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I wouldn't put such a decision beyond German bureaucrats, but still I wonder if it's fact or just legend.

by rob74 4y ago

flohofwoe 4y ago
The only modern reference I could find is about keyboard colors in the "DGUV rules for the office business sector" [0], quote from page 38: Benefits of light-coloured keyboards Light keyboards with dark lettering are better suited to the use of true video on the VDU, i.e. dark characters on a light background. They avoid disturbing differences in brightness and thus save your employee's eyes unnecessary adaptation to these differences. The surfaces of keys become shiny after longer use, as a result of either wear or sweat from the fingers. This is less apparent on light keys than on dark keys. PS: the start is a bit poorly translated, the German original [1] is: Vorteile von hellen Tastaturen Helle Tastaturen mit dunkler Beschriftung passen besser zur Positivdarstellung am Bildschirm (d. h. dunkle Zeichen auf hellem Untergrund). Sie vermeiden störende Helligkeitsunterschiede und ersparen dadurch den Augen Ihrer Beschäftigten unnötige Helligkeitsanpassungen (Adaptationen). Tastenoberflächen glänzen bei längerer Benutzung entweder infolge von Abnutzung oder durch Fingerschweiß. Dies fällt bei hellen Tasten weniger auf als bei dunklen Tasten. ...the first part that's poorly translated is basically that if you use dark letters on bright background on the display, it's better if the keyboard is also dark letters on bright background so the eyes don't need to adjust too much. ...which in turn means that coders are probably better off with a dark keyboard ;) [0] https://www.vbg.de/SharedDocs/Medien-Center/DE/Broschuere/Themen/Bildschirm_und_Bueroarbeit/DGUV_Rule_115_401_Office_businesses_sector.pdf;jsessionid=F4F9BBAA6970FD785515F713F1623F5A.live1?__blob=publicationFile&v=1 https://www.vbg.de/SharedDocs/Medien-Center/DE/Broschuere/Th... [1] https://www.vbg.de/SharedDocs/Medien-Center/DE/Broschuere/Themen/Bildschirm_und_Bueroarbeit/DGUV_Regel_115_401_Buerobetriebe.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=3 https://www.vbg.de/SharedDocs/Medien-Center/DE/Broschuere/Th...
- prmoustache 4y ago
  I don't think any coder (or any professionnal required to type a lot) need to look at his keyboard anyway, I don't think their eyes would suffer regardless of the color.

I wouldn't put such a decision beyond German bureaucrats, but still I wonder if it's fact or just legend.

by rob74 4y ago

I wouldn't put such a decision beyond German bureaucrats, but still I wonder if it's fact or just legend.

The only modern reference I could find is about keyboard colors in the "DGUV rules for the office business sector" [0], quote from page 38: Benefits of light-coloured keyboards Light keyboards with dark lettering are better suited to the use of true video on the VDU, i.e. dark characters on a light background. They avoid disturbing differences in brightness and thus save your employee's eyes unnecessary adaptation to these differences. The surfaces of keys become shiny after longer use, as a result of either wear or sweat from the fingers. This is less apparent on light keys than on dark keys. PS: the start is a bit poorly translated, the German original [1] is: Vorteile von hellen Tastaturen Helle Tastaturen mit dunkler Beschriftung passen besser zur Positivdarstellung am Bildschirm (d. h. dunkle Zeichen auf hellem Untergrund). Sie vermeiden störende Helligkeitsunterschiede und ersparen dadurch den Augen Ihrer Beschäftigten unnötige Helligkeitsanpassungen (Adaptationen). Tastenoberflächen glänzen bei längerer Benutzung entweder infolge von Abnutzung oder durch Fingerschweiß. Dies fällt bei hellen Tasten weniger auf als bei dunklen Tasten. ...the first part that's poorly translated is basically that if you use dark letters on bright background on the display, it's better if the keyboard is also dark letters on bright background so the eyes don't need to adjust too much. ...which in turn means that coders are probably better off with a dark keyboard ;) [0] https://www.vbg.de/SharedDocs/Medien-Center/DE/Broschuere/Themen/Bildschirm_und_Bueroarbeit/DGUV_Rule_115_401_Office_businesses_sector.pdf;jsessionid=F4F9BBAA6970FD785515F713F1623F5A.live1?__blob=publicationFile&v=1 https://www.vbg.de/SharedDocs/Medien-Center/DE/Broschuere/Th... [1] https://www.vbg.de/SharedDocs/Medien-Center/DE/Broschuere/Themen/Bildschirm_und_Bueroarbeit/DGUV_Regel_115_401_Buerobetriebe.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=3 https://www.vbg.de/SharedDocs/Medien-Center/DE/Broschuere/Th...

prmoustache 4y ago
I don't think any coder (or any professionnal required to type a lot) need to look at his keyboard anyway, I don't think their eyes would suffer regardless of the color.