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The fight against "default" white seems analogous to Ian Storm Taylor's recommendation to never use black (http://ianstormtaylor.com/design-tip-never-use-black/
by iota 14y ago
The fight against "default" white seems analogous to Ian Storm Taylor's recommendation to never use black (http://ianstormtaylor.com/design-tip-never-use-black/ http://ianstormtaylor.com/design-tip-never-use-black/). I prefer off white (e.g., #f9fafc) because of the same reason I like text color set at #333 — it looks softer, but still almost imperceptibly different from #fff/#000's traditional "paper and ink" aesthetic.
http://www.colorcodehex.com/f9fafc/ http://www.colorcodehex.com/f9fafc/
http://www.colorcodehex.com/333333/ http://www.colorcodehex.com/333333/
- bravura 14y agoI believe in using a black background for talk slides. Example: http://new.livestream.com/gigaom/gigaomroadmap/videos/5794034 http://new.livestream.com/gigaom/gigaomroadmap/videos/579403... I would prefer dark gray from an aesthetic perspective. But the reason I choose black is simple: Often, the LCD projector is not pointed straight at the backdrop or maximized correctly. If your slide background is not black, there is a perceptible margin, and your slide area is shaped like a trapezoid, not a rectangle. Using a black slide background minimizes this margin, and makes it look like your slides correctly fill the backdrop. Just my two cents. I'm curious if people feel strongly against this approach.
- statusgraph 14y agoWhite on black is very hard to see in a brightly lit room. Many programming talks like that color scheme and it just doesn't work with crappy projectors.