Re: losing an unreadable colour scheme

2009-03-11 Thread Jim Nagel
Tim Hill wrote on 11 Mar: > body { background-color: 00; .} > i.e. black > ... NetSurf isn't bothered by a little missing hash. All other browsers are > hippies, obviously. thanks, Tim; excellent. i shall forward your analysis to the webmaster in question. he struck me as the sort

Re: losing an unreadable colour scheme

2009-03-11 Thread Tim Hill
In article <1f59773a50@nails.ukonline.co.uk>, Jim Nagel wrote: [Snip] > Jim wrote on March 2: > > a couple of sites just to underline this longstanding feature > > request: http://libraryofavalon.org.uk > > http://www.smoothartist.com this one is close to home! ;=} > today i me

Re: losing an unreadable colour scheme

2009-03-11 Thread Rob Kendrick
On Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:53:58 GMT Jim Nagel wrote: > so why is Netsurf (r6761 and 6288 before) showing unreadable blue on > black? This might give a clue, from the site's CSS; body { background-color: 00; <--- Buh? margin-top: 50px; margin-right: 40px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left

Re: losing an unreadable colour scheme

2009-03-11 Thread Jim Nagel
new twist on this one. >> On 30 Nov 2008 Jim Nagel wrote: >> >>> the other day i tried to read a webpage that had blue print on a dark >>> blue background. i couldn't make out the text. >>> >>> now, gold ol' Fresco had an option (Display > Document colours) that >>> could be deselected in a case

Re: losing an unreadable colour scheme

2009-03-03 Thread Jim Nagel
Tony Moore wrote on 3 Mar: > Meanwhile, a workaround is to click in the window then press ctrl-a, to > select all the text, which is then readable, black on white. excellent, excellent! why didnt i think of that workaround?! 'tis verily a hint&tip to go into the magazine now. -- >>> no need to

Re: losing an unreadable colour scheme

2009-03-03 Thread Tony Moore
On 2 Mar 2009, Rob Kendrick wrote: > On Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:07:36 GMT Jim Nagel > wrote: > > > > > now, gold ol' Fresco had an option (Display > Document colours) > > > > that could be deselected in a case like this. Shift-F5 for > > > > short. > > > > > > > This has been a long-standing feature

Re: losing an unreadable colour scheme

2009-03-02 Thread Rob Kendrick
On Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:07:36 GMT Jim Nagel wrote: > >> now, gold ol' Fresco had an option (Display > Document colours) > >> that could be deselected in a case like this. Shift-F5 for short. > >> > > This has been a long-standing feature request, and it will happen > > when somebody with the sp

Re: losing an unreadable colour scheme

2009-03-02 Thread Jim Nagel
Rob Kendrick wrote on 30 Nov : > On Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:18:13 GMT > Jim Nagel wrote: >> the other day i tried to read a webpage that had blue print on a dark >> blue background. i couldn't make out the text. >> >> now, gold ol' Fresco had an option (Display > Document colours) that >> could b

Re: losing an unreadable colour scheme

2008-11-29 Thread Ian Hamilton
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jim Nagel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > the other day i tried to read a webpage that had blue print on a dark > blue background. i couldn't make out the text. [Snip] > could i suggest this for Netsurf, please? In these situations I either highlight the text or ex

Re: losing an unreadable colour scheme

2008-11-29 Thread Rob Kendrick
On Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:18:13 GMT Jim Nagel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > the other day i tried to read a webpage that had blue print on a dark > blue background. i couldn't make out the text. > > now, gold ol' Fresco had an option (Display > Document colours) that > could be deselected in a cas

losing an unreadable colour scheme

2008-11-29 Thread Jim Nagel
the other day i tried to read a webpage that had blue print on a dark blue background. i couldn't make out the text. now, gold ol' Fresco had an option (Display > Document colours) that could be deselected in a case like this. Shift-F5 for short. could i suggest this for Netsurf, please? --