Black or white?

[Brown Jenkin]

I prefer the black (like my men ) but as others have pointed out the gray really washes out. Is there a way to do some sort of cookie option where an alternate version can be chosen, like how alternate pages are loaded based on browsers?

Now all you need is some neon green and and a large logo overwhelming the page [/humor]

 

[Morrus]

Black is far ahead with 61% of the votes. Looks like The People have spoken, but I'll leave it a bit longer.

 

[pbsoutham]

I vote for white. I can't get away with viewing a black window at work!

 

[buzz]

I voted white, as it was far more readable.

That said, it'd be nice to see fully-designed mock-ups, as there's more to a usable design than just that one color choice. E.g., the tiled slate backgrounds EN uses are a bigger issue for me than the font color.

 

[Cwheeler]

I prefer the black, but would love to see the tonality of the greys fixed up to make it easier to read.

Thanks for consulting us .

 

[edbonny]

White. So I can read it at work!

Here! Here! You speak the truth!

 

[Morrus]

I've modified both the black and white versions.

If anyone knows of a cookie-based bit of code that'll allow you to choose which you prefer, let me know (as opposed to something that requires a database query, which we're strictly avoiding on the news page right now).

 

[Ashrum the Black]

Black is best. The white is just way to bright on the ol' mark one eyeball. Especially if I need to stare at it for any lenght of time.

-Ashrum

 

[Achan hiArusa]

Black. It reminds me of my first computer (okay if the text were green then it would be like the old TRS-80 Model IV I first programmed on).

 

[Morrus]

I've kludged together an inelegant solution - it means I have to update two nearly identical pages. But it'll work for now.