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Tk lookTk lookPosted Oct 5, 2012 12:32 UTC (Fri) by man_ls (subscriber, #15091)In reply to: XDC2012: Programming languages for X application development by njwhite Parent article: XDC2012: Programming languages for X application development Ugh. Ugliness is in the eye in the beholder, definitely. Why do people think that white backgrounds are only for text documents? Also, there are varying degrees of ugliness. I have deduced through various experiences that my aesthetic sense is a bit advanced for a developer, but completely backwards for regular people. The screenshots you posted are (no offense meant) definitely in developer-only land: function over form.
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Tk look Posted Oct 5, 2012 12:38 UTC (Fri) by mpr22 (subscriber, #60784) [Link] Why do people think that white backgrounds are only for text documents?Because large expanses of white background on emitted-light display are eye-stabby in much the same way that a thinly-overcast sky is.
Tk look Posted Oct 6, 2012 9:16 UTC (Sat) by man_ls (subscriber, #15091) [Link] I disagree. That might have been the case ages ago with CRTs, but TFTs have made it tolerable and even desirable. My browser window fills the whole screen and the web pages in it are usually large expanses of white, including right now LWN.net. It is not uncomfortable at all, and making the thin control stripes (menu and buttons) a little bit darker does not change the overall picture.In fact, darker backgrounds on web pages decrease readability. I find white text on a dark background particularly nasty: after reading such a page I see dark spots everywhere for a minute or so. I have configured my terminal windows to be black on white too and now live in a bright, sunny world.
Tk look Posted Oct 10, 2012 15:58 UTC (Wed) by Tet (subscriber, #5433) [Link] TFTs have made it tolerable and even desirableNope. Still intolerable and undesirable here. TFTs have made it not quite as bad as before, but I still prefer light text on a dark background 90% of the time. How anyone can work with a dark on light terminal is beyond me. But hey, everyone's personal preferences are different.
Tk look Posted Oct 6, 2012 7:13 UTC (Sat) by dirtyepic (subscriber, #30178) [Link]
> Why do people think that white backgrounds are only for text documents?
Everyone knows text documents should be chunky white text on a blue background. Those white backgrounds just give you screen burn.
Tk look Posted Oct 6, 2012 10:48 UTC (Sat) by wazoox (subscriber, #69624) [Link]
Thank you. I've always thought that the one true color for term windows is the traditional IRIX winterm appearance ( example here: http://www.guidebookgallery.org/pics/gui/system/utilities... )
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