28 Aug
2014
28 Aug
'14
11:21 a.m.
On Aug 28, 2014, at 09:58 , Peter Corlett <abuse at cabal.org.uk> wrote:
On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 09:06:33AM -0700, Mark J.
Blair wrote:
[...]
I can't speak for my dad, but that's not my issue with amber screens. I discern
red vs. green just fine; in fact, I have to pass red/green colorblindness tests annually
for my commercial driver's license. I have no problem with the contrast of amber
monitors, either. It's the hue of the phosphor that I dislike, in much the same way
that I prefer not to view things that are hot pink. A hot pink monitor phosphor would be
perfectly viewable, and some people would probably even like it, but I would consider it
to be eye-rape.
--
Mark J. Blair, NF6X <nf6x at nf6x.net>
http://www.nf6x.net/
I can't explain it; I just think it's
ugly. My dad says that using an amber
monitor makes him physically ill. It doesn't do that to me, but I just don't
like it.
My hypothesis is that the two of you are red-green colourblind and there's just
not enough contrast to read comfortably.