Is the new darker color scheme really "easier on the eyes" ?

This is a LP9 song opened in LPX, I didn't change anything except zooming and resizing. First, the general aspect of 9 suggests a beautiful holiday landscape, while X suggests hard & unpleasant work. Maybe it's just me. Second, I can't understand the logic behind the changes in region colors. Looks like it's done at random. I think that the original colors should be preserved.

I fear it is a matter of Design Over Functionality. The new colors look a bit more slick, but I'd prefer a pleasant workflow over eyecandy.
I've been testing LPX only for a day now, but so far I fear that if matters won't improve, I will keep on using LP9 until something better comes along
J

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For more details, please check the following:
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http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/applications/Events/OOW-2006/EBS/S281402_Sara_Woodhull.pdf

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[Solved] Help me to install new Gedit color scheme

http://live.gnome.org/GtkSourceView/StyleSchemes
I chose GreenScreen. Downloaded this xml file and placed it to
/usr/share/gtksourceview-2.0/language-specs/php-new.lang
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Gedit v2.30.4.
Last edited by Mr. Alex (2011-05-28 16:24:05)

> are there specific reasons why you decided to put the xml file to the path mentioned?
I didn't read the whole page so decided to place this file in the directory where all lang-syntax rules are.
> They're also providing a python2 script for determining the right path, what is its output for you?
I don't know how to use Python correctly, so:
$ /home/alex/downloads/gtksourceview-path.py
File "/home/alex/downloads/gtksourceview-path.py", line 6
print "\n".join(style_mgr.get_search_path())
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
> By coincidence, i'm also using gtksourceview2, as it's a dependency for scribes.
> So i downloaded the xml-scheme you provided, and moved it to
> ~/.local/share/gtksourceview-2.0/styles (i had to create the last two directories).
> I started scribes and the theme was instantly available.
$ file ~/.local/share/gtksourceview-2.0/styles/greenscreen.xml
/home/alex/.local/share/gtksourceview-2.0/styles/greenscreen.xml: XML document text
But I don't have this scheme in Gedit.
> If it doesn't work after putting it to the correct folder, consider it
> might be related to the old gedit-2.30.4 you are having around
> (as opposed to gedit-3.0.3-2 from the repositories).
At this point updating the whole system for me is kinda painful so I am not trying to do it untill the strong need...
> Where is your gtksourceview package from and what is its version?
It seems to be installed as a dependency, I don't think I installed it manually.
pacman -Qi gtksourceview2
Name : gtksourceview2
Version : 2.10.5-1
URL : http://www.gnome.org
Licenses : GPL
Groups : None
Provides : None
Depends On : gtk2>=2.22.0 libxml2>=2.7.7
Optional Deps : None
Required By : gnome-desktop-sharp pygtksourceview2
Conflicts With : None
Replaces : None
Installed Size : 5580.00 K
Packager : Ionut Biru <[email protected]>
Architecture : i686
Build Date : Tue Sep 28 20:53:10 2010
Install Date : Mon Apr 4 17:00:21 2011
Install Reason : Installed as a dependency for another package
Install Script : No
Description : A text widget adding syntax highlighting and more to GNOME
> pacman -Qm ?
pacman -Qm
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fbxkb 0.6-1
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gnome-netstatus 2.28.2-1
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hamster-applet 2.32.1-1
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libjpeg6 6b-9
libpci 3.1.7-1
netspeed-applet 0.16-2
perl-goo-canvas 0.06-1
perl-gtk2-imageview 0.05-2
perl-gtk2-unique 0.05-1
perl-proc-processtable 0.45-2
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python2-qt 4.8.3-1
sbxkb 0.7.6-1
seahorse-plugins 2.30.1-3
service 0.0.1-1
shutter 0.87.2-2
systester 1.1.1-1
udiskie 0.3.6-1
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> p. s. i were a little bit disappointed you hadn't replied regarding your icewm-icon-problem.
Sorry man, I don't receive e-mail notifications for threads you reply in. Strange, I know. So I didn't even know I have a reply in https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=119025 . And as for this thread - no e-mail from forum. I'll check out IceWM thread soon.

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Hi Grandma,
18 point Helvetica Bold .
There is an Apple Support Community called Vision:
https://discussions.apple.com/community/accessibility/vision?view=discussions
I shall ask the Moderators (Hosts) to move your discussion to that forum.
Kind regards,
Ian.

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Hello,
I'm a total noob who's retired and losing my eyesight. Thank
goodness
I'm not designing for a living :-) but rather just doing a
small
town church web.
PROBLEM:
The new CS4 color scheme is giving me problems. Black print
on dark
gray borders (menu bars, title bars, etc.) is really a pain
and
becoming nearly impossible to navigate without clicking my
way across the screen..
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box (Apple >
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http://livedocs.adobe.com/en_US/Dreamweaver/9.0/WScbb6b82af5544594822510a94a
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http://www.adobe.com/communities/experts/

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Last edited by Shark (2013-01-18 09:33:07)

Trilby wrote:
Shark wrote:Author of Optimal colour scheme uses two source:
http://www.sangrea.net/ohs_dbase/colour-color.htm
http://www.fast-consulting.com/color/cp_toc.htm
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and XML,
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\\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Macromedia\Dreamweaver 8\Tag
Colors
\\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Dreamweaver 9\Tag Colors
\\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Dreamweaver CS4\Tag
Colors
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