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)

x86
Windows 95
defect

Tracking

()

VERIFIED WONTFIX

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)
Assignee: rickg → peterl
Peter -- I suggest that we not do this, but you undoubtedly know this stuff better than I do. Please comment and/or close.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 25 years ago
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
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...)
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.
Yes, that pref will be carried forward.
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
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