On Fri, 12 Mar 1999, Ian Keith Setford wrote: > Aside from personal preference, does anyone know if a certain combination > of colors is better to stare at than others? I can guess, from my own > experience, that white text on a black background is better than black on > white. Does anybody have any input on this? I would like to use the one > that is "best" on my eyes since I stare at computer screens for ~12hrs a > day.
As I recall, a long time ago (by computer standards), WordPerfect Corp. did a lot of research on this before releasing WordPerfect 5.1. Since 5.1 was finally released with a default of white-on-blue, I would venture to guess that this is what they decided was easiest on the eyes. HTH. -Dano
