Re: ergonomics question ($TERM colors)
On Fri, 12 Mar 1999, Ian Keith Setford wrote:
> Aside from personal preference, does anyone know if a certain combination
> of colors is better to stare at than others? I can guess, from my own
> experience, that white text on a black background is better than black on
> white. Does anybody have any input on this? I would like to use the one
> that is "best" on my eyes since I stare at computer screens for ~12hrs a
> day.
As I recall, a long time ago (by computer standards), WordPerfect Corp.
did a lot of research on this before releasing WordPerfect 5.1. Since 5.1
was finally released with a default of white-on-blue, I would venture to
guess that this is what they decided was easiest on the eyes.
HTH.
-Dano
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