[AccessD] Good Interface Examples

LOL

I'll keep that in mind the next time I look for a screen to photocopy!
<VBG>

Charlotte Foust

-----Original Message-----
From: MartyConnelly [mailto:martyconnelly at shaw.ca] 
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2003 6:38 AM
To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Good Interface Examples


Well, Black print on a Red background is a good security measure. It 
prevents you from photocopying the screen. ;)

Roz Clarke wrote:

> Psych studies have actually shown that the human eye differentiates
> light on dark more easily than dark on light and a dark background 
> (making up, as it does, most of the screen) should cause less strain 
> to the eyes, being less bright.
>  
> However, I think that we find reading white-on-black easiest because
> we've all been habituated to it from reading books.
>  
> Roz
>
>     -----Original Message-----
>     From: John Bartow [mailto:john at winhaven.net]
>     Sent: 22 May 2003 14:09
>     To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
>     Subject: RE: [AccessD] Good Interface Examples
>
>     Drew,
>     I don't care for white on black. Your site isn't too bad because
>     there isn't much to read (and I like the wolf logo) but more than
>     a paragraph or so and the eye strain gets pretty heavy.
>      
>     To be positive though, it is better than red on black, which I
>     have seen on at least one web site! Yeeoucch! Talk about eye 
> strain!
>      
>     JB
>
>         -----Original Message-----
>         From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>         [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Drew
>         Wutka
>         Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 8:38 PM
>         To: 'accessd at databaseadvisors.com'
>         Subject: RE: [AccessD] Good Interface Examples
>
>         Oh, okay.  Personally I like to stick to black and white, as
>         often as possible.  Literally.  I use black backgrounds with
>         white text.  I just think it sticks out better then black on
>         white.  However, something to keep in mind, color is nice,
>         however, a large portion of the population is color blind to a
>         certain extent.  Always be sure that places where color is
>         used, and differentiating things of different color is
>         important, to use colors that 'clash' spectrally, so even if
>         someone is seeing it as shades of grey (a severe color blind
>         person), they would still see the difference.
>          
>         That's my only tip......
>          
>         Drew
>
>             -----Original Message-----
>             From: Roz Clarke [mailto:roz.clarke at donnslaw.co.uk]
>             Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 4:07 AM
>             To: 'accessd at databaseadvisors.com'
>             Subject: RE: [AccessD] Good Interface Examples
>
>             We're about to start designing the interface for a data
>             mining application. My team hasn't had any formal training
>             on interface design, and I didn't want them to get all
>             their ideas from me - better if they have a range of
>             examples! So we're having a couple of workshops where we
>             discuss design principles before we start doing the spec.
>             This application will take a few weeks to write and, if we
>             get it right, be in use for 2-3 years so it's worth
>             putting some thought into.
>              
>             Roz
>
>                 -----Original Message-----
>                 From: Drew Wutka [mailto:DWUTKA at marlow.com]
>                 Sent: 20 May 2003 20:10
>                 To: 'accessd at databaseadvisors.com'
>                 Subject: RE: [AccessD] Good Interface Examples
>
>                 What kind of 'interface' are you looking for?
>                  
>                 Drew
>
>                     -----Original Message-----
>                     From: Roz Clarke
[mailto:roz.clarke at donnslaw.co.uk]
>                     Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 4:53 AM
>                     To: 'accessd at databaseadvisors.com'
>                     Subject: [AccessD] Good Interface Examples
>
>                     Hi all
>
>                     Does anybody remember a looong time ago we had a
>                     discussion about interface design, and someone was
>                     hosting a gallery of different interfaces that had
>                     been done with Access?
>
>                     Does anybody know if it's still there, where it
>                     was, and whether there are any other good
>                     resources out there?
>
>                     TIA
>
>                     Roz
>
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