In article <ABF4C555B6 at bio.tamu.edu>,
Julia Frugoli <JFRUGOLI at BIO.TAMU.EDU> wrote:
>(snip of a lot of good stuff)
>>>>However, if last year's Neurosciences meeting is any indication, this
>>request falls on completely deaf ears. The current trend is white
>>lettering on navy blue or black backgrounds, and the room so dark you
>>can't see to take notes.
>>>>Karen
>>>The reason for this is probably because this is supposed to be the
>easiest to read. (Someone from Eastman Kodak told me once (8 years ago)
>that they weren't allowed to use anything else but white on polar blue,
>because Kodak decided this was easiest to read (and they made the polar
>blue film!).
>> [snip some more good stuff]
I've found that it's easiest for me to read yellow lettering on bluish
backgrounds, especially in those huuuuuuuuuuuuge meeting halls which
are meant to seat 1000 people (though somehow there are never 1000
people there, and the rooms which seat 50 always seem to have 100).
On the other hand, I find that black diagrams on white are often awful,
unless the talk is in a very dark room or a small room, or both.
Unfortunately, in my field (geophysics), the standards vary greatly
from a few folks who make figures that no self-respecting scientist
should ever have (because they look *really* professional) (note:
kidding here) to people who seem to take great joy in writing dense
equations or obscure figures and then running over their figures with
the car on the way to the meeting...
I guess I'd never thought about the influence on note-taking, though.
Hmmm. Maybe a small flashlight? Just a thought...
--
Greg Anderson, SIO graduate student
anderson at python.ucsd.edu
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