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Re:home.netscape.com in 1997 by LeoPanthera on Monday August 16, 2021 @03:59AM (#28195926)
Grey on Netscape, IE's default background was white.
Re:home.netscape.com in 1997 by CTOSian on Monday August 16, 2021 @05:27AM (#28196336)
also : text in black not the today's crap look.
Re:home.netscape.com in 1997 by scarygliders on Monday August 16, 2021 @06:50AM (#28196715)
I will never understand why people think grey text on a white background is a good idea.
Re:home.netscape.com in 1997 by Jenda_ on Monday August 16, 2021 @09:47PM (#28205181)
Related tragedy: font-weight: 300 used on webpages. In combination with low contrast (the most absurd thing I have seen was #999 on white) it's completely unreadable. I have actually written a bookmarklet to fix it: https://paste.debian.net/1207934/

I also have (partially outdated) custom stylesheet that fixes that for websites I {used to,} visit often: https://jenda.hrach.eu/w/blackweb

Re:home.netscape.com in 1997 by iamjochem on Monday August 16, 2021 @08:01AM (#28197086)
the following explains the 'why':

https://uxmovement.com/content/why-you-should-never-use-pure...

no idea to what extent, if at all, it is true. I can imagine there being a grain of truth in there but that implementing this correctly is much more difficult and nuanced than it might seem at first glance - most "digital designers"[1] probably don't get the budget/freedom to properly tackle accessibility in their commercial projects, I can also imagine that the majority of digital designers are 'young' and have close to 20/20 vision making it that much harder for them to truly put themselves in the shoes (eyes?) of people with lesser than perfect vision[2].

as someone with only a laymans' understanding of all this stuff I'm probably guilty of talking out of my **; I welcome someone with real graphic design credentials putting me straight :D

[1] "digital designer", a person working in/with visual design, who started employment, or was born, after the release of the first iPhone ;-) (alternatively someone working in the design industry who never had the privilege of buying a copy of "The Face" for the simple fact they we not born in 1985)

[2] a category I begrudgingly have to admit to being part of more and more ;-/

Re:home.netscape.com in 1997 by Jenda_ on Monday August 16, 2021 @10:28PM (#28205452)
What about not setting color of text (especially when it's dark text on light backgroud - the "default") at all and leave it to the user? There is a setting in web browser exactly for this: https://user-media-prod-cdn.itsre-sumo.mozilla.net/uploads/i...
Re:home.netscape.com in 1997 by lupire on Monday August 16, 2021 @10:42AM (#28198700)
Ugh, that #444 in the article is horrific to try to read.