> > > > I spent a timeon my website, and I am finally happy with it. It's exactly what I envisioned. I've never had this much success in creating exactly what I had in mind when I started.
> > > > --Jez"just felt like writing--sorry"zika
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> > > The site's nice, but can I give you some advice (from several years of web site development)?
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> > > White on black text is very hard to read. Not as bad as red on black, but it's very straining on the eyes. Black on white is better, but black on a neutral grey (a light grey) is even better on the eyes.
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> > Black on light-grey is better? From struggling with the text on Palm pilots, or with trying to read the digits on Liquid Crystal Display calculators, I'm not quite sure about that. I know the "standard" black-text-on-white background is relatively difficult to read, too.
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> > Back in grad studies, we used to make slide-show projections using yellow text against deep cyan (blue) backgrounds. We found this to be the easiest combination on the eyes in a poorly lit room. I occasionally let the blue background shade gradually into a deep mauve, for variety. I'm wondering if these would still be fashionable colour combinations used in students' slide-show presentations, these days.
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> Well I rejected the black-on-white, becasue it makes me think of operating rooms. The white-on-black also seems to fit the solar eclipse theme I wanted for my website. Yellow-on-cyan would undermine my desired effect, I think.
> However, I want my website to be easy to read, of course. Maybe a thicker font would help?
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> --Jez"what about neon blue on neon orange? bleah"zika

Stay away from red type on a dark blue background. It just sits there and shimmers and you can't read a word. It's just as well that you can't. Looking at it for more than a few minutes will give you an eyestrain headache.
Howard