Please stop using white text on black background

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Is it just me? White text on black background is just horrible on my eyes, when I leave the web page I continue to see patterns for 5 minutes. This should be common knowledge among web designers/developers, no?

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white text on black is no better or worse than black text on white

Try dimming your display to a reasonable level and improving the lighting around your monitor(s).

Please stop using black text on a white background.

Is it just me? Black text on white background is just horrible on my eyes, when I leave the webpage I see an afterglow for five minutes. It's like staring into a flashlight, no?

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