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Re:Please Stop Using Grey Text by danuker on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @08:09AM (#31421750)
> - Why can’t I choose the colors of web sites and applications?

For what it's worth, Firefox lets you edit them:

http://kb.mozillazine.org/index.php?title=UserContent.css&pr...

Not terribly easily, but you can do it for any site. For example I fixed a GitHub bug for myself: https://github.com/github/feedback/discussions/8098#discussi...

There is a world of styles out there: https://userstyles.world/

Re:Please Stop Using Grey Text by jnovek on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @08:21AM (#31421851)
Have you seen the Stylus extension? I have several default styles configured in Stylus. This improves things on the desktop quite a bit. I wish it existed on mobile.
Re:Please Stop Using Grey Text by DvdGiessen on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @01:20PM (#31425278)
Actually, you can use it on Android, but it does require using Firefox Nightly[1].

That does come with downsides such as Nightly being less stable and installing extensions requiring some extra setup, so it isn't the best choice for everyone. But I myself am using Stylus (which works perfectly fine) and some other not officially supported WebExtensions on mobile this way and can recommend it if you don't mind the downsides.

[1]: https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2020/09/29/expanded-extensio...

Re:Please Stop Using Grey Text by aceazzameen on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @11:37AM (#31424089)
I used to use Stylus several years ago. Didn't it sell out to another company and start tracking and selling user's data? Or am I thinking of another similar add-on?
Re:Please Stop Using Grey Text by jakopo87 on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @12:46PM (#31424911)
Re:Please Stop Using Grey Text by aceazzameen on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @12:58PM (#31425050)
Right! Thank you for the clarification.
Re:Please Stop Using Grey Text by coldpie on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @09:01AM (#31422220)
Another useful extension is Dark Background And Light Text https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/dark-backgrou... . It's a one-button toggle to turn most text and backgrounds into colors you prefer. Great when you run across one of these accursed low-contrast sites.
Re:Please Stop Using Grey Text by 8bitsrule on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @04:31PM (#31427254)
Yes! Been using DB&LT for years on Firefox. It also mostly put an end to the glaring bright pages. You control the Default colors for all sites (set in Global Prefs) with five options; all are retained (the options used for already configured pages are listed in GP).
Re:Please Stop Using Grey Text by xigoi on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @09:44AM (#31422676)
How does it compare to Dark Reader?
Re:Please Stop Using Grey Text by coldpie on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @09:50AM (#31422748)
Dunno, I've never used that one. I may give it a shot, thanks!
Re:Please Stop Using Grey Text by chrismorgan on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @11:59PM (#31430553)
You can also select your own fonts and prevent pages from overriding them. Preferences → Fonts → Advanced → untick “Allow pages to choose their own fonts, instead of your selections above”. I did this a few months ago, and I’ve seen no breakage outside icon fonts, and apparently icon fonts are deader than I thought they were—DuckDuckGo has a few unimportant ones, and beyond that the only ones I’ve seen are Google’s Material Icons font, which uses a ligation technique that’s supposed to make things better but actually makes them vastly worse.

Over all, I’m much pleased by the results of forcing Equity/Concourse/Triplicate.

Re:Please Stop Using Grey Text by justsomehnguy on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @03:23PM (#31426608)
> For what it's worth, Firefox lets you edit them

Would it work with a... opionated website with a hundreds of !important all over the CSS?

Re:Please Stop Using Grey Text by dredmorbius on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @09:06AM (#31422281)
Is it possible to use userContent.css on mobile?

Given the partitioning of device storage, my understanding is that it's either not possible. I'm not sure the browser itself even supports userContent.css.