The Long Strange Trip to Java
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The Long Strange Trip to Java
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Re: The Long Strange Trip to Java
#2A some what longwinded read but with interesting points if you are interested in Java and the early days at Sun.
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#3I give up. My eyes are hurting from reading white on a black background.
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#4The author writes that this was cut from the book, but I actually read it the first time in the first edition of Naughton's work. Pretty much word for word. So maybe someone got mad and decided to sue and it was left out of the second edition...?
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#5I give up. My eyes are hurting from reading white on a black background.
On a Mac:
System Preferences, search term "Vision". First match should be "white text on black display". Hit enter.
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#6I give up. My eyes are hurting from reading white on a black background.
I usually select the text with the mouse to alternate the colors. It's terribly annoying for me, too. I wonder if visual perception differs greatly form one person to the other (I can't explain these design choices otherwise, unless the author has sadistic tendencies)
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#7It should probably be pointed out that Patrick was later arrested and since then, has been largely written out of the Java story.
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#8i was rooting for him to take the job at NeXT. probably would have turned out better in the long run.
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#9I give up. My eyes are hurting from reading white on a black background.
In Firefox: View > Page Style > No Style
It has helped me to read this article. White on black is a terrible choice for long text.