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From: Michael Harnois <mharnois@sbt.net>
Date: 01 Mar 1997 20:49:34 -0600
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Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@srce.hr> writes:

> I set the color to gray80, for two reasons:
> 
> a) it is a bit lighter, and tends to look nicer.  It's also a
>    compromise to the users that had it at `white' default all the
>    time.

I think this is way too dark. The white was too hard on the eyes
because of the high contrast, but this is hard on the eyes on account
of the low contrast -- black is fine on it, but trying to read any but
the brightest colors against it makes me squint. I use ghost white and
think it's just about right. Anything darker than about a grey95 is
too dark, imho.

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