[Novalug] OT: monitor distance
Ed T. Toton III
bones@necrobones.net
Fri Nov 9 11:59:22 EST 2007
Thus spake Ed James:
> I sort of approach this equality a bit differently. I set my system
> colors for black background and white foreground (text). It makes for
> about 20 watts less power needed for my old CRTs. Eyestrain is also a
> lot less for me, even when the ambient light is on the low side. I
> understand that there are studies as to which color combinations are
> best for human eyes, and I seem to recall that green text was best, but
> it's a hazy memory. I prefer the greater contrast with white text since
> it seems to help reduce the frequency of me mis- reading stuff.
Yeah, all my ssh terminals are grey on black... ye olde colors work best
for me. I have enough web-browsers open that are black on white, that it
all evens out in the long run. :)
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