Posted by dorayme on 10/07/05 11:40

> From: hywel.jenkins@gmail.com
>
> rf wrote:
>> windandwaves wrote:
>>
>>> http://www.historymakers.co.nz
>>
>> That white on black is very hard to read. I had to significantly enlarge my
>> font size.
>
> Is it harder to read that black on white?

Yes. There is proof. There was a 1976 study done showing that
reaction times to warnings in white on black were significantly
slower than black on white. And RF and I and a lot of folk find
it more difficult. I know it looks nice sometimes and I do it
myself for menu items and other things. But when folk are
expected to actually read a fair bit of text it is a very bad
idea. Try to make it easy for users... it is our job to try to
think nice design and easy for most people to use...

dorayme

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