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0 pointschriswarbo10y ago0 comments

I find it hard to take advice from anyone who makes such strong claims, in such a provocative manner, whilst failing so utterly in their own demonstration: https://imagebin.ca/v/2eeSxQABPMX9

Apparently that's "legible" and "looks the same in all... browsers".

I certainly agree that BMFW has less contrast than the MFW; so little that it's difficult to read!

For comparison, here's how MFW looks: https://imagebin.ca/v/2eeVa5QksF6e

White text on a black background, exactly as I asked for when I configured Firefox. Content taking up my whole widescreen monitor, exactly as I asked for when I made the Firefox window that size.

The only thing BMFW seems to have correct is using sans-serif font; which I expect is because I unticked Firefox's "allow pages to override these fonts" option. Other than that, it looks like a me-too cargo-cult of MFW which completely misses the point.

Presumably the creators of BMFW are using, and only ever test anything with, a black-on-white style which is, let me guess, the browser's default? What would that make them, in their own (jokingly "quoted") words?

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Retr0spectrum10y ago· 3 in thread

I'm a fan of white-on-black too, but whatever setting/addon you are using to acheive that effect seems to be very broken. It's unfair to blame BMFW for a problem created by, and unique to, your specific configuration.

recursive10y ago

The setting isn't broken. It's not an add-on. It's BMFW's fault, and it's fair to blame it for this. BMFW sets a foreground color, and does not set a background color.

Here are the settings in stock Firefox. http://imgur.com/h4SmKYs

K0nserv10y ago

The author even addresses the fact that they didn't set the background on the site.

"I would've even made this site's background a nice #EEEEEE if I wasn't so focused on keeping declarations to a lean 7 fucking lines."

Also the whole site is satire which you seemed to have missed

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snowwrestler10y ago

I don't get the point of those settings. You seem to prefer white-on-black text, but the "Only with High Contrast themes" override means that it will almost never apply.

I tried setting this in my Firefox and visited a bunch of sites. None of them showed me white text on black background, because almost every site sets both background and foreground color styles, which override the preference setting. In fact the only site that was affected was the BMFW.

So what is the point of that setting? If you actually prefer white on black, set it to "Always" and you'll always get it--even on the BMFW.

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snowwrestler10y ago· 1 in thread

"I messed up my browser's settings, and now I'm upset that my browser looks messed up."

recursive10y ago

> "I messed up my browser's settings" ...

Wrong. I changed my browser's settings to perfectly reasonable values. White text on a black background. Now I'm reasonably upset because my browser looks messed up.

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