"David Nadlinger" <s...@klickverbot.at> wrote in message news:ilgvk8$2dmt$2...@digitalmars.com... > On 3/12/11 11:49 PM, Nick Sabalausky wrote: >> "David Nadlinger"<s...@klickverbot.at> wrote in message >> news:ilgs4q$27rk$1...@digitalmars.com... >>> On 3/12/11 11:07 PM, spir wrote: >>>> Another obvious remark (not from me, read on the web) is that what is >>>> good for paper is not good for screens; because they are light sources. >>>> Reading text on white backgroung is like staring at an intensely >>>> luminous sky, without moving your sight: doesn't this hurt you? >>> >>> Only if you have turned up the brightness/backlight of your monitor way >>> too high. >>> >> >> I have the same effect as him, but my monitor is so dark that [.] > > What effect? In the post you quoted, I was referring specifically to > the »obvious remark« by Denis, which only holds for unsuitable monitor > brightness settings - even if my monitor was capable of delivering a > luminous intensity close to an »intensely luminous sky«, I doubt that I > would ever run it at that setting (well, maybe if I was on a sandy beach > on a bright summer day). >
I meant about positive-contrast being hard on my eyes.