Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 06:13:17 -0500 (CDT) From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Chris Hill <chris@monochrome.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: what's the best color in xterm background for ur eyes?? Message-ID: <14822.61005.632235.925206@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <90933525@toto.iv>
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Chris Hill writes: > On Wed, 11 Oct 2000, Mike Meyer wrote: > > Jeffrey Vehrs writes: > > > 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? > > Mu. > LOL. (To anyone who has studied Zen, this is funny.) I'm glad someone got it. > > There are so many variables in this one that any answer will be wrong > > under some conditions. Off the top of my head: display technology; > > ambient lighting; the users sensitivity to colors and display > > frequency; the dominant *foreground* color. > Just to address the issue of ambient lighting, let me say this about > that. I've found that it is very useful to have a dimmer on the light in > my work room. I adjust it so that the (white-ish) monitor bezel appears > to have about the same brightness as my (gray) fvwm root window. Another issue on ambient lighting: fluorescent bad, incandescent good! If you've got fluorescent lights, adding an incandescent lamp can help a lot. In at least one location, I got headaches every evening until I put a lamp over my workspace. <mike To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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