To Stripe Or Not To Stripe
Zebra striping—also known as candy striping or half-shadow—is the application of faint shading to alternate lines or rows in data tables or forms. Examples of websites that use zebra striping include the currency site XE, the CIA World Factbook, and Monster.com. Zebra striping on the web is actually a carryover from print days: one of the first mentions of the technique appeared in 1961 [1]. Unfortunately according to this article on A List Apart, there really is no proof which demonstrates zebra striping as having a large, significant benefit over the other.
