jhs@MITRE-BEDFORD.ARPA.UUCP (04/17/87)
Nick DiMasi comments: > ...I tend to go "blind" and/or get a headache when looking at an inverse > video display like that. I have my copies of OmniTerm and OmniWriter set up > to display light characters on a dark green background... This is of course a matter of personal preference, and I can see how you would be less satisfied with OMNIVIEW's font than I am if you start with the firm constraint that you MUST use light letters on a dark background. However, I have heard it alleged that amber monitors produce less eye fatigue than other colors, and that green is especially bad for eyestrain. It may be that you would find dark on light less objectionable on an amber monitor. Even a TV-like white screen might be better than green. I have used both of these colors with OMNIVIEW but I have not tried a green screen. I would certainly recommend that anyone planning to do word processing select an amber rather than a green monitor, independently of choices like whether to use OMNIVIEW. > BTW, have you had any trouble changing the text color in OmniCom? > I was able to play with the background color, but the text insists on > being white (tho last time it was light green). As I said above, I have used a monochrome TV and an amber monitor, but never a color monitor on my Atari, so I have never observed color effects. I have, however, had no trouble changing the brightness of text or background in OmniCom. By the way, I have never yet seen a color monitor that didn't make text look fuzzy, except for the NEC MultiSync, which I find just barely sharp enough. Anyone comparing OMNIVIEW with the Atari or ICD 80-column display adaptors should be careful to do so on the same monitor they will actually use them on!!! Seeing them on different monitors could make a BIG difference. -John Sangster / jhs@mitre-bedford.arpa