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I know I'll get downvoted for this, but I find jwz's site ridiculously hard to read because of the color scheme. It really hurts my eyes.

by e40 14y ago

Dylan16807 14y ago
You don't need a voting disclaimer to talk about a color scheme, that just wastes words. What exactly hurts your eyes? Are you fine with light gray on black? I can sort of understand disliking the amount of green, but if it's just because of the black background then you probably having lighting issues in your setup.
- benesch 14y ago
  Seconded. Neon green on black is very, very jarring to read. White on black causes strain for large amounts of text. (There's a reason no news sites use white on black.) Lowering the contrast is bad enough, but the green clashes with the black and is downright painful.
- Firehed 14y ago
  It's insanely high-contrast with a relatively light (thin) typeface and light-on-dark. While I fear the idea of having that neon green as the background instead as I may start glowing, having a slightly heavier font or a not-so-extreme green would have been a lot easier to read. Even when I had a green-on-black terminal it wasn't a problem, I believe because the font weight was a bit heavier and physically deciphering the characters was less taxing.
- hsmyers 14y ago
  Showing my age, but I worked for years in a dark room with a green screen terminal. I've long since made a habit of setting my terminals (regardless of OS) to exactly the same bright green on black. I do prefer the font bolded though. When I first started (rather shortly after--few years) CRT replacements became available for my favorite terminals. So if I wanted I could use either bright blue on black or bright red. Both surprisingly useful in darkened rooms!
gyardley 14y ago
The Readability browser extension is awesome for cases like this. I use it all the time.
raldi 14y ago
I downvoted your comment, but only because of its first seven words.
drcube 14y ago
Funny enough, I really like it. What hurts my eyes are sites that are predominately blindingly white.

I know I'll get downvoted for this, but I find jwz's site ridiculously hard to read because of the color scheme. It really hurts my eyes.

by e40 14y ago

I know I'll get downvoted for this, but I find jwz's site ridiculously hard to read because of the color scheme. It really hurts my eyes.

Dylan16807 14y ago

You don't need a voting disclaimer to talk about a color scheme, that just wastes words. What exactly hurts your eyes? Are you fine with light gray on black? I can sort of understand disliking the amount of green, but if it's just because of the black background then you probably having lighting issues in your setup.

benesch 14y ago
Seconded. Neon green on black is very, very jarring to read. White on black causes strain for large amounts of text. (There's a reason no news sites use white on black.) Lowering the contrast is bad enough, but the green clashes with the black and is downright painful.
Firehed 14y ago
It's insanely high-contrast with a relatively light (thin) typeface and light-on-dark. While I fear the idea of having that neon green as the background instead as I may start glowing, having a slightly heavier font or a not-so-extreme green would have been a lot easier to read. Even when I had a green-on-black terminal it wasn't a problem, I believe because the font weight was a bit heavier and physically deciphering the characters was less taxing.
hsmyers 14y ago
Showing my age, but I worked for years in a dark room with a green screen terminal. I've long since made a habit of setting my terminals (regardless of OS) to exactly the same bright green on black. I do prefer the font bolded though. When I first started (rather shortly after--few years) CRT replacements became available for my favorite terminals. So if I wanted I could use either bright blue on black or bright red. Both surprisingly useful in darkened rooms!

gyardley 14y ago

The Readability browser extension is awesome for cases like this. I use it all the time.

raldi 14y ago

I downvoted your comment, but only because of its first seven words.

drcube 14y ago

Funny enough, I really like it. What hurts my eyes are sites that are predominately blindingly white.