Perhaps the study you cited will help sway the designers. However, some people prefer black on white. I much prefer black on white (actually black on light gray is nice as well). Maybe, if Apple gives me a retina display on my 11" MBA, then I'll be able to read it.Ģ. I feel the same about sections of the Evernote app. I find the gray on gray almost unreadable at the bottom of the iTunes store. If and when someone writes a better Evernote client or Evernote give its users the option to change the sidebar color, I'll move back to a newer version.ġ. It is a joy to see the speed and easily read user interface of the old version. My current solution is to move back to Evernote 3.3 and Devonthink for most of my research. On my machine it doubled in memory usage compared to earlier versions albeit with, for me, only a marginal increase in functionality. In using the term "boated," I was referring to the memory resource footprint of the later Evernote versions compared to earlier versions. Vigliani (Eds.),Įrgonomic Aspects of Visual Display Terminals (pp. Improving the legibility of visualĭisplay units through contrast reversal. Were 26% more accurate in reading text when they read it with dark characters For example, Bauer and Cavonius (1980) found that participants "However, most studies have shown that dark characters on a light backgroundĪre superior to light characters on a dark background (when the refresh rate isįairly high).
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Fortunately, I thought MS caught on to good interface design with Windows 7, but then they came up with Metro. Contrast the traditionally clean look of Apple programs to the distracting, almost cartoonish look, of a significant number of early Windows apps. IIRC, this goes back to some early IBM interface studies. BTW, the reason that Apple's interfaces have been grey is because of the inherent readability, thus, the usability of the interface. They can do what they want to make the app win awards and I won't complain a bit if I can adjust the interface to meet my needs.Ĭonsidering Apple's Itunes 11 design, I'm no longer certain of the quality of their judgement. That is why I keep recommending that they allow us to customize the app. I am not a designer by training or trade. I have tried, but I don't think my opinion carries much weight. Personally, as I said, I don't have any advice to offer them on design. I'm not trying to be nit-picky here, but if you want to see them listen to your opinion and change the app, you'll have to be more specific. In addition, "bloat" is kind of vague, and it would help to know what you mean by that.
Or, perhaps you can make an argument for why white on black is such poor design. I would suggest pointing out apps that achieve beautiful designs without sacrificing accessibility. The evidence doesn't seem to be on your side. After all, they won an award for their design from Apple.Īlthough I strongly disagree with Apple about their designs (they love gray on gray and they might just be tempted to try that fuchsia on periwinkle thing for "fun"), I have to admit they are widely recognized as some of the best designers in the world today (I am certainly not), so I think the Evernote team is unlikely to be swayed by your argument that their design is idiotic. I also think they know what they are doing.
Idiotic, to me, suggests that they put little thought into the design. IIRC, I started using Evernote in 2008 and liked the application until the so called "modern" redesign of the interface and the added bloat of the app. A user interface is not artwork that has no established standards. For an interface to default to white on black with no option to change it is indeed idiotic. White on black is horrible and everyone in user interface design knows or ought to know this.
If their goal is to make the app acceptable to the greatest number of users, then the color of the side bar needs to not break long known typographical design parameters.
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