Aarrgh My Eyes!!!

[JFC]

I have just been over to the tw.com forums to have a gander. After about 15 minutes reading I switched back to .org. What did I notice? I'm Blind!! I Can't See!!

Black background a white writing! Good lord, I can still see the writing now burnt into my cornea!

[MSB]

I have just been over to the tw.com forums to have a gander. After about 15 minutes reading I switched back to .org. What did I notice? I'm Blind!! I Can't See!!

Black background a white writing! Good lord, I can still see the writing now burnt into my cornea!

Well you know what to do: stay here or complain there!

[JFC]

Hey you noticed that too!!!!

Edit: I have to admit, the aesthetic colours and good discussions do make one stay here!

[MSB]

Hey you noticed that too!!!!

Edit: I have to admit, the aesthetic colours and good discussions do make one stay here!

Yes, I did originally consider joining TW.com, but I decided that the colours were just too anaesthetically pleasing. It's better to stay here at the reasonably beautiful Guild.

[Stig]

I like the lay-out of .com, it's nice, easy and clear ... anyway sometimes I ask myself why I'm still there, I mean c'mon .com

[MSB]

I like the lay-out of .com, it's nice, easy and clear ... anyway sometimes I ask myself why I'm still there, I mean c'mon .com

Are you being sarcastic? Or are you trying to get away with the insult that you gave .com.

[Stig]

I never insult anyone, I prefer sarcasm ... and btw on .com I'm allowed to insult .com

[caravel]

Black backgrounds with white texts are quite simply easier on the eyes. This site for example is illuminating more pixels on your screen than the .com is, thus creating more glare. Try text editing with black on white as opposed to white on black and see how your eyes feel after a while. The same applies to consoles. I always use white on black (a la DOS) in a bash console under Linux, alot better.

@Avlvs Libvrnivs Britannicvs Maximvs: With all due respect, you really need to take things less seriously young Sir.

[Stig]

When I "learned" to make Powerpoint presentations early this year one of the rules we got was:
Always use a black background with white texts, it's easier for the eyes and people will stay focused.

[JFC]

Curse my darn eyes then!

On a serious note my screen is the Dell WUXGA which means greater contrast and vivid colours. Hence why my Eyes Burn! It's like a tamer version of staring at the SUN!

[naut]

When I "learned" to make Powerpoint presentations early this year one of the rules we got was:
Always use a black background with white texts, it's easier for the eyes and people will stay focused.

Duly noted kind sir.

[doc_bean]

When I "learned" to make Powerpoint presentations early this year one of the rules we got was:
Always use a black background with white texts, it's easier for the eyes and people will stay focused.

I tend to use a yellow or broken white background, with a bad enough projector it tends to come out as a not-too-intense white, also easier on the eyes. I never tried the white text on a black background before (for presentations) it seems counterintuitive for some reason.

The main downside of a black background is that colours don't come out as much, which can be fairly annoying when programming.

[MSB]

I use the background of "The Guild" skin in all powerpoints I do.

[JFC]

I was always told Dark Background and light writing make for the ideal Powerpoint. Be it White on Black or Yellow on Blue.

But that is for Powerpoint with few words on the page. I just seem to be very dazzled by the .com colour. Lots of text on the page. Here I have the Guild theme. Almost Feng Shui. Lovely. Be nice if they had pastel colours in green!

Edit : Oh they do in arabique!

[Husar]

Well, I don't see the problem, one can easily change it...

[Stig]

I never tried the white text on a black background before (for presentations) it seems counterintuitive for some reason.

Well parts of the screen the projector doesn't reach is black here at the GIA, which means that a balck background tends to be better, it blends in with everything else

Also they told us it's better to get use Verdana or Arial instead of Times New Roman, dunno if any of you "learned" that

[JFC]

Tahoma or Trebuchet has to be the way froward!

@Husar.... Mien Gott! How did you do that! Is it an option at the bottom?

[Caius]

I will become blind if i spent a very good part of the day here all the day.

Husar, im asking the same question of JFC.
What kind of skin is that?

[Husar]

Well, Opera simply allows you to change the style to several predefined ones or just choose your own colours for text and background etc...so it's not the page, it's my browser.

[JFC]

Oh you cheeky HUSAR! 'It's quite simple really'... HA! sending us poor Orger members down the rabbit run. Naughty HUSAR

REPENT! REPENT!

[MSB]

Hello all,
I used to use Opera, but then I was told to avoid anything but IE by somebody I knew who works for Norton. It actually seemed faster that IE, however, and I liked the way you could change the skins. It was very smooth. I also missed tabbed browsing when I left it, but now I have downloaded Windows Live Tool bar I have that again anyway.
Regards
Avlvs

[drone]

Hello all,
I used to use Opera, but then I was told to avoid anything but IE by somebody I knew who works for Norton. It actually seemed faster that IE, however, and I liked the way you could change the skins. It was very smooth. I also missed tabbed browsing when I left it, but now I have downloaded Windows Live Tool bar I have that again anyway.
Regards
Avlvs

Somebody from Norton told you to only use IE? One of the most (if not THE most) insecure web browsers out there? Either the Norton guys have gotten very stupid these days, or they want your PC infected so they can sell you malware solutions.

[Husar]

Somebody from Norton told you to only use IE? One of the most (if not THE most) insecure web browsers out there? Either the Norton guys have gotten very stupid these days, or they want your PC infected so they can sell you malware solutions.

That or the norton guy wanted to tell him to use anything else BUT IE and one of them got it wrong.

[caravel]

Hello all,
I used to use Opera, but then I was told to avoid anything but IE by somebody I knew who works for Norton. It actually seemed faster that IE, however, and I liked the way you could change the skins. It was very smooth. I also missed tabbed browsing when I left it, but now I have downloaded Windows Live Tool bar I have that again anyway.
Regards
Avlvs

Ignore that advice, get both Opera and Firefox install the two, use both, and see which one you prefer after a few hours/days/weeks/months.

Norton/Symantec is expensive and nasty bloatware.

[JFC]

I'm using the firefox 2.0 and lurve it! But you can only change screen colours in opera?