[Conkeror] white-on-black colour schemes

[A.W.]

This sounds like an argument of aesthetics VS ergonomics.
it's certainly more 'natural' to think of dark writing on light
material. It's what's been done for 10s of thousands of years. The
reason for it's is simple: it's what was available. Charcoal on rocks,
etc. white materials that would be used like ink are less common,
harder to make into 'ink' but ultimately how many black materials are
there to write on? I can only think of one: a chalkboard (slate).
I remember when I moved from a school with chalkboards to a school
with a whiteboard it just SUCKED. I couldn't stand looking at it
because it was so damned bright (flouresent lights off of a white
surface... mmm brain pain) and shiny (can't be porous). Then there's
the stench, and pollution from markers, but that's off point.

People are stressed easily by what they're not used to.
Me, I'm a bit autistic, and we tend to (over)react to sensory stimuli,
such as bright lights/colors, loud/sudden sounds. I have no audio
notification on, as well. (crap, I need to set modprobe -r pcspkr in
an init script..)

Easier on the mind VS easier on the eyes...
People will go "dammit, this is nothing like what I'd see normally(on
paper)!" all day if they don't make an effort to adjust mentally.
Doesn't mean that it's actually ergonomically correct...

Note: everything above is gleaned from personal experience,
conversations, and the rest pulled from my ass.
That said, a study can be made to say anything. I'd like to read those
studies myself, because I've been bored.
GOD, my eyes... first opthamologist appt in like 20 years in an hour.
last person in my family over 10 years old to get glasses.

> I have heard it said that studies have shown the opposite - that it is less stressful looking at black-on-white then white-on-black. That is why they have changed air-traffic-control systems from a black background (that is what the technology supported) to a white background (because white is supposedly easier on the eyes, as it is more like paper).
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> Not that I agree...
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> Brian May