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<DIV><SPAN class=991515213-22052003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>No, it
is more than that. I know about the studies you refer to but those refer
specifically to printed material. In the case of a monitor, it turns out
the reverse is true. The resolution of the screen, the pixel turn on time
(electronics behind the image) and the size of the object being assimilated by
the eye and the brain all play a factor. Printed material usually has a
very sharply defined "edge" between the dark and the light, whereas with TV tube
monitors, the waveform that defines the dot on the screen causes the average
intensity to be lower than might otherwise expected. In essence the "dot"
is only fully turned on in the very center, whereas the edges of the pixel are
dimmer. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=991515213-22052003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>When
taken together, it just doesn't work the same with monitors as it does with
print. This (your study) may in fact be true again with the new LCD
displays since each pixel really is either on or off, and the entire pixel is
the same intensity across the whole. In the meantime, I am poor and use
the older technology. ;-)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<P><FONT size=2>John W. Colby<BR>www.colbyconsulting.com</FONT> </P>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
accessd-bounces@databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces@databaseadvisors.com]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Roz
Clarke<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, May 22, 2003 9:46 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
'accessd@databaseadvisors.com'<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [AccessD] Good Interface
Examples<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=983004113-22052003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>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.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=983004113-22052003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=983004113-22052003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>However, I think that we find reading white-on-black easiest because
we've all been habituated to it from reading books.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=983004113-22052003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=983004113-22052003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Roz</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> John Bartow
[mailto:john@winhaven.net] <BR><B>Sent:</B> 22 May 2003 14:09<BR><B>To:</B>
accessd@databaseadvisors.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [AccessD] Good Interface
Examples<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=671020213-22052003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Drew,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=671020213-22052003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>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.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=671020213-22052003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=671020213-22052003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>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!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=671020213-22052003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>JB</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
accessd-bounces@databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces@databaseadvisors.com]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Drew
Wutka<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, May 21, 2003 8:38 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
'accessd@databaseadvisors.com'<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [AccessD] Good
Interface Examples<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=893133601-22052003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>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.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=893133601-22052003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=893133601-22052003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>That's my only tip......</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=893133601-22052003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=893133601-22052003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Drew</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Roz Clarke
[mailto:roz.clarke@donnslaw.co.uk]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, May 21,
2003 4:07 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
'accessd@databaseadvisors.com'<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [AccessD] Good
Interface Examples<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=991320309-21052003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>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.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=991320309-21052003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Roz</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Drew
Wutka [mailto:DWUTKA@marlow.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> 20 May 2003
20:10<BR><B>To:</B> 'accessd@databaseadvisors.com'<BR><B>Subject:</B>
RE: [AccessD] Good Interface Examples<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=466410919-20052003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>What kind of 'interface' are you looking
for?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=466410919-20052003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=466410919-20052003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Drew</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Roz Clarke
[mailto:roz.clarke@donnslaw.co.uk]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, May 20,
2003 4:53 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
'accessd@databaseadvisors.com'<BR><B>Subject:</B> [AccessD] Good
Interface Examples<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi all</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>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?</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Does anybody know if it's still there,
where it was, and whether there are any other good resources out
there?</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>TIA</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Roz</FONT>
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