On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 2:59 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 02:17:38PM -0700, James G. Sack (jim) wrote: > > Aside: One could perhaps extend this discussion to gui interfaces > > in general. With notable exceptions (enlightenment comes to mind), > > many/most things in gui environments have white bg. > > See!? I think one would probably need to tread carefully if NOT using > a white background. BUT!! I don't know why. > > cs > > My guess is there's a difference between light that's reflected versus light that's projected at your eyes. When you're reading something on paper, it's the reflected light that's bouncing into your eyes. Any monitor is going to be projected light, and have different properties than reflected.
Just a guess though.... -- Mark Schoonover, CMDBA http://www.linkedin.com/in/markschoonover http://marksitblog.blogspot.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
