Preliminary mumblings
It’s a little early to tell what this will turn into.
It begins as a ramshackle refugee camp, necessitated by the failure of Urban Future to provide:
(a) stability, (b) continuous scrolling, and (c) an adequate platform for comments. As things develop, other basics (such as a blogroll) can be expected.
For the moment, longer posts will go up on UF, with a link here for discussion. Is that sounding like a satisfactory medium-term solution? (Not to me either.)
In addition to this supportive role, Outside in will have a few specialized functions, as:
(1) A sandpit for unconsolidated thoughts on time-related topics
(2) A depository for brief commentary and links (from the perspective of harsh neo-reaction)
(3) A flotation chamber for fragments of morbid fiction
If that doesn’t look repulsive enough yet, we’ll see what we can do …
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Posted on January 1st, 2014 at 7:14 pm | QuoteI am looking forward to reading this blog. However, I beg and plead that you switch to black text on a white background. It is much easier to read and causes less eye strain.
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admin Reply:
January 4th, 2014 at 2:25 am
How can staring into blazing whiteness possibly cause less eye strain than contemplating the unillumined abyss?
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sorry, I can’t explain the optics or the physiology. But I’ve studied graphic design and typography, and it’s a established fact, proven thorugh actual empirical testing: text is easiest to read in black on white. Even dark blue or dark red or dark green text (on white) is harder to read than black on white. Even a light grey or tan or yellow background diminishes readability. If you plan to publish long articles and you really want people to read them all the way through, you’d be better off using black text on white. There is a place for other color schemes–in headlines, and pull quotes, and other small bits of text.
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neovictorian23 Reply:
July 15th, 2014 at 11:21 pm
Well, we now see with our own two eyes who won that argument.
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Steve Johnson Reply:
July 17th, 2014 at 12:21 am
Yeah, it’s pretty nuts to claim that staring at a light bulb is better for eyestrain than trying to read just illuminated text.
I’m going to assume that if there are studies that say otherwise they’re talking about reading light text on a dark background when the surface reflects light rather than emits light (i.e., paper or e-ink vs LCD).
Makes zero sense otherwise and contradicts my experience (in fact, I use firefox as my primary browser because it lets me change all pages to light text on a dark background by overriding the page’s color suggestions).
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admin Reply:
July 17th, 2014 at 1:13 am
Bingo. (Thank you for this sanity.)
@DianaB
I think (guess) that the white background & dark text works better because the white background has more overall light, which lets your iris contract – which lets the lens of your eye focus better.
I, too find white background & black text better. I set everything to look like that – even my Windows command prompt window!
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Posted on January 28th, 2014 at 11:12 pm | Quote