Goth), but most people find black text on white background most >legible - meaning basically that they are more likely to read to the >end of the text, and to remember and understand more of what they have >read. >
But the reason he is using black is to frame the photo... the sidebar stuff is just for links.... and shouldnt intrude on the image - which, I'm afraid, John, I feel that your neovenator camera banner does intrude, although it is a nice slick idea -- I'd make it smaller) While I agree that black text on white is more legible than the reverse , a pure white screen is a eye killer. My eyes start to water quickly - turning down the brightness on the monitor every time someone has a white screen isn't good if mainly what I'm working on are photos. If there is something more than a line or two long on line with black on white I either print it out or cut and paste it to a gray background... Particularly important with my aging eyes that can't adjust quickly from light to dark... I love a black background for photos on line ann > >A good source of information about legibility in print is a short book >available on the web called 'Are you communicating or just making >pretty shapes?'. It's worth reading and the results are based on >statistical analysis of readers' reactions to different typography and >layout. By and large the results seem to transfer across to the web. > > > >>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. >> >> >> > >Neither black nor white is a good choice as a background for pictures. >I did a bit of research around this a few years ago when I put >together my first web site. The best choice is a medium grey, which is >also used as a non-web standard for picture viewing conditions. I >can't find the references to back this up, unfortunately. It tends to >make photo sites look a bit samey, but there is a good Darwinian >reason for so many professional sites having a similar look! > >Regards >Bob > > > > -- 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.
