It can be fun to design how a website or blog will look. You get to choose colors, pattern, and design for how you want to present your information to the world.

Most sites stick to the standard lighter color background and darker color type and allow the creativity to work within that confine. But, others who want to be different, put white or light text on a black or similarly dark background as part of their design. While this may look cool to the designer and to the site owners, it can also mean pain - severe pain - to some people who live with migraines.

The white type on dark background is very difficult to read; it doesn’t come naturally to the eye. Some magazines like to start articles in this way and then continue them normally, one the white background - it’s not a new concept. But, people like me can’t read those first parts. Just those few paragraphs will cause my eyes to hurt and may trigger a migraine if I’m curious enough to try to read what the text says. With websites, it’s even faster.

This morning, someone suggested that I look at a site she wanted me to see, so I clicked on the link. Just the few seconds my eyes were on that site, black background and white type, caused that all too familiar knife-like feeling behind my left eye. I couldn’t click off the site fast enough. Thankfully, it didn’t last too long in that severe form, but I’ve had a low-grade headache for the rest of the day.

Someone once told me, just highlight the text on these sites and paste it into a word processor. That way, I’d be able to read it. But, just the time it takes for me to highlight it, my eyes have been too long on the site and the pain hits.

So, if you could just keep this in mind when choosing site colors, I know that many of us who live with headaches and migraines would be very, very appreciative.

~~~~

To leave a comment, please go back to the previous page. Thanks!

**** If you like this post, please Digg it here and/or Stumble it here.****

Image: iStock

Tags: chronic pain blog, pain blog, migraines, headaches, low-grade headache, headaches and migraines

It can be fun to design how a website or blog will look. You get to choose colors, pattern, and design for how you want to present your information to the world.

Most sites stick to the standard lighter color background and darker color type and allow the creativity to work within that confine. But, others who want to be different, put white or light text on a black or similarly dark background as part of their design. While this may look cool to the designer and to the site owners, it can also mean pain - severe pain - to some people who live with migraines.

Click here to read more.

Image: iStock

Tags: chronic pain blog, pain blog, migraines, headaches, low-grade headache, headaches and migraines