ianf@nada.kth.se (Ian Feldman) (03/16/90)
In article <2979@dciem.dciem.dnd.ca> mmt@dretor.dciem.dnd.ca (Martin Taylor) writes re: having ready-made answers for questions of proper application of colors: > [......] What I did was to apply > general principles of colour perception to the problems of the displays > I was shown [.......] > As a general principle, though, I give this overgeneralization: > If it looks gorgeous, beware; it is probably not good for information --------------------------------------------------------------------- > presentation. ------------- > Martin Taylor (mmt@zorac.dciem.dnd.ca ...!uunet!dciem!mmt) (416) 635-2048 Which ties in nicely with, and can be generally applied to any visual-information presenting task. I remember once questioning an advertising director's "flowery", in my point of view, use of various typefaces for body-text purposes; according to him, however, "whatever was aesthetic, was also a good ergonomic solution". Alas, I don't quite believe him to have known the meaning of that last, far too often misused, word. --Ian Feldman / ianf%nada.kth.se@uunet.uu.net <--- the only safe route / "observe the emacs-style expression-dash-misuse"