[Coco] OS-9 Book

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Black and White - woo hoo :-)
Just Kidding. The "Opera" browser lets you override a page's (forum or 
otherwise) color scheme with your own "default" preference. It's a neat 
feature. I don't know if I.E. or FireFox has this feature - I've really 
never looked. I only know about Opera because it's what my cousin uses.
-John
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roger Taylor" <operator at coco3.com>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 9:10 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] OS-9 Book


> At 04:34 PM 6/28/2010, you wrote:
>>On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 5:19 PM, Stephen H. Fischer
>><SFischer1 at mindspring.com> wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > A much better answer, but can people be trained to do it?
>> >
>> > Or can they be trained to recognize the wrapped link and how to rebuild 
>> > the
>> > correct link.
>> >
>> > I suspect that some will fail at both tasks.
>> >
>> > Just another cost of using such ancient method of exchanging messages.
>> >
>> > Usenet is going away, Microsoft has ended theirs.
>> >
>> > But I do realize that this COLOR computer group will never move to a 
>> > forum
>> > that allows use of COLOR!
>> >
>>
>>personally, I don't think color has any place in a discussion list or
>>forum.   Most email clients allow you to configure any "theme" you'd
>>like, if you really want to see that horrible green backgound (which I
>>actually do love, but only on a CoCo :)
>
>
>
> Aaron, I've been following the forum bashing messages and since I run
> a forum (like quite a few other CoCo admins), I was wondering which
> of the current green-background forums out there you were calling
> "horrible"?   Just curious.  I know of a few green blogs/forums and
> they look ok to me because the text and color theme is easy on the eyes.
>
> And if I may comment about your statement about color having no place
> in a discussion list or forum.. are you saying that all backgrounds
> should be bright white and possibly hard on the eyes after long
> viewing periods, or perhaps black background with white text which
> can also be painful to some, or perhaps would a smooth yellow
> background work for you?
>
> Should we go back to b/w TVs ?   :)
>
>
> -- 
> ~ Roger Taylor
>
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