Board Thread:The Panopticon/@comment-188432-20130111212606/@comment-188432-20130113222928

I've spent the past several hours researching the impact of astigmatism on web design, and it appears that there is no agreement on whether light-on-dark or dark-on-light is preferred.

I've also gotten a "colour blindness simulator" and looked at the site through that. I can't see that it's a particular problem.

I may well offer a dark-on-light option, simply on the basis of Natalieshark's passionate request. But I don't think I can reasonably call it a "colour blind design" or a "design for the astigmatic". I don't think there's any hard evidence to suggest that this design is too low contrast for the colour blind, and it really seems to be just personal preference whether people like dark-on-light or light-on-dark.

If anyone can provide me with any kind of evidence for one or the other, it'd be valuable.