Closed
Bug 8059
Opened 25 years ago
Closed 25 years ago
an OS default of white text causes some screens to be blank
Categories
(Core :: Layout, defect, P3)
Tracking
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VERIFIED
WONTFIX
M7
People
(Reporter: duanev, Assigned: peterl-retired)
Details
Mozilla M6 running on Windows 95 (4.00.950b OSR2), K6-333 64MB ram
Either all default color values should come from the OS, or none of them.
Mixing these produces unreadable text for some windows. The initial
Configuration Wizard has this problem, but it is also a problem for the layout
engine. Set your Windows Display Properties Appearence Scheme to High Contrast
Black and go to www.usatoday.com. Their "todays best bets" column is in yellow
but the text within displays in the default OS text forground color (which for
me is white).
No, I don't use "High Contrast Black" scheme, I have my own. But it does use
white text on a dark background.
I suggest that the Windows default scheme colors should never be used by the
layout engine. If the HTML specs don't detail a default then choose the colors
that appear most common, hard code every value, and then TELL everyone so the
standards committees can wakeup to this problem.
And please please please always test with at least one reverse color scheme.
(you would be amazed at how may products out there are broken with a white text
foreground color)
Peter -- I suggest that we not do this, but you undoubtedly know this stuff
better than I do. Please comment and/or close.
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Updated•25 years ago
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Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 25 years ago
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
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Comment 2•25 years ago
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Sorry, its very important from a platform UI perspective to respect the users
choices regarding default window colors. It's a web page designers
responsibility if changing one, to set them both to something readable (or not,
sometimes they actually want white on white...)
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Comment 3•25 years ago
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The problem is that I (the user) have NO choice. I can't fix the thousands of
broken web pages so I'm forced to change my preferences to match "every body
else"'s dark text on a light background. I won't, I'll switch browsers first
(the only other thing I have control of). Doesn't Communicator 4 have an option
to use "my colors" (which is off by default)? That would be sufficient.
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Comment 4•25 years ago
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Yes, that pref will be carried forward.
Updated•25 years ago
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Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
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