Old is right! For a person with reactive glare problems caused by a cataract, white on black eliminates the problem, especially when you're on the one-eyed monster for long hours. Also, I don't understand why web designers use light-colored fonts on white or light backgrounds. I have to squint to see them. Using Windows 7 I've made the "high contrast" change there and have been doing everything in white on black for years. Learned that with Word Perfect long ago. One minor problem: Some website "submit"-type boxes may not show up on the black background, so I simply stab around with the tab key to find them. If I can't negotiate through a site easily, I switch to a white browser, which I keep available for that purpose.
------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Sat, 18 May 2013 20:18:59 -0400 From: Bill Davidsen <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Old Eyes Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote: > Ben09880 wrote: > >> For the time being, I have been able to create a theme that makes text >> easier to read by changing all background elements within SeaMonkey to >> be black, with all text white. > > Are you sure you want to do that? Isn't it backwards with white-on-black? > I believe sharp black-on-white is much easier to read. > No, bright text on black screen is easier to read (for everyone, kids just don't notice). When the screen is bright the pupils shrink, think trying to see a traffic signal when the sun is in your eyes. That's why there's a "backlit" option on cameras. > White-on-black is common on garage band web sites... > I'm not sure that's relevant to the technical issues... I like green on black personally, that's also not relevant. -- Bill Davidsen <[email protected]> We are not out of the woods yet, but we know the direction and have taken the first step. The steps are many, but finite in number, and if we persevere we will reach our destination. -me, 2010 ------------------------------ Message: 10 Date: Sat, 18 May 2013 21:40:10 -0400 From: "Paul B. Gallagher" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Old Eyes Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Bill Davidsen wrote: > Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote: >> Ben09880 wrote: >> >>> For the time being, I have been able to create a theme that makes text >>> easier to read by changing all background elements within SeaMonkey to >>> be black, with all text white. >> >> Are you sure you want to do that? Isn't it backwards with white-on-black? >> I believe sharp black-on-white is much easier to read. >> > No, bright text on black screen is easier to read (for everyone, kids > just don't notice). When the screen is bright the pupils shrink, think > trying to see a traffic signal when the sun is in your eyes. That's why > there's a "backlit" option on cameras. But a smaller pupil improves focus, so there's a bit of a trade-off. I personally find black on white easier to read with my particular brand of myopia; YMMV. -- War doesn't determine who's right, just who's left. -- Paul B. Gallagher _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
