Websites default to black text on white - why ?!!

Emp_Fab

Why the hell is the default for almost all pages black text on a white background ?  (or at least dark text on a lighter background).

This site is one of the worst for it - it's like trying to read a book while staring at the sun.

How can I change the colour scheme so it's light text on a dark background ?  Whatever OS & Browser combination I try, it's always a right PITA and never works properly or just buggers up the colour scheme of the whole computer.

octatonic

Look at accessibility options in your operating system.

digitalscream

It's actually pretty easy on the eyes, as long as your monitor brightness (or, more often, gamma) isn't up too high.

frankus

Sporky

Run Flux?

hotpot

I notice the same problems with all sites, it's like staring into a searchlight. I use colour that site in firefox, this site is now 50 shades of grey, much more easy on the eyes.

FX_Munkee

hotpot said:

I notice the same problems with all sites, it's like staring into a searchlight. I use colour that site in firefox, this site is now 50 shades of grey, much more easy on the eyes.

The reason for your impending blindness has merely changed.

hotpot

FX_Munkee said:

hotpot said:

I notice the same problems with all sites, it's like staring into a searchlight. I use colour that site in firefox, this site is now 50 shades of grey, much more easy on the eyes.

The reason for your impending blindness has merely changed.

LOLOL I must have a mucky mind because anytime I see grey written I associate it with that book title!

chillidoggy

frankus said:

Superb!

EricTheWeary

The suprisingly frequent use of white print on a black background was one of the things that killed Guitarist for me. Very hard to read. Don't know on my iPad but fairly sure I can change black on white on websites on the work PC. Typing this it is black on pale yellow, which is nice.

Grunfeld

Sporky said:

Run Flux?

Good proggie.  Long time Flux user.

Flink_Poyd

http://imgur.com/ip0qM40

Jealous?

WezV

It can be quite bad for dyslexics too

Sporky

Grunfeld said:

Sporky said:

Run Flux?

Good proggie.  Long time Flux user.

Flux genuinely changed my life. Sleepy earlier, so I sleep more and feel better. Lovely bit of code that is.

Strangefan

Are you sure you're not reading a news paper?

littlegreenman

Sporky said:

Grunfeld said:

Sporky said:

Run Flux?

Good proggie.  Long time Flux user.

Flux genuinely changed my life. Sleepy earlier, so I sleep more and feel better. Lovely bit of code that is.

Been using it for a while now since @Grunfeld suggested it. Brilliant as a non-brilliant thing if you get my meaning.

hotpot

My Yandex browser has a light bulb symbol at the side of the search box, click it & it dims the page which can be set to any shade. Very nice feature.

stickyfiddle

WezV said:

It can be quite bad for dyslexics too

I have a mild somethingorother that's related to dyslexia and it's horrible reading black text on a white page - it's as if everything wiggles around like the letters are drunk. Thankfully it's better on a screen, and with brightness turned down it's much better. I'm hopeless reading on paper - I never got into reading books as a result.

So.. turn down the brightness a bit?

57Deluxe

my website is quite the opposite!

http://boss-pedals.jimdo.com

WezV

stickyfiddle;950286" said:

WezV said:

It can be quite bad for dyslexics too





I have a mild somethingorother that's related to dyslexia and it's horrible reading black text on a white page - it's as if everything wiggles around like the letters are drunk. Thankfully it's better on a screen, and with brightness turned down it's much better. I'm hopeless reading on paper - I never got into reading books as a result.

So.. turn down the brightness a bit?

Get some tinted acetates for books/paper. You need to find the colour that works best for you, but it can make a massive difference.

Sassafras

Some websites drive me bonkers, the ones that use red letters on an orange background or turquoise on green or purple on mauve. Every time I come across one of these insane sites I think my eyes are going.

Stick with the black on white, it might be boring but at least you can bloody read it without getting headaches.