Ask HN: Your code editor, black on white or white on black? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Your code editor, black on white or white on black?

#11

Post by ghc » Tue, Dec 20, 2011, 11:56 AM UTC

I have this (perhaps mistaken) notion that when I'm staring at a screen for 12 hours straight, it's better for my eyes to be looking at a mostly dark screen than a mostly lit one.

At the very least, thanks to that link a year ago about how google would save electricity for the world by adopting a black background, I know that I'm saving the environment!

Re: Ask HN: Your code editor, black on white or white on black?

#12

Post by ars » Tue, Dec 20, 2011, 11:56 AM UTC

robot wrote: post #4

green on black

For me as well, although it's not just green, it's color coded so the colors vary.

Re: Ask HN: Your code editor, black on white or white on black?

#13

Post by Derbasti » Tue, Dec 20, 2011, 11:57 AM UTC

jjm wrote: post #9

I go Solarized http://ethanschoonover.com/solarized

Well, light or dark? I go Solarized Light.

Re: Ask HN: Your code editor, black on white or white on black?

#14

Post by DanBC » Tue, Dec 20, 2011, 11:57 AM UTC

I prefer off-white text on a dark grey back. Sometimes a quite bright yellow / orange on grey; other times an HN background on dark grey.

Re: Ask HN: Your code editor, black on white or white on black?

#15

Post by nassosdim » Tue, Dec 20, 2011, 11:57 AM UTC

I hope that was just a matter of preference for me but having enough eye floaters, I find myself suffering less while working with darker backgrounds.

Re: Ask HN: Your code editor, black on white or white on black?

#16

Post by cawhitworth » Tue, Dec 20, 2011, 11:59 AM UTC

Black on white, because then there's less contrast between my main focus of attention (my monitor) and my environment (a fairly brightly lit office).

Re: Ask HN: Your code editor, black on white or white on black?

#17

Post by paulrouget » Tue, Dec 20, 2011, 11:59 AM UTC

mrspeaker wrote: post #7

I'm interested to see the results - a bunch of (dare I say "new") editors seem to pick a light background by default.

I will publish them on my blog (http://paulrouget.com)

Re: Ask HN: Your code editor, black on white or white on black?

#18

Post by DaveChild » Tue, Dec 20, 2011, 11:59 AM UTC

ghc wrote: post #11

I have this (perhaps mistaken) notion that when I'm staring at a screen for 12 hours straight, it's better for my eyes to be looking at a mostly dark screen than a mostly lit one. At the very least, thanks to that link a year ago about how google would save electricity for the world by adopting a black background, I know that I'm saving the environment!

> At the very least, thanks to that link a year ago about how google would save electricity for the world by adopting a black background, I know that I'm saving the environment!

Sadly not, at least not with flat panels. Google responded to the "blackle" think on their blog - http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/08/is-black-new-green.ht...

Re: Ask HN: Your code editor, black on white or white on black?

#19

Post by paulrouget » Tue, Dec 20, 2011, 12:00 PM UTC

skanuj wrote: post #3

Please make the results available too.

I will publish them on my blog (http://paulrouget.com)

Re: Ask HN: Your code editor, black on white or white on black?

#20

Post by [deleted] » Tue, Dec 20, 2011, 12:01 PM UTC

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