Two additional points:
1. I should have credited Razzak for the color scheme we use. 2. Visit http:\\www.edwardtufte.com for information on his course, books, etc. I particularly enjoy the pricing on the sculpture (read it carefully). >Patrick, > >Simplicity is the key to elegance. We use white text on a dark blue >background for most everything while the fields are black text on >white. We make very sparing use of other colors, none of them intense. > >I've mentioned before a one-day course taught by Edward Tufte on the >visual presentation of information. He doesn't deal specifically >with interface design. Rather, he approaches the subject from a much >higher level and gets you to thinking about *all* of the visual aspects of >your work. > >He has self-published three books, "The Visual Display of Quantitative >Information," "Envisioning Information," and "Visual Explanations: Images >and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative." These books are great visual >experiences in themselves, and are $40-$50 each, available from Graphics >Press, PO Box 430, Cheshire, CT 06410. I believe if you take his course >the books are included. > >>Achieving the perfect looking form for my users is a never ending goal of >>mine. Whenever I'm at the doctor's office or retail firm, I look at their >>point of sale screens for ideas. Has anyone come up with what they think is >>the perfect blend of colors and shades for the background, text, column and >>variable fields? Does anyone have a combination that really sings >>"pefection"? >> >>Pat Murphy >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Emmitt Dove >Manager, DairyPak Business Systems >Blue Ridge Paper Products, Inc. >40 Lindeman Drive >Trumbull, CT 06611 >(203) 673-2231 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >[EMAIL PROTECTED] ================================================ TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l ================================================ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l ================================================ TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/
