hp0p+@andrew.cmu.edu (Hokkun Pang) (11/19/90)
Hi, I have been using a color VGA with Windows3 for two months, I still can't get used to looking at the screen yet. My eyes feel so tired after a couple hours of viewing. Here's a question I have: Why is the most comfortable color combinations for Windows 3.0? My monitor is a Gateway CS 1024 (actually, it's a Tatung 1498x). I am running Windows with ATI Wonder at 800x600x256. Any help would be appreciated.
tony@mantis.UUCP (Tony Lezard) (11/20/90)
hp0p+@andrew.cmu.edu (Hokkun Pang) writes: > I have been using a color VGA with Windows3 for two months, I still can't get > used to looking at the screen yet. My eyes feel so tired after a couple hours > of viewing. Here's a question I have: > > Why is the most comfortable color combinations for Windows 3.0? Obviously there is no "most comfortable colour combination" - it depends entirely on your own preferences. Personally, I'm happy with the Windows default colours, with WEAVE.BMP as the background. If you're finding looking at the screen tiring, I suggest you experiment with more subdued colours than the default. Also, try fiddling with the brightness and contrast controls of your monitor. ========================================================================== Tony Lezard, E-mail: tony@mantis.UUCP, Snail-mail: Mantis Consultants, Unit 56, St. John's Innovation Centre, Cambridge. CB4 4WS. United Kingdom. Disclaimer? I'll take my chances for the moment...
dmerrill@hpspcoi.HP.COM (David Merrill) (11/22/90)
>/ hpspcoi:comp.windows.ms / hp0p+@andrew.cmu.edu (Hokkun Pang) / 1:40 am Nov 19, 1990 / >Hi, > I have been using a color VGA with Windows3 for two months, I still can't get >used to looking at the screen yet. My eyes feel so tired after a couple hours >of viewing. Here's a question I have: > >Why is the most comfortable color combinations for Windows 3.0? > > >My monitor is a Gateway CS 1024 (actually, it's a Tatung 1498x). >I am running Windows with ATI Wonder at 800x600x256. > >Any help would be appreciated. I don't know how things look on your monitor, but I'm using a 20" monitor at 1280x1024, and the default color settings remind me of staring into a light- bulb. I like to have a black desktop (with a nice bitmap wallpaper), black window backgrounds, white text, medium-light blue active title bar, and lots of greys for borders, inactive title bars, etc. My point of veiw is that a brightly colored Windows configuration is distracting and fatiguing. I therefore try to make it as subdued as possivble and leave the exciting colors to individual apps that need color. BTW, if you're running in interlaced mode (my guess is that you're not), DON'T use the weave pattern unless you want an incredible migraine. Dave Merrill dmerrill@hpspcoi.hp.com
jimad@microsoft.UUCP (Jim ADCOCK) (11/28/90)
I also find that my perception of windows colors and resulting eye-strain is very dependent on ambient lighting conditions, and the tasks I'm working on -- spend a day writing documents with small text and my eyes will be tired no matter what. [One can always make the text larger temporarily, however.] Also, I adjust my overhead lighting and the shades on my windows as the day goes on so that my ambient lighting is neither bright nor dark, but rather just slightly subdued. Here's the best color combo I could find for myself: desktop dark grey application workspace off-white window background white window text black menu bar light grey menu text black active title bar dark grey-green inactive title bar light grey title bar text black active border light green inactive border light grey window frame black scroll bars dark grey-green Boring, but I find it easy on _my_ eyes. [A Windows User]
dittrich@milton.u.washington.edu (Dave Dittrich) (12/19/90)
In article <8bFuWJG00YU6Q0fl83@andrew.cmu.edu> hp0p+@andrew.cmu.edu (Hokkun Pang) writes: >Hi, > I have been using a color VGA with Windows3 for two months, I still can't get >used to looking at the screen yet. My eyes feel so tired after a couple hours >of viewing. Here's a question I have: > >Why is the most comfortable color combinations for Windows 3.0? > Try the colors suggested in the Microsoft Systems Journal article on Windows (an excerpt of my win.ini file is included). [colors] ; Colors reset per Geary article in Microsoft Systems Journal, July 1990 ; Ones that Control Panel knows about... ActiveBorder=128 255 255 ActiveTitle=0 128 64 AppWorkspace=64 128 128 Background=128 128 128 InactiveBorder=192 192 192 InactiveTitle=128 128 128 Menu=0 128 128 MenuText=0 0 0 Scrollbar=191 191 191 TitleText=255 255 255 Window=192 192 192 WindowText=0 0 0 WindowFrame=0 0 0 ; New ones that Control Panal knows not ;ButtonFace= ;ButtonShadow= ButtonText=0 0 0 GrayTest=128 128 128 Hilight=128 0 0 HilightText=255 255 0 -- Dave Dittrich Dept. of Chemistry BG-10, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 dittrich@u.washington.edu ...!uw-beaver!u.washington.edu!dittrich "Teachers are the only profession that teach our children." Dan Quayle