[TextMate] Why is all the background colours dark ????

[Richard Sandilands]

It's a hang over from the olden days. Nothing more :-) 

Dark on light is way more readable although this does not necessarily
mean black on white. A pale grey background works for me.


On Thu, 7 Oct 2004 13:00:50 +0100, Mats Persson <mats at imediatec.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I just downloaded the PHP & Smarty syntax bundle, and found that it too
> was based on a dark background.  Can someone please explain this
> seeming 'obsession' with dark backgrounds when 99% of all other apps
> are the basic white background with black/coloured text ???
> 
> What is it that I don't get about it ???  (I personally find it very
> hard to read text that way.)
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Mats
> 
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