mfriedel@slate.mines.colorado.edu (Fried Mike Microwave) (04/10/91)
In general I agree that a GUI in monochrome , exspecially NeXTStep is great (as long as it is on a monochrome monitor).Color monitors in general have a hard time displaying black and white. The one NeXT ships with the ColorStation ( a Phillips) definately has a problem with black and white. On borders of windows the black line diverge to some other color (usually red) and fonts don't have as high of a contrast as on a monochrome monitor either. So color would help in this case, because if one picks colors that are not that far apart in the RGB colorspectrum they don't diverge as much and one gets a better contrast at borders (for those of you that don't believe me try black and white on a color X station and the something like a black background and red). So unless one shells out another 3k (that makes about 6k) for a better monitor (and even then it isn't as nice as on a monochrome) colors will be a necessity for some Apps on a ColorStation. Personally I don't care about icons, they can be monochrome as long as they wish. Mike -- /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ No user serviceable part inside. Warranty void if opend modified or tampered with. No batteries included.