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Why I Dismiss Webpages Instantly: Green text on black background. My eyes hurt after only a few seconds. It's not 1996.
by octotoad 15y ago
Why I Dismiss Webpages Instantly: Green text on black background.
My eyes hurt after only a few seconds.
It's not 1996.
- web_chops 15y agoI still see the reflections if I close my eyes :(
- dustinewan 15y agoWell, he did complain about tabs in the browser. Seems like he is stuck in 1996.
- read_wharf 15y agoA very lucrative 1996.
- mikestew 15y agoI edit text all day with a black background, often with green text (but not blindingly bright green), and that still makes my eyes hurt. I didn't make it past the 2nd paragraph.
- bjorn2404 15y agoThe ironic thing is that a lot of it discusses browser UI design.
- bdunbar 15y agoSome things get only so good - after that you're just engineering better cup holders. Manual shifts for cars. The IBM model-M keyboard. Unix. Green on black text. That said, he does have the contrast turned up a bit too much for my taste.
- mc32 15y agoI had to copy & paste into a text editor to read it.