Re: [dev] ideas on suckless file manager

Then the easiest to read is amber on black. There is a lot we can learn from
the sharp shooters, and the old dumb terminals.

On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 2:52 AM, Pieter Praet <pieter_AT_praet.org> wrote:

> On Sun, 12 Jun 2011 22:23:03 +0200, pancake <pancake_AT_youterm.com> wrote:
> > Just to add my 5c to the thread..
> >
> > I remember in the msdos5.0 age where everybody was using a 80x25 text
> console to run programs and graphical mode was just for games..
> >
> > Many text editors used a blue background. This is: wordperfect/wordstar/
> edit.com ..
> >
> > I remember my teacher arguing this as something medically prooft that
> white or black on blue is better than b/w or w/b.
>
> Your teacher is full of shit.
>
> Google "photoreceptor cell apoptosis induced by in vivo blue light
> exposure".
>
> Hint: "apoptosis" means DEATH.
>
> > Another point in this topic is that many ebook readers (iBooks) allow to
> change the background color to 'sepia'. Which is good for long readings, as
> the contrast is lower than b/w.
> >
> > I think that for long readings you use to be in a fixed position and your
> eyes get more tired if there's more bright on the screen.
> >
> > Also crt and lcd/tft screens have differet brightness effects. Tft are
> less damaging to eyes than crt.. So i think discussion about colors on text
> moved to only stethical and personal issue because its no longer dramatic as
> it was in the crt era.
> >
> >
> > --pancake
> >
> > On 12/06/2011, at 12:20, Connor Lane Smith <cls_AT_lubutu.com> wrote:
> >
> > > On 12 June 2011 10:53, Nicolai Waniek <rochus_AT_rochus.net> wrote:
> > >> Quite the opposite, that they could not detect any difference.
> > >
> > > So uh, not *quite* the opposite.
> > >
> > > I'm willing to believe people have a higher reading speed with
> > > black-on-white, though I suspect this is in part because that's how we
> > > read the vast majority of the time. However, especially when I'm
> > > tired, I can *feel* my eyes strain against the brightness (and if you
> > > lower the brightness you get an unreadable grey-on-grey). We may be
> > > good at reading black-on-white, but perhaps not black-on-fluorescent.
> > >
> > > It's possible I'm an outlier, being almost blind in one eye, but I
> > > doubt that has much of an effect in this case.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > cls
> > >
> >
>
> Peace
>
> --
> Pieter
>
>
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