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Thanks. Did you like the auto scrolling of each column depending on what was clicked? re: contrast, I've found black on white is too harsh for me (I like the '

Thanks. Did you like the auto scrolling of each column depending on what was clicked? re: contrast, I've found black on white is too harsh for me (I like the 'lights out' setting on project euler for instance.) Do you prefer dark text on light bg, or light text on dark bg?

cbhl 13y ago
I like black on white, because a lot of the displays I use (e.g. my mobile phone) are too washed out to display more subtle differences in color. Have you considered using a user stylesheet to override the default font colors in the browser?
- egocodedinsol 13y ago
  Ah, thanks. I considered doing a lights on/off button like project euler, but decided not to. Part of it was that it seemed like additional complexity and I was worried it might overload the minimalist design, and part of it was that I'm not a javascript developer, so additional overhead is more of an issue than it would be, say, for a n intern at the Khan Academy ;) Ultimately, it would be great for someone to do that, but this is more proof of concept than a product per se.
  - cbhl 13y ago
    Oh, User CSS is something you do in your browser to override what site authors do. Here's the docs for Opera, although I think this is also a feature in Firefox (and maybe Chrome; I'm not as sure about that one). http://www.opera.com/docs/usercss/ http://www.opera.com/docs/usercss/
leephillips 13y ago
Everyone seems to have different preferences. Maybe you could provide a means to select from among several color schemes. But I really wanted to say that this is a wonderful idea. I agree that there is a great deal of friction in flipping back and forth between text and figures plus text and references. Your solution is a great step in the direction of solving this. EDIT: Just went back for another look and realized that you can move and resize the figures. Nifty! Now if only we could combine this kind of convenient online reading with decent typography - but that's a huge issue in itself.
vacri 13y ago
Black on off-white works well and is fairly universal (like here on HN). Unless you know you're aiming for a particular crowd with a specific style (eg green-on-black to evoke hacker-geeks), stick with something close to fairly universal.

cbhl 13y ago

I like black on white, because a lot of the displays I use (e.g. my mobile phone) are too washed out to display more subtle differences in color. Have you considered using a user stylesheet to override the default font colors in the browser?

egocodedinsol 13y ago
Ah, thanks. I considered doing a lights on/off button like project euler, but decided not to. Part of it was that it seemed like additional complexity and I was worried it might overload the minimalist design, and part of it was that I'm not a javascript developer, so additional overhead is more of an issue than it would be, say, for a n intern at the Khan Academy ;) Ultimately, it would be great for someone to do that, but this is more proof of concept than a product per se.
- cbhl 13y ago
  Oh, User CSS is something you do in your browser to override what site authors do. Here's the docs for Opera, although I think this is also a feature in Firefox (and maybe Chrome; I'm not as sure about that one). http://www.opera.com/docs/usercss/ http://www.opera.com/docs/usercss/

leephillips 13y ago

Everyone seems to have different preferences. Maybe you could provide a means to select from among several color schemes. But I really wanted to say that this is a wonderful idea. I agree that there is a great deal of friction in flipping back and forth between text and figures plus text and references. Your solution is a great step in the direction of solving this. EDIT: Just went back for another look and realized that you can move and resize the figures. Nifty! Now if only we could combine this kind of convenient online reading with decent typography - but that's a huge issue in itself.

vacri 13y ago

Black on off-white works well and is fairly universal (like here on HN). Unless you know you're aiming for a particular crowd with a specific style (eg green-on-black to evoke hacker-geeks), stick with something close to fairly universal.