[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I just did a test and confirmed that every major e-commerce site I could
think of used a white background site...
google.com
amazon.com
yahoo.com
ebay.com
There must a reason why white is the way to go for big hit count web sites.
Anyone know why non-white is ultra-bad idea?
1) Color support used to be slow (and/or take up a palette entry)
2) Color may cause rendering issues
3) Color has emotional and cultural connotations
4) It's not clear what non-white does on text-only devices
5) It's what people are used to
6) Any reason to go to off-white is subject to degree
So, it's probably a combination of inertia and no obviously better place
to switch to.
For every person who like less contrast with off-white, there will be a
bunch of people for whom it looks ivory and hate it.
That having been said, a lot of blogs are starting to use "white on
black ... snazzy!" and I can't *stand* it. I find that I have to use a
bigger font or the text looks like vibrates.
Fortunately, there is NoSquint for Firefox. NoSquint is probably the
least intrusive extension I have ever used. It remembers the text
setting for a page that you visit that you have to manually adjust. So,
if you have to go back there, you don't have to keep adjusting it for
every page. Maybe there is a NoSquint for background and text colors.
This became a bigger issue when I bought a Gateway Extreme HD 1600p
monitor. 2560x1600 resolution makes some websites illegible even with a
big monitor.
By way of recommendation, I love the monitor. The contrast can be eye
searing until you get it adjusted, and the only way to adjust it on OS X
is through the calibration panel (why would you leave out manual
controls?). It's very nice to use when you're doing schematics and can
actually edit a B-size sheet at B-size.
However, if I was doing graphics, I would probably avoid it. It seems
like its color palette has some narrowness. Of course, I would probably
pull out my 24" Sony CRT instead of any LCD monitor, but that's just me.
-a
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