Not sure about the backlighting or a post from 2008, but on the topic of eye strain... the diminutive text sizes and obsession with low contrast throughout the

Not sure about the backlighting or a post from 2008, but on the topic of eye strain... the diminutive text sizes and obsession with low contrast throughout the redesigned bleached UI certainly causes me eye strain. I've heard similar complaints from others, and about the new system fonts and anti-aliasing too.