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From: lindwall@beowulf.ucsd.edu (John Lindwall)
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Subject: Re: New "Style Guide" menus question.
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Date: 22 Jun 91 01:18:25 GMT
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In article <22626@cbmvax.commodore.com> andy@cbmvax.commodore.com (Andy Finkel) writes:
>The dark menus only appeared in 2.0;  in 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, and 1.3 we
>had menus with a white background.  And we liked them.
>
>Perhaps in a future revision of Intuition, if the menu system
>is revamped, we can go back to dark text on a light background
>for menus, as =RJ= intended.

I'm curious as to the reasons for preferring one scheme over the other.
Is there some pyschological/biological/ergonomic reason for preferring 
dark text on light?

Some additional thoughts on the Amiga User Interface Style Guide:

Good job people!  I really enjoyed the books' content and style.  The
justification for standardization of user interface elements was very
well presented, in particular.

I noticed (from a note on the first page) that the book was created on
an Amiga 2500 using ProPage, and a collection of other Amiga software
products.  This was a pleasant surprise and a nice touch.

I've been eagerly awaiting this book and was able to purchase it recently
at Software ETC.  Apparently they had just gotten them in this week.  I
paid about $22.
-- 
John Lindwall			lindwall@cs.ucsd.edu
"Oh look at me! I'm all flooby! I'll be a son of a gun!" -- Flaming Carrot