06-21-2007, 06:13 PM
Calm down, chas. I'm not attacking you personally. I don't think the 'screen reverse' is an acceptable alternative, esp on sites where I'm doing research (reading many pages) and copy/pasting text into a fuller document (for client work and other research).
But, yes, it works; no argument. Perhaps I sounded harsh calling it ridiculous -- again, though, not a personal knock against you. I wrote it passingly, not with an ounce of "you're an idiot for suggesting it" in me.
Still, the screen-reverse solution doesn't work perfectly (see my commentary on how the reverse isn't consistent; it doesn't universally change to black on white; in a few sites I've visited I've gotten orange, green, and even light yellow on white) -- granted, it may be a quick fix for a quick read of a line or two, but in those cases some white on black text isn't an issue. (Those of you who are susceptible to retina burn, like me, know what I mean. Reading a white-on-black web page for a while can be migraine-inducing.) Many of the sites I need to visit and review (including a lot of client interweb type things) are pages long. I usually just cut & paste the text into a TextEdit doc and do my review from there, but sometimes I need to see how the text flows on the page with images, charts, graphs, etc.
But, still, the solution I was looking for (per my original post) was not the screen-reverse but a similar preference type of thing.
No offense intended, no malice directed, and I'll get the next round (and a plate of nachos for the table as well).
And I still think the sig pic is cool.
But, yes, it works; no argument. Perhaps I sounded harsh calling it ridiculous -- again, though, not a personal knock against you. I wrote it passingly, not with an ounce of "you're an idiot for suggesting it" in me.
Still, the screen-reverse solution doesn't work perfectly (see my commentary on how the reverse isn't consistent; it doesn't universally change to black on white; in a few sites I've visited I've gotten orange, green, and even light yellow on white) -- granted, it may be a quick fix for a quick read of a line or two, but in those cases some white on black text isn't an issue. (Those of you who are susceptible to retina burn, like me, know what I mean. Reading a white-on-black web page for a while can be migraine-inducing.) Many of the sites I need to visit and review (including a lot of client interweb type things) are pages long. I usually just cut & paste the text into a TextEdit doc and do my review from there, but sometimes I need to see how the text flows on the page with images, charts, graphs, etc.
But, still, the solution I was looking for (per my original post) was not the screen-reverse but a similar preference type of thing.
No offense intended, no malice directed, and I'll get the next round (and a plate of nachos for the table as well).
And I still think the sig pic is cool.