Re: [APML] Text color. Was: Polar Drift Alignment Article

[Loren Banbury <lbanbury@sonic.net>]

OT - Text Color- just for the record and those who use it - the %
indicates to html interpret the next two digits as hexadecimal - the 20
would be a hexadecimal 20 or using a hex to ascii conversion table  hex
20 = a blank space
Loren banbury

steve banbury wrote:
> 
> Thanks for helping me with the space (%) JIm.
> I don't have any problem with your white on black--I use black on red
> on my laptop in the dark.
> 
> Only one thing to add or ponder in your article. I once asked Chuck
> Vaughn why he recommended using stars at a Dec of +20 deg. Here's how
> he responded:
> 
> "Steve--I'm using Brad Wallis' "Mean Photographic Declination".  I use
> +70 and -30 as my limits so +20 is the mean."
> 
> For what its worth.
> 
> Thanks again for the article. As I recollect, you decided using an STV
> wasn't really an improvement.
> I haven't gotten out since July due to work and family commitments,
> so haven't experimented with that technique.
> :^{
> 
> Take care--Steve
> 
> 
> Jim Janusz wrote:
> 
> > Hmmm
> >
> > Could it be a monitor issue?  To me it looks very legible.  Anyone
> > else have
> > a problem?
> >
> > Jim
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Bert Katzung" <katzung1@comcast.net>
> > To: <MalcS@blinkinc.com>; "Discussion of Film Astrophotography"
> > <astro-photo@seds.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 1:53 PM
> > Subject: Re: [APML] Text color. Was: Polar Drift Alignment Article
> >
> > > Hi Malcolm:
> > > I think it's you <VBG>. Actually, I recall an analysis done
> > decades ago by
> > > Kodak or someone who wanted to find the best (most legible) format
> > for
> > > slides with text. (This was long before PowerPoint.) The
> > conclusion was
> > that
> > > light text on a dark background was more legible than the reverse.
> > Of
> > > course, that was for reading slides in a darkened lecture room. I
> > can
> > recall
> > > doing text editing in the DOS days and I found that white text on
> > a blue
> > > background was easiest on my eyes.
> > > But I agree 100% that dark text of any color on a black background
> > is
> > awful!
> > > Bert
> > >
> > > Bert Katzung
> > > katzung1@comcast.net
> > > www.astronomy-images.com
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Malcolm Shedden" <MalcS@Blinkinc.com>
> > > To: "Discussion of Film Astrophotography" <astro-photo@seds.org>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 11:52 AM
> > > Subject: RE: [APML] Polar Drift Alignment Article
> > >
> > >
> > > > Is it just me, or is white text on a black background very
> > > > difficult to read? (Not as bad as blue text on a black
> > > > background though, which some web publishers seem to favor
> > > > for some reason that is beyond me!)
> > > >
> > > > I find myself having to highlight the text with the mouse
> > > > cursor which inverts it in order to read it easily.
> > > >
> > > > Malcolm.
> > >
> > >
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