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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.
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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]>
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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.
As someone who has experienced this firsthand, I share your disdain of
close contrast text/background websites.
While I have nothing against garage bands, since Mozart is close by when
things head south, white font on black background is pretty radical
surgery. I'd opt for cataract surgery first, but until that happens
consider overriding the website font with a font that overrides all
webpage fonts, which Mozilla allows you to do. Tiresias PCfont Z was
designed specifically to enhance readability on computer screens. It's
freely available for download, and I find it excellent.
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