Drew Wutka
DWUTKA at marlow.com
Thu May 22 13:28:28 CDT 2003
Hmmm, good point, but not for a screen. The screen projects all color for white, it's not reflecting it. Drew -----Original Message----- From: Don Elliker [mailto:delliker at hotmail.com] Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2003 11:58 AM To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com Subject: RE: [AccessD] Good Interface Examples Nooohhhhh....White is the absence of all color and black is the presence of all color. It's also very strange that things are the color they are because that is the color they are not....they reflect the color they do not possess.... "Things are only free to the extent that you don't pay for them." >From: Drew Wutka >Reply-To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com >To: "'accessd at databaseadvisors.com'" >Subject: RE: [AccessD] Good Interface Examples >Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 11:20:22 -0500 > >That's what I thought (though I think you have your last sentence >reversed...books are black on white...). White on Black is letting your >eye's see what's there, not what's NOT there. (Since Black is the absence >of all color, and white is the presence of all.) > >Drew > >-----Original Message----- >From: Roz Clarke [mailto:roz.clarke at donnslaw.co.uk] >Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2003 8:46 AM >To: 'accessd at databaseadvisors.com' >Subject: RE: [AccessD] Good Interface Examples > > >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 _____ MSN 8 helps ELIMINATE E-MAIL <http://g.msn.com/8HMYENUS/2743??PS=> VIRUSES. 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