Comments on: Preliminary mumblings

By: admin

admin — Thu, 17 Jul 2014 01:13:59 +0000

Bingo. (Thank you for this sanity.)

By: Steve Johnson

Steve Johnson — Thu, 17 Jul 2014 00:21:01 +0000

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).

By: neovictorian23

neovictorian23 — Tue, 15 Jul 2014 23:21:55 +0000

Well, we now see with our own two eyes who won that argument.

By: bob

bob — Tue, 28 Jan 2014 23:12:27 +0000

@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!

By: DianaB

DianaB — Sat, 04 Jan 2014 02:33:41 +0000

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.

By: admin

admin — Sat, 04 Jan 2014 02:25:53 +0000

How can staring into blazing whiteness possibly cause less eye strain than contemplating the unillumined abyss?

By: DianaB.

DianaB. — Sat, 04 Jan 2014 01:39:22 +0000

I 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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