On 10/14/10 7:20 AM, Andri Bisseret wrote: >That's confirmed by results of researches in Ergonomics > >Dark text on light background combination are recommanded; among these >kinds of combinations the black on white one brings the best >legibility (and users' judgement of pleasantness). >Infortunately very often ignored! >[...] >Greco M., Stucchi N., Zavagno D., Marino B. (2008). On the portability >of computer-generated presentations: The effect of text-background >color combinations on text legibility. Human Factors, 50, 821-833.
Jacque replied: >The latest craze is light grey on dark grey and I see it implemented >everywhere lately. I hate it. I can't read it. It slows me down and >makes me resentful, and yet all sorts of commercial apps are using it. > >One customer of an unnamed app has threatened to sue the company for >breaking accessibility laws. I'm not sure how successful they would be, >but I'm all for it. I can also highly recommend the W3 guidelines on enhanced contrast for web accessibility (SC 1.4.6): http://www.w3.org/TR/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20/visual-audio-contrast7.html As for light grey on dark grey, I find it much less abbrasive on the eye than "black on white" for a user interface but I would not want to read a book using it. My current app development uses such a color scheme and reports so far are positive. Jacque: The law suit won't get to first base if they can demonstrate they meet the SC1.4.6 contrast spec! Hugh Senior www.FLCo.co.uk _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
