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Posted by yttrx on 12/03/06 14:59
In comp.os.linux.advocacy Bob <bob@bob.org> wrote:
> I have serious glare problems with my CRT monitor that cannot be
> remedied by any of the usual fixes - I have tried adjusting the
> contrast, brightness and gamma until the cows come home and nothing has
> changed. I have found that if I set the text color to RGB (120,120,120)
> - basically a light grey - the problem pretty much goes away, since
> glare problems with CRT monitors are dependent on the contrast between
> type and background, in part.
>
> Bottom line: I tried to adjust color in Firefox preferences for text
> color. I turned it to the grey above. But the only way to make it work
> was to uncheck "let webpages override my settings". This somehow screwed
> up everything horribly - many backgrounds simply refused to load at all,
> some page functions stopped working, etc.
>
> I am looking for an extension that will allow me to say, highlight some
> text (the text I am trying to read) and turn it all to the grey that I want.
>
> Do you know of any?
>
> Sorry, Firefox newsgroups are all down now.
Firefox newsgroups are never down.
Get a new monitor. I know I know, you dont want to/cant buy one right
now. So save up for one. Or turn the one you have way from the fucking
light source. Put a shade on it. Go get a glare-reducing attachment.
Try sunglasses.
Christ.
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