On Thu, 21 Oct 1999, David Weinehall wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Oct 1999, Towers, Tim (London) wrote:
>
> > Dear David,
> >
> > Funny, I heard the opposite. - remembering back
> > to when the BBC Micro was released in the UK.
> > and the explanation of why it flew in the face
> > of conventional wisdom by providing white writing
> > on a black background. Vt100's, DOS windows and
> > linux terminals do likewise whilst X11/MS windows
> > have the reverse. I expect people want what they're
> > used to, and the easiest way to make a "window"
> > acceptible as the replacement of a piece of paper
> > is to make it look like one.
> >
> > I find light writing on a dark background to
> > be easier.
> >
> > Its cheaper to make books with black writing
> > because white ink is harder to make (It has
> > to be opaque, whereas black ink only has to
> > stain).
> >
> > I blame xerox.
> >
> > Tim
> >
> > David Ford <david@kalifornia.com> wrote in message
> > news:<38092299.B64282A6@kalifornia.com>...
> > ...
> > >
> > > because it's proven that reading black text on a white background is
> > easier on the
> > > human eye than white text on a black background. ask your local
> > opthamalogist or
> > > etc.
>
> Bla bla bla...
>
> I suggest a dark-blue screen with light-blue border and text.
>
> <evil grin>
>
> /David Weinehall
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