Patryk Benderz <[email protected]> writes:
>
> Zoff <[email protected]> writes:
> >
> > the new design is nice, and it fits the colors of the logo. a lot
> > of work has gone into it.
> > but for everyday-work its not really good.
> > too dark, and you cant see anything.
>
> I do not think so. I use green on black for terminal and it is much
> better for long work because it does not stress your eyes. I like
> Sebastian's new theme.
It may be easier on *your* eyes, but that's far from universal: ~1 out
of every twenty males *cannot even see green*.
When combined with the statistics for other forms of hereditary
colour-difficiency, and taking into account other normal variations
(and degredation) in colour vision that correlate with things like age
and various other (relatively common) conditions, it works out to be
more like 10% of all people that have some sort of difficulty
discerning colours.
In short, basically any colour-scheme that consists of `black and a
single primary' ends up being hostile to a significant portion of
people and should thusly be avoided. I'm sure that's not what
Sebastian intended, but it's what it works out to. It's entirely
possible that `green on black' really *does* appear too dark for Zoff.
Personally, I'm part of an additional 1% who can't see red. I can't
distinguish green from yellow or brown, I can't distinguish cyan from
white, and telling red from black involves launching xmag and scanning
for pixels that are `numerically red'.
There are some good guides available, on safe use of colour in UI-design;
in particular, I recommend reading this one:
http://www.firelily.com/opinions/color.html
It's relatively short and pithy, and covers a very important topic.
--
"Don't be afraid to ask (λf.((λx.xx) (λr.f(rr))))."
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