People are pretty attached to things being the way they’ve always been. White on black could leave readers feeling better, but manufacturers would still default to black on white because that’s what seems normal to people from printed books.
I don’t know what they’ve proved, but given the sums of money and smart people involved in UI design, I expect they’ve worked this out. I’m not one to generally trust the authorities, but in this case I don’t see any institutional reasons to expect them to get this wrong.
You’re confusing the question of whether the UI design people have correctly figured out the population average with the question of whether there is wide individual variation around that average.
It’s pretty easy to figure out how you, personally, like to read text on a screen.
Whatever you do, NEVER let someone else make decisions for you. You can, and should, get as much advice as you feel you need; but never let go of the chance to take it a step further.
You might think I’m being antagonistical but I’m being honest. Turn off the light. Then see if you prefer inverted colors or decreased brightness.
My main problem with brightness controls is that often they’re really not as low as they should be. Also, it saves some energy. I’ve heard that there’s also the issue of that being a light source but I’ve never investigated further.
You can just have a shade of gray you prefer with a black background instead of fighting with absolutely retarded brightness anti-features.
It’s often called “inverted colors” or whatever other cool name the software manufacturer decided to give it.
I’ll give that a try, but haven’t the UI people pretty well determined a long time ago that you want to read darker text on a lighter background?
People are pretty attached to things being the way they’ve always been. White on black could leave readers feeling better, but manufacturers would still default to black on white because that’s what seems normal to people from printed books.
Ergonomics people have actually studied this.
Have they proved that for moderate contrast rather than extreme contrast?
I don’t know what they’ve proved, but given the sums of money and smart people involved in UI design, I expect they’ve worked this out. I’m not one to generally trust the authorities, but in this case I don’t see any institutional reasons to expect them to get this wrong.
But I’ll give it a try on my kindle.
You’re confusing the question of whether the UI design people have correctly figured out the population average with the question of whether there is wide individual variation around that average.
It’s pretty easy to figure out how you, personally, like to read text on a screen.
Why should the UI people make decisions for you? Try it, you won’t be disappointed.
Because lots of money and time are spent by smart people to get this right, and I don’t see any reason to doubt that they’ve gotten this right.
I’ll give it a try, though.
No.
Whatever you do, NEVER let someone else make decisions for you. You can, and should, get as much advice as you feel you need; but never let go of the chance to take it a step further.
You might think I’m being antagonistical but I’m being honest. Turn off the light. Then see if you prefer inverted colors or decreased brightness.
My main problem with brightness controls is that often they’re really not as low as they should be. Also, it saves some energy. I’ve heard that there’s also the issue of that being a light source but I’ve never investigated further.