On Tue, 28 Jan 1997 22:23:25 +0100 (MET), Chris Lilley <Chris.Lilley@sophia.inria.fr> wrote: >Um. Let us consider the rather common stylesheet: > >body { background: #fff } > >combined with the less common (but default on some platforms, such >as HP-UX) general color scheme for all windows of dark (blue, green, etc) >background and pale (white, cream) text. Similarly, of the 18 pre-defined >color schemes available on SGI workstations using the Indigo Magic desktop, >ten have pale writing on dark backgrounds. > >Result - white on white. Raising one other interesting yet off topic point. Why haven't browser manufacturers implemented a little "warning system" if you will, which warns a user that text or link colors are set to the same color as a background. Then they would at least be aware of the fact that they are looking at a page that might have hidden text... John John Pozadzides john@htmlhelp.com W e b D e s i g n G r o u p http://www.htmlhelp.comReceived on Wednesday, 29 January 1997 01:28:02 GMT
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