Re: colors in firefox
or erhaps the use system settings checkbox in the colors dialog is idemtent?
On 8/18/22, Samuel Wales <samologist@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 <samologist@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.
>>
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