From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 7 01:25:15 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7AC331065673 for ; Sun, 7 Sep 2008 01:25:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from aristotle.thought.org (aristotle.thought.org [209.180.213.210]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 346668FC13 for ; Sun, 7 Sep 2008 01:25:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from thought.org (tao.thought.org [10.47.0.250]) (authenticated bits=0) by aristotle.thought.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m871PH1X024708; Sat, 6 Sep 2008 18:25:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: by thought.org (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1002 kline@thought.org; Sat, 6 Sep 2008 18:25:05 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2008 18:25:05 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: cpghost Message-ID: <20080907012505.GB27611@thought.org> References: <20080903231439.GA98955@thought.org> <20080905223859.8ad56b37.freebsd@edvax.de> <20080906033645.GA93841@thought.org> <200809061038.45932.kstewart@owt.com> <20080906233355.GB4326@phenom.cordula.ws> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080906233355.GB4326@phenom.cordula.ws> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: With 22 years of service to the Unix community. X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=3.6 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on aristotle.thought.org Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: which gray is best for print? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2008 01:25:15 -0000 On Sun, Sep 07, 2008 at 01:33:55AM +0200, cpghost wrote: > On Sat, Sep 06, 2008 at 10:38:45AM -0700, Kent wrote: > > (...) > > > IIRC, dyslexics have a much harder time reading when the background is dark. > > > > Kent > > That's really interesting! ... But everyone's different: > > Personally, I really dislike pure white backgrounds on light-emitting > surfaces. When reading from a physical book, white is the best background, > but when reading it from a CRT or LCD, it hurts my eyes very fast up to a > point where I start to get a headache and have to stop after 10 to 20 > minutes. That's why I usually use a user-specific CSS to override that > pure-white background and change it to light grey. I even wrote a little > transparent web proxy many years ago, that would rewrite HTML back in the > days when CSS was not yet as popular, just to grey-ish this hurting white > background. Man, this is getting interestinger and interestinger. wHen i've found something that looks enhoyable but hurts my eyes -- and Yes! i detest reading online for very long [esp'ly with any (censored) ads flashing], I'll save the file and change the colors. if it's some script that has no "#xxxxxx" i'll rty to save via lynx, then use my probgram to turn back into HTML, and then edit the bg/fg to suit me. ---i thought i was the only one whose eyes hurts hurt. Hmph. > > Of course, the ideal solution would be to offer visitors switchable or > even freely-configurable color themes to satisfy everyone's tastes and > preferences. But the issue is then still that of the default theme would > usually still be (sadly IMHO, luckily in most other peoples' mind) pure > white background... so it's still 'user-specific CSS' for new websites. > This is something i've been considering for a couple years. The ink+paper version is set in concrete, but the web version can be PHp-tweaked. Or, more likely, let reader's have their choice of some N versions. The whole of this "jottings" book/chapbook is < 90k bytes, so it's not like i'll be spending that much disk space. Also, what i'm working on now is Version 2.0.x, smmaler still thanks for friends' help. As tho it weren't evident, i can run on a bit:) > -cpghost. > > -- > Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/ > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org