Re: "modern" colors Re: Changes for emacs 28

[Dmitry Gutov]

On 13.09.2020 04:26, arthur miller wrote:

> It was in the middle of the afternoon when light is at brightest at my 
> place :-).
>
> I don't think it is a misconception. I understand your reasoning but I 
> don't think it really applies. Yeah, sure, there is some adaptation and 
> o on between dark and light, but try to stare at Sun on a shiny day, or 
> to stare  longer time at a light bulb. I don't think your eyes will 
> appreciate, mine certainly won't.

A sun is much brighter than its background. Same for the light bulb.

So as first step I would really recommend calibrating the screen's 
brightness so that the usual background of many programs and websites 
(shades of near-white) doesn't look like a sun compared to the room's 
lighting. Just look at the wall behind the screen and compare 
accordingly. A 30%-50% brightness can work well. Or even lower.

> I also think there is a lot of subjectivity here. Muscles and 
> sensitivity is different from person to person. By the way I didn't 
> claim it was a scientific experiment,  just my perception atm.

There are, of course, personal factors as well.

BTW, did you change the email client recently? It seems to use a 
different quoting style, and it breaks discussion threads (creates a new 
one with easy reply).