Re: white&black debate

by "Robert Brisson" <lordmoo(at)jccomp.com>

Date:	Mon, 10 Aug 1998 11:38:19 -0700
To:	"June Robertson" <jdrobertson(at)earthlink.net>, <hwg-critique(at)mail.hwg.org>
	todo: View Thread, Original

The oldest browsers you should worry about are 2.0, as no one is quite that
croatian as to have a 1.0 browser... And you use <body bgcolor="#000000"
text="#FFFFFF"> for black bg / white text. However, on this subject, keep
your colors within the color cube, using only hex values of 00,33,66,99,CC,
and FF. In your graphics, stick to the color cube as well, and save
everything as a gif. Check all your sites in 640x480x256 and preferably do
your work in this resolution if your moniter doesn't hurt your eyes. Use a
superpalette for your graphics. Enjoy, as this all ends up being way too
much work ;-)

                Best Wishes,
                =============================
                R. Brisson
                "640K ought to be enough for anybody."
                � Bill Gates, 1981
                http://newin98.home.ml.org
                =============================

-----Original Message-----
From: June Robertson <jdrobertson(at)earthlink.net>
To: hwg-critique(at)mail.hwg.org <hwg-critique(at)mail.hwg.org>
Date: Monday, August 10, 1998 10:48 AM
Subject: white&black debate


>I'm a newbie here and this is more a question than a comment.  I've been
reading the debate
>about black backgrounds with some interest since I am considering a dark
background/light text
>format for my next site.  I have 'artistic' reasons for wanting this that I
won't go into.
>However, my chief reason for hestitating is the question of degradability.
>
>It's all fine and good to design something that looks great on IE4 or the
latest Netscape, but
>I want people with lower end browsers to be able to enjoy the site too.
Don't the older
>browsers default down to black text on white?  And don't they do so in a
somewhat 'uneven'
>manner -- that is that one 'old' browser will support the dark background
but not the light
>text (or is it vice versa?) so that, for some people there will only be a
white or black screen
>(or maybe that dreaded peach text on pale yellow)?
>
>Is anyone else concerned about this with dark-under-light schemes?  Is
there a simple solution
>to the problem?
>
>--June
>
>

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