MartyConnelly
martyconnelly at shaw.ca
Thu May 22 09:38:22 CDT 2003
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 > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >AccessD mailing list >AccessD at databaseadvisors.com >http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd >Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > >