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<P>Would that be 'Black Fiday' or 'White Friday'??<BR>_d<BR></P></DIV><BR><BR><BR>
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<DIV></DIV>>From: "Charlotte Foust" <CFOUST@INFOSTATSYSTEMS.COM>
<DIV></DIV>>Reply-To: accessd@databaseadvisors.com
<DIV></DIV>>To: <ACCESSD@DATABASEADVISORS.COM>
<DIV></DIV>>Subject: RE: [AccessD] Good Interface Examples
<DIV></DIV>>Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 10:15:03 -0700
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<DIV></DIV>>Aaarrrggghhh!!! And it isn't even Friday yet!
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>Charlotte Foust
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>> -----Original Message-----
<DIV></DIV>> From: Don Elliker [mailto:delliker@hotmail.com]
<DIV></DIV>> Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2003 8:58 AM
<DIV></DIV>> To: accessd@databaseadvisors.com
<DIV></DIV>> Subject: RE: [AccessD] Good Interface Examples
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<DIV></DIV>> Nooohhhhh....White is the absence of all color and black is the
<DIV></DIV>>presence of all color. It's also very strange that things are the color
<DIV></DIV>>they are because that is the color they are not....they reflect the
<DIV></DIV>>color they do not possess....
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<DIV></DIV>> "Things are only free to the extent that you don't pay for
<DIV></DIV>>them."
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<DIV></DIV>> >From: Drew Wutka
<DIV></DIV>> >Reply-To: accessd@databaseadvisors.com
<DIV></DIV>> >To: "'accessd@databaseadvisors.com'"
<DIV></DIV>> >Subject: RE: [AccessD] Good Interface Examples
<DIV></DIV>> >Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 11:20:22 -0500
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<DIV></DIV>> >That's what I thought (though I think you have your last
<DIV></DIV>>sentence
<DIV></DIV>> >reversed...books are black on white...). White on Black is
<DIV></DIV>>letting your
<DIV></DIV>> >eye's see what's there, not what's NOT there. (Since Black is
<DIV></DIV>>the absence
<DIV></DIV>> >of all color, and white is the presence of all.)
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> >Drew
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> >-----Original Message-----
<DIV></DIV>> >From: Roz Clarke [mailto:roz.clarke@donnslaw.co.uk]
<DIV></DIV>> >Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2003 8:46 AM
<DIV></DIV>> >To: 'accessd@databaseadvisors.com'
<DIV></DIV>> >Subject: RE: [AccessD] Good Interface Examples
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> >Psych studies have actually shown that the human eye
<DIV></DIV>>differentiates light on
<DIV></DIV>> >dark more easily than dark on light and a dark background
<DIV></DIV>>(making up, as it
<DIV></DIV>> >does, most of the screen) should cause less strain to the eyes,
<DIV></DIV>>being less
<DIV></DIV>> >bright.
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> >However, I think that we find reading white-on-black easiest
<DIV></DIV>>because we've
<DIV></DIV>> >all been habituated to it from reading books.
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> >Roz
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> >-----Original Message-----
<DIV></DIV>> >From: John Bartow [mailto:john@winhaven.net]
<DIV></DIV>> >Sent: 22 May 2003 14:09
<DIV></DIV>> >To: accessd@databaseadvisors.com
<DIV></DIV>> >Subject: RE: [AccessD] Good Interface Examples
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<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> >Drew,
<DIV></DIV>> >I don't care for white on black. Your site isn't too bad
<DIV></DIV>>because there isn't
<DIV></DIV>> >much to read (and I like the wolf logo) but more than a
<DIV></DIV>>paragraph or so and
<DIV></DIV>> >the eye strain gets pretty heavy.
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> >To be positive though, it is better than red on black, which I
<DIV></DIV>>have seen on
<DIV></DIV>> >at least one web site! Yeeoucch! Talk about eye strain!
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> >JB
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> >-----Original Message-----
<DIV></DIV>> >From: accessd-bounces@databaseadvisors.com
<DIV></DIV>> >[mailto:accessd-bounces@databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Drew
<DIV></DIV>>Wutka
<DIV></DIV>> >Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 8:38 PM
<DIV></DIV>> >To: 'accessd@databaseadvisors.com'
<DIV></DIV>> >Subject: RE: [AccessD] Good Interface Examples
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<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> >Oh, okay. Personally I like to stick to black and white, as
<DIV></DIV>>often as
<DIV></DIV>> >possible. Literally. I use black backgrounds with white text. I
<DIV></DIV>>just
<DIV></DIV>> >think it sticks out better then black on white. However,
<DIV></DIV>>something to keep
<DIV></DIV>> >in mind, color is nice, however, a large portion of the
<DIV></DIV>>population is color
<DIV></DIV>> >blind to a certain extent. Always be sure that places where
<DIV></DIV>>color is used,
<DIV></DIV>> >and differentiating things of different color is important, to
<DIV></DIV>>use colors
<DIV></DIV>> >that 'clash' spectrally, so even if someone is seeing it as
<DIV></DIV>>shades of grey
<DIV></DIV>> >(a severe color blind person), they would still see the
<DIV></DIV>>difference.
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> >That's my only tip......
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> >Drew
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> >-----Original Message-----
<DIV></DIV>> >From: Roz Clarke [mailto:roz.clarke@donnslaw.co.uk]
<DIV></DIV>> >Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 4:07 AM
<DIV></DIV>> >To: 'accessd@databaseadvisors.com'
<DIV></DIV>> >Subject: RE: [AccessD] Good Interface Examples
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<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> >We're about to start designing the interface for a data mining
<DIV></DIV>>application.
<DIV></DIV>> >My team hasn't had any formal training on interface design, and
<DIV></DIV>>I didn't
<DIV></DIV>> >want them to get all their ideas from me - better if they have
<DIV></DIV>>a range of
<DIV></DIV>> >examples! So we're having a couple of workshops where we
<DIV></DIV>>discuss design
<DIV></DIV>> >principles before we start doing the spec. This application
<DIV></DIV>>will take a few
<DIV></DIV>> >weeks to write and, if we get it right, be in use for 2-3 years
<DIV></DIV>>so it's
<DIV></DIV>> >worth putting some thought into.
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> >Roz
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> >-----Original Message-----
<DIV></DIV>> >From: Drew Wutka [mailto:DWUTKA@marlow.com]
<DIV></DIV>> >Sent: 20 May 2003 20:10
<DIV></DIV>> >To: 'accessd@databaseadvisors.com'
<DIV></DIV>> >Subject: RE: [AccessD] Good Interface Examples
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<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> >What kind of 'interface' are you looking for?
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> >Drew
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> >-----Original Message-----
<DIV></DIV>> >From: Roz Clarke [mailto:roz.clarke@donnslaw.co.uk]
<DIV></DIV>> >Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 4:53 AM
<DIV></DIV>> >To: 'accessd@databaseadvisors.com'
<DIV></DIV>> >Subject: [AccessD] Good Interface Examples
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> >Hi all
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> >Does anybody remember a looong time ago we had a discussion
<DIV></DIV>>about interface
<DIV></DIV>> >design, and someone was hosting a gallery of different
<DIV></DIV>>interfaces that had
<DIV></DIV>> >been done with Access?
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> >Does anybody know if it's still there, where it was, and
<DIV></DIV>>whether there are
<DIV></DIV>> >any other good resources out there?
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> >TIA
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> >Roz
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