or erhaps the use system settings checkbox in the colors dialog is idemtent?
On 8/18/22, Samuel Wales <samolog...@gmail.com> wrote: > ok, so for example the only thing i tried was to change settings in > that edit -> settings box in firefox in stretchand when i use system > settings, it does strange things. > > for example it does white on black even though i had gtk set to do > orange on black and that still works in emacs. and it also changes > tree style tabs theme to put lines in between the tabs and it looks > bad. agaion i did not touch tst at all. and again the text box i am > typing in is white on black. and unchecking that use system colors > box STILL has this white on black and change everything mindset. > > once i figured out that visited unvisted links and text fg bg were > kinda hard to tell what i was setting, i findally got htat part and i > can choose adequate colors for those. but they do not tke effect. i > get this white on black stuff. maybe there is some threshhold there > where it decides i need white on black even though i am teloling it > exactly what i want or soething. > > thanks for wading thorugh another post of inoherence. please feel free > to ask questions. pelase be gentle. > > On 8/18/22, Samuel Wales <samolog...@gmail.com> wrote: >> i am not doing well so i hope this is coherent. i also hope that i >> will understand the responses. i am technically able, e.g. very able >> in elisp, but firefox and mime types and gtk and css are all difficult >> for me. thyey are some kind of labyrinth. >> >> this question is really about firefox colors preferences settings and >> what i can do. and also about possible extensions/addons/whatever. i >> am already using a dark mode extension, the best i could find, but it >> is pretty bad and uses a lot of blue. >> >> there is a good one i hear that requires binary blob to install and i >> am too stubborn to do that. it uses idk css or something. idk. >> >> >> some of my problems are: i want low or no blue, no white bg, no white >> text, a reasonably high contrast for distinguishing things, visited >> and unvisited links clear and distinguishable. >> >> e.g. right now, gmail html mode [js one does not work for me] uses >> blue links which are unusable against the black bg of my dark mode >> thing. but the default is worse with white. ia hve to select with >> mouse to see the topics. >> >> firefox colors are nearly unusable. there is blue everyuwhere. i >> already wear noir 570 glasses which is very dark amber. i have >> already set up redshift and ddccontrol and set monitor settings for >> low blue. i don't need advice on that stuff i think. >> >> but colors in firefox idk what system settings are. gtk? if i try to >> set that then i get white on black which is not good. i just want >> everything legible with no white anywhere, no blue, idk. sorry for >> incoherence. >> >> right now i am typing in a black on white text box. it is really >> horrible. that is because i tried something in firefox preferences >> for colors. i don't want white anywhere. and i don't want blue >> anywhere if possible. >> >> i use outrageously large fonts. i use fluxbox. i do not use a >> desktop environment like gnome or kde. fluxbox pretty much is hte >> onlyt hing that does what i need i think [i3 might maybe idk but i am >> to osick to tweak that] and my computer is old. >> >> idk if i am on this list. i hope i am. in any case thank you for >> wading through this post. >> >> -- >> The Kafka Pandemic >> >> A blog about science, health, human rights, and misopathy: >> https://thekafkapandemic.blogspot.com >> > > > -- > The Kafka Pandemic > > A blog about science, health, human rights, and misopathy: > https://thekafkapandemic.blogspot.com > -- The Kafka Pandemic A blog about science, health, human rights, and misopathy: https://thekafkapandemic.blogspot.com
