Background tweak
Posted on September 27, 2003 @ 18:18 in Webdesign
Taking a directions from Inflight Correction and taking the next right at Fawny, I ended up at Wow Web Designs. I've been looking at the web through a LCD screen since a couple of weeks and I've noticed that really high contrasts, especially white backgrounds, have become much more noticeable, and much more of a strain on the eye. My old CRT screen renders high contrasts in a more toned down way. Of course, I could just turn down the contrast on the LCD screen, but I love the crisp, vibrant display too much to do that.
So, what I've done is start with my own website and introduce a slightly off-white background color. This decreases the contrast between the black text and the background it's sitting on, without decreasing the readability of the text itself. What do you think? Does it make the site more or less readable for you?
Update: Added screenshot of the website with a white background for comparison.
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I *think* it reads better, but I cannot be sure without reference. Can you include a snapshot with pure white background?
Posted by Arjan on September 29, 2003 @ 11:53
There you go, screenshot added. The screenshot is taken on my XP box with the ClearType subpixel rendering for fonts turned on.
The links in the sidebar might need a bit darker color now, but to tell you the truth, I'm not so sure anymore about toning down the background color anymore. The white background makes the whole layout look a lot crisper. But then again, I've been thinking about redesigning again for a while.
Posted by Frank on September 29, 2003 @ 17:11
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