Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 10:17:38 -0700 From: Gary Kline <kline@tera.com> To: Peter McGarvey <Networks.Manager@rncm.ac.uk> Cc: Thomas David Rivers <rivers@dignus.com>, k4n@hotmail.com, roelof@nisser.com, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD webdesign Message-ID: <19990824101738.B2875@athena.tera.com> In-Reply-To: <NDBBJLAJELEHNLGABIJNKEJFCGAA.Networks.Manager@rncm.ac.uk>; from Peter McGarvey on Tue, Aug 24, 1999 at 04:04:05PM %2B0100 References: <199908241123.HAA59303@lakes.dignus.com> <NDBBJLAJELEHNLGABIJNKEJFCGAA.Networks.Manager@rncm.ac.uk>
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On Tue, Aug 24, 1999 at 04:04:05PM +0100, Peter McGarvey wrote: > Web styles/colour schemes are something I feel strongly about. > > I'm dyslexic. A bad colour scheme make my life hell. > > Personally I find Black on White difficult to read. When I'm trying > to read along a line my eyes sort of "fall off". To get around this I > have to peer at the sceen intently and usually end up getting a headache. > > Black on Light Grey is much nicer. > > Blue on Black is 100% impossible to read. > > Bigger bolder fonts help. > > However, instead of arguing the toss about personal preferance in colour, > why not investigate a method of allowing users to overide colours and font > styles. Much more user friendly. > > Hm, very interesting. This (black on light grey) may be why so many commercial apps use this scheme. I prefer off-white for the bg and black (bold) fonts, but this may not work for everyone, obviously. Do you know how light the grey can be before you find it hard to read? I've played around with black on grey85 and it's fairly reasonable. I've also experiments with bright green|orange|blue typefaces on black... uhh, no. Has anybody on the list found any websites with presentation information? gary To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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