On Wed, 22 Apr 1998, earl sundquist wrote:

> To those who didn't get a response to thier Critique request it was
> probably because you have a black background.  I think they stink are
> unprofessional and when you use that bright blue text I get eye strain
> in 10ns.  Some tutorials use this background and if you want to prevent
> people from printing out your material or using up a ink cartridge or
> haveing to reset printer/browser options than go for it.
> If your site is a business site don't you have to ask yourselves Would I
> type my letter on this color paper??

But I've seen *LOTS* of colored brochures, something I believe to be much
closer to the analouge equivilent of a webpage. Also, thanks to HTML, you
can change the color of links from that blue color to something gray or
yellow, or whatever you like. I agree, blue on black is hard to read, but
it's easily preventable. I think you are over generalizing. I know we have
all seen enough lame black-backed webpages to puke, but it *can* be done
well..

BTW: yes, my homepage does have a black background.. :D

-Mike 

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