Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 17:21:49 +0200 From: Daan Franke <daan@websilon.nl> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: what's the best color in xterm background for ur eyes?? Message-ID: <3182D9D293F2D211B15A00500416D4902E15B2@baco.websilon.nl>
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a white background usually hurts my eyes, as does the default taint of green after installing windoze 9x -----Original Message----- From: joeo@cracktown.com [mailto:joeo@cracktown.com] Sent: donderdag 12 oktober 2000 17:06 To: Jeffrey Vehrs Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: what's the best color in xterm background for ur eyes?? I tend to use the equivalent of "xterm -fg green -bg black", use either a dark solid grey root window or "xphoon", lower the brightness and contrast settings of the monitor, and do everything possbile to minimize onscreen glare or bright sources of light in my peripheral vision. Dark wall hangings work well to minimize reflected light. Ergonomically speaking, you should minimize the number of distinct colors you need to actually focus on at once onscreen. Has something to do with refractive indices and focusing up close. Also there is great value in just taking a break every 10-30 minutes and looking away from the screen for a few minutes, or getting up a shambling about. That can help more than anything else. A couple of lines from my .Xresources file; XTerm*Foreground: green XTerm*Background: black emacs.foreground:green emacs.background:black On Wed, 11 Oct 2000, Jeffrey Vehrs wrote: > I'd like to know which color is the best for your eyes in xterm background? > Some color can strain ur eyes, but which one is good for ur eyes without any > straining? > > --jwv > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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