Yeah I didn't know if you were referring to some general fact about black backgrounds, and that had me curious. In regard to the Maddox quote, I mean I have no idea who that is, but I find that not only do I like white backgrounds, but I also tend to up the brightness on my monitors. (I hate it when my laptop energy saves and dims the monitor, so I turn that off.) I never did a comparison of colors, but I go from being on a computer at work to being on a computer at home (well less so now that it's warming up here in WI).
Then again, maybe I'm a moth.
-Kurt
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That article had nothing to do with eyesight related to background color,
it only talked about which colors worked best with which backgroud style.
It also stated that the idea that using a black background causes fatigue
in the work place has no scientific support.
My reasonf or doing so is nicely summarized by Maddox when he said
"I've chosen a black background for most of my text because it's easier on
the eyes than staring at a white screen. Think about it: your monitor is
not a piece of paper, no matter how hard you try to make it one. Staring
at a white background while you read is like staring at a light bulb
(don't believe me? Try turning off the lights next time you use a word
processor). Would you stare at a light bulb for hours at a time? Not if
you want to keep your vision. "
If I stare at a white background with black text all day I get eye
fatigue. I really noticed this last week when i was using the Zend Studio
Framework editor to do some web stuff. At the end of the day my eyes just
felt tired. When I work with the black background all day I don't even
come close to feeling like that. I can't really find any scientific
studies, its just my personal experience, and to me its common sense.
Maybe someday science will prove me right or wrong.
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Why would a black background aid in saving your eyesight?
Here's a NASA study on background color.
http://colorusage.arc.nasa.gov/bkg_1.php
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I try to use black backgrounds where I can so that I can save my eye sight
for as long as possible. Then I can keep using 8 point fonts and seeing
lots of lines :D
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Rotated on a Dell 1905FP. At 11 I get 61 lines. At 10 and I get 65
lines with a good 3rd of it in non-used (over 70 columns) so I could
put the outline and stuff there. I usually put the outline , table
view, error list, and remote explorer on the other monitor in a tabbed
format.
The extra four lines not that important so I usually leave it at 11. I
suppose the biggest difference is after using eclipse for so long, I
like the white background instead.
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Yeah, so far I've been blessed with good vision so I'm going to take
advantage of it as long as possible :D
What brand/model of rotating monitor do you use? Is that 61 lines on
the
rotated monitor?
I can also open 4 editor panels side by side and see 100+ columns on
each.
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I too have dual 19s. I rotate one for LPEX. Unfortunately us older
folks, still need larger fonts. I use Courier New -11 and get 61 lines.
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David,
Under Preferences, you can go to LPEX Editor and then Appearance. Here
you can change the font. Per a session about WDSCi tips with Aaron
Bartell, he shared that the font of Lucinda Console-regular-8 is a fine
font to use to be able to see more at once.
I'm also on a 19" monitor. I don't get as many lines as Bryce, but I do
see 70 lines.
Bon Chance!
-Kurt
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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] De la part de Bryce Martin
The main advantage of RDi over PDM/SEU is in the time to
analyze a program and produce code. If you can see 86 lines
of code (in my setup) at a time in RDi(WDSC) versus only 19
in SEU then I don't know how you can ignore the productivity
gains that gives you.
Bryce, what are your preferences set at? I only have 51 lines and I
haven't found another setting that is easy on the eye. My screen is only
17", I think.
Another comparaison with the number of lines : I find that
greenscreeners are less likely to use long names in their code. So you
tend to get a lot more comment lines, thus amplifying even more the
difference. They may be lazy about writing subprocedures as that slows
them down. I still sometimes use SEU for a quick look at something, but
it has to be really quick because often I have to page and page before
finding any code!
midrange.com
