[OT] WTF is it w/ gray text!??

Sounds like they are in violation of the Americans With Disabilities Act. Sue their asses off.

Lousy choice of color by the web designer. Your example of blue on black is even worse. You might be able to override that in your browser settings. I have found that if you mark the text like you were going to copy it (drag a left click over it) the color will change.

Since I have no hair, no, I haven't considered it. ;)

nb

I like it! ;)

nb

I guess then they'll have to sit on their knees for the rest of their lives.

Hold ctrl + a at the time and highlight the entire page.

| So.... WTF! is it with gray text? | | I go to 4 websites and it's all gray txt.

Any links? I haven't noticed that problem.

Though I have seen increasing problems with dysfunctionality and layout. For instance, if I go to washingtonpost.com it looks fine, but then when I click on a story I get text so big that I often copy/paste it into Notepad for reading.

I also see increasing problems with images and links. From what I can tell it seems to be a problem originating with sites trying to accomodate different screens. For instance, they might have 3 different sizes of images and try to assign them according to the device visiting -- phone, tablet, or desktop. But I end up with either no picture or a wrong size. Example:

I must have gotten the larger one (on my laptop). Detail is good (especially the face in the larger picture).

This reminds me of the Commodore 64 I got in 1984. The default color was light blue text on medium blue, with poor contrast.

The old IBM PROFS system (Email before it had a name) defaulted to blue on black. I changed it to yellow on light blue so I could actually read it. That is still my color when I am using real DOS (set up with ANSI.SYS) I found that for me that was the least visually stressful combo when I was going to be on the computer all day. I have adapted to this paper white background but I still think yellow on light blue is easier on the eyes.

You don't give any examples but I think I know what you mean. My vision is fine but I can't read those sites either. Also the ones with yellow iirc background, One site had dark blue on light blue. They're idiots, to go to the trouble to make a webpage and then make it almost illegible.

Sometimes, if you cntl-A and select the text, it reverses the colors and it's more readable, but not always.

Thnx for that tip, mickey.

I did it on Wikipedia and the reverse was wht-on-drkgry. ??

I've never messed with my browser's default display settings cuz it never bothered me. Guess it's time to get with it, by cracky! ;)

nb

I think they fixed it.

What's the option called? I don't remembe seeing it. I have Firefox, latest version.

Thanks. It seems FF has an incredble number of preferences.

I prefer a light color (not white) on black. That could be like the old green monochrome monitors (which I liked better than amber).

I find that this web site's color scheme (slighty subdued white on fairly neutral dark grey) is pretty easy on my eyes.