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Article #13Re: Progressive nearsightness from CRT use
From: Boniface Lau
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 23:56
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 23:56
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>>>>> On 23 Aug 92 18:30:45 GMT, tsf@CS.CMU.EDU (Timothy Freeman) said: Timothy> In article <Aug.22.22.15.47.1992.21783@pilot.njin.net> birchall@pilot.njin.net (Shag) writes: Timothy> In theory, brown letters on white strain your eyes the least. Timothy> Whose theory? It seems to me that all colors of light get Timothy> focused by the same mechanism in the eye, so I find the idea Timothy> that some colors are less straining than others hard to Timothy> swallow. I am surprised to hear that - try this: turn the contrast and the brightness to the highest level, then look at a black characters on white background display and compare that with a white characters on black background display. I believe you will feel the difference on eye strain. -- Boniface Lau (613) 592-2122 ext. 3042 Boniface_Lau@Mitel.COM Mitel Corp. 350 Legget Drive, Kanata Ontario, Canada, K2K 1X3
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!sun-barr!cs.utexas.edu!torn!cunews!revcan!software.mitel.com!laub!laub From: laub@Software.Mitel.COM (Boniface Lau) Newsgroups: sci.med.occupational Subject: Re: Progressive nearsightness from CRT use Message-ID: <LAUB.92Aug25195635@laub.Software.Mitel.COM> Date: 25 Aug 92 23:56:35 GMT References: <1992Aug22.010015.17484@ultb.isc.rit.edu> <Aug.22.22.15.47.1992.21783@pilot.njin.net> <TSF.92Aug23133045@U.ERGO.CS.CMU.EDU> Sender: laub@Software.Mitel.COM Organization: Mitel. Kanata (Ontario). Canada. Lines: 20 In-reply-to: tsf@CS.CMU.EDU's message of 23 Aug 92 18:30:45 GMT