Black on white

There's been a fair bit of debate lately in blogland over whether white text on a black background is more legible and comfortable for the eyes to gaze at (not to mention energy-saving to monitors) than vice-versa. The debate culminated in the rather-silly Blackle - a 'black Google' which claimed to be more environmentally-friendly than its white counterpart.

Ironic Sans has made the very good point that as the majority of sites - and printed text - set black text on white, it's jarring to suddenly face a black page with white text. Visit their test page to see for yourself. So for now it's probably best to stick with convention.