Re:Ask HN: Your code editor, black on white or white on black?
by chimeracoder on Tuesday December 20, 2011 @11:55AM
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> In my experience dark backgrounds with light text are more tiring on the eyes in long coding sessions.
I completely disagree; my eyes tire looking at a light screen much more quickly. Sometimes I'll invert the colors late at night just to make things easier to read.
(Come to think of it, thanks for reminding me that I need to figure out how to get xcalib working with my external monitor, not just the laptop screen...)
I completely disagree; my eyes tire looking at a light screen much more quickly. Sometimes I'll invert the colors late at night just to make things easier to read.
(Come to think of it, thanks for reminding me that I need to figure out how to get xcalib working with my external monitor, not just the laptop screen...)