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   RonB to Mike Easter   
   Re: Trash (Rubbish bin) folder   
   12 Feb 26 04:16:29   
   
   From: ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com   
      
   On 2026-02-11, Mike Easter  wrote:   
   > Mike Easter wrote:   
   >> RonB wrote:   
   >>> Bright white background and light grey font, always makes me pause   
   >>> before reading. I have no idea why these pages use a grey font   
   >>> instead of a sharp, black one. (Just realized I could use   
   >>> Firefox's "Read View" and toggle to dark mode (white on black).   
   >>> Much better for my eyes.   
   >>   
   >> Besides reader view, which changes that page quite a lot, there is   
   >> also a View menu function to flip from Basic page style to No style.   
   >>   
   >> Compare that w/ your reader view.   
   >>   
   > Sometimes you can also change your Settings/ Website appearance to a   
   > dark theme (w/o prior reader view), but in this case the page doesn't   
   > support it.   
   >   
   > However, that page does have a 'feature' at the bottom of the L panel   
   > called: This Page - Show Source which provides a 'pure' black text on   
   > white bg.  No html.   
      
   I like that (probably more than the other two choices). This is how I   
   usually write, in jstar (text only). My eyes like that best.   
      
   (I use jstar (JOE WordStar "flavor") in slrn.)   
      
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