Have toned down the green as requested.<div><a href="http://nlug.c25.eu">nlug.c25.eu</a><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 8 October 2010 13:53, Martin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:martin@ml1.co.uk">martin@ml1.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div class="im">On 08/10/10 13:31, ForkBombFluf wrote:<br>
> (This top-posted comment has been inserted purely to irritate Martin.)<br>
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</div>How so?<br>
<br>
Or are you just demonstrating how a certain gender works best in a<br>
random chronological disorder?<br>
<br>
;-)<br>
<br>
<br>
Then again, does time really have always a single direction or is that<br>
just an artefact of our perceptions?<br>
<div class="im"><br>
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> On Fri, 8 Oct 2010, Martin wrote:<br>
>> On 08/10/10 10:20, Steve Hawkins wrote:<br>
>>> Gah, my poor eyes! All that green is a little too much. I might have a<br>
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</div><div class="im">>> A white background with black text would be a lot easier on the eyes.<br>
><br>
> I disagree here.<br>
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</div>I thought white on black was so very old school harking back to the days<br>
of the old CRT where illuminated phosphor was expensive. Or are we going<br>
retro to be trendy?<br>
<br>
Do the new LED monitors save energy with a black background?<br>
<br>
(Back illuminated TFT's burn the same illumination regardless of the<br>
image displayed.)<br>
<div class="im"><br>
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>> At the moment, the contrast looks too harsh.<br>
><br>
> But agree here. Maybe try using 007700 instead of 00ff00 for the borders.<br>
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</div>Hey! You're likely the best expert for visual usability. You're offered<br>
the deciding vote on contrast/readability :-)<br>
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Cheers,<br>
Martin<br>
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