Re: Slashdot colours (was Re: Debian Linux vs BSD)
- To: d.wright@open.ac.uk, debian-user@lists.debian.org
- Subject: Re: Slashdot colours (was Re: Debian Linux vs BSD)
- From: Daniel Barclay <daniel@dsb.smart.net>
- Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 22:08:18 -0500 (EST)
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- In-reply-to: <19991101132351.A2941@tyne.> (message from David Wright on Mon, 1 Nov 1999 13:23:52 +0000)
- References: <4.2.0.58.19991029083822.00aa3ee0@mailserv.tem.nhl.nl> <4.2.0.58.19991028124435.00a86550@mailserv.tem.nhl.nl> <004e01bf216a$1b37e080$9515fbd1@workstation> <4.2.0.58.19991029083822.00aa3ee0@mailserv.tem.nhl.nl> <19991029155757.E23620@tyne.> <199910300343.FAA15840@mail.telekabel.nl> <19991101132351.A2941@tyne.>
> From: David Wright <d.wright@open.ac.uk>
> ...
> No, I can only guess at what's going on. The first few lines of
> the document source are (wrapped arbitrarily):
>
> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Slashdot:News for Nerds. Stuff that Matters.
> </TITLE> </HEAD>
> <BODY bgcolor="#000000" text="#000000" link="#006666" vlink="#000000">
..
>
> Those colours are a recipe for disaster, I'd say.
> ...
> Is that a reasonable guess?
Yes.
Setting a default of black text on a black background was stupid of
them.
Daniel
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