[Gllug] java editor

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On Mon, 1 Jul 2002, Jonathan Harker uttered the following:
> On Monday 01 July 2002 7:04 pm, SteveC wrote:
>> I'd like a nice highlighting editor with a black background. This appears 
>> to be mission impossible in that
[snip]
> My pennyworth is get jEdit. It is completely brilliant,

But surely he wanted something *dark*. ;}

>                                                         fully customisable, 

*must* *resist* *`customization'* *rant*

> giving yourself eyestrain; try dark lettering on a light neutral background 
> if your eyes don't like std bright white, as bright lettering on dark is A 
> Bad Thing*)

I dispute this. You're suggesting that it is pleasant for humans to look
into a large light-emitting surface all day: the blinding headache I get
when forced to use dark-on-light displays of any kind (and the absence of
such on a light-on-dark display) argues against that.

We're not designed to stare into the sun, or to stare directly at the
sky for hours on end: and I can't think of much else in the natural
world that's as bright as a white monitor over long time periods
(*especially* a white monitor in a dark room!)

> *I can't recall which psychology/neurology article I was reading,

You'd have done better to read an article on display usability :)

> <ramble> but it was all to do with rods, cones, the way your brain picks up 
> symbols, concentration span, etc) Sci Am or New Sc or something... </ramble>

I can't see how any of those are influenced by screen brightness. If the
screen is flickering it'll be annoying regardless, although probably
more noticeable (and hence more annoying) on a light-backgrounded
screen.

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