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List:       vim
Subject:    RE: Easy On The Eyes
From:       "Keith Roberts" <kroberts () wpas-inc ! com>
Date:       2004-08-31 22:28:46
Message-ID: 5E0B52B0E0C5B24D9761DF5C949697A06C4ABA () misty ! wpas-inc ! com
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Dave Silvia [mailto:dsilvia@mchsi.com] 
>Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 12:58 PM
>To: jonah; vim
>Subject: RE: Easy On The Eyes
>
>Shades of green and blue are easier on the eye (tho' I don't 
>know about a black background, but something softer than stark 
>white).  That's why many moons ago blackboards were changed to 
>green.

Perhaps, but there's a difference in eyestrain created by reflection
from a solid surface like a black/greenboard as opposed to that of a
computer screen, with images created by phosphorescence.  I find dim
external lighting, low display intensity, dark backgrounds and font
colors with good contrast to the background to be most soothing.


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