> I agree. "Black on light grey" to me would not include any kind of calculator- or Palm Pilot-type
> LCD display. I think the best example (for me) of the black on grey scheme came from the old
> Infocom HHGTTG game on the Commodore 64. It was very easy on the eyes. The other Infocom games
> used the standard Commodore 64 colors of light blue on dark blue, which I also found very
> soothing. I actually find it kind of frustrating that "modern" software seems to prefer
> to look like text on paper.

Somebody did a scientific study and found that people find it easier to read text that's printed black-on-white.

No word on whether it's more comfortable, though...

Paul