Re: [dwm] dextra

On 9/27/07, Anselm R. Garbe <arg_AT_suckless.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 26, 2007 at 10:10:19PM +0200, Tuncer Ayaz wrote:
> > On 9/26/07, Anselm R. Garbe <arg_AT_suckless.org> wrote:
> > > Hi there,
> > >
> > > heavily based on lavish's work I put together several config
> > > files which should work fine with future releases of dwm/dmenu.
> > > The repository is still work in progress, but might be of use
> > > for some of you (it contains Xdefaults, dir_colors, mutt colors,
> > > vim colors, etc.)
> > >
> > > Finally I switched to black on white after years of working with
> > > light colors on black. And I feel well at work ;)
> >
> > As you've switched more than one time from/to dark on
> > light/light on dark term settings IIRC, I'm curious
> > how you came to the conclusion to go dark on light?
>
> I experimented to work in both scenarios for 8 hours on indepent
> work days (with similiar work conditions) and concluded it feels
> better to my eyes (mainly related to the fact that I frequently
> browse to pages with light backgrounds or that I have to use
> tools remotely which have a light GUI).

Same here. The terms are the only dark bg windows I normally
have.

> > Actually your remark on the old suckless homepage about
> > the relation between white backgrounds and energy waste
> > inspired me to go from light bg to dark bg last year :)
>
> Well, I investigated into this issue and the energy saving
> aspect is only true for CRTs, not for LCD displays (there the
> energy consumption is quite constant, regardless
> which background color in use, you can only save energy through
> choosing a lower contrast through dimming the backlight).

Cool.
Received on Thu Sep 27 2007 - 13:27:05 UTC