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<body> <div id="header"> <span class="left"> <span class="back"><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT"><span class="image mobile_back" title="Back"></span></a></span> <span class="image mobile_logo" title="Beehive Forum Logo"></span> </span> <ul> <li> <a class="reply_all" href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42942.0&return_msg=42942.2"> <span class="image mobile_reply_all"></span><span class="text">Reply to All</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="navigation" href="#"> <span class="image mobile_navigation"></span><span class="text">Show messages</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="main" href="#"><span class="image mobile_menu" title="Menu"></span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu main"> <ul> <li><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Messages</a></li> <li><a href="lpm.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Inbox</a></li> <li><a href="lsearch.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Search</a></li> <li><a href="llogon.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Login</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu navigation"><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42942.1">1–8</a></div> <div id="page_content"> <h3 class="thread_title"><a href="index.php?webtag=DEFAULT&amp;msg=42942.2">The Worst People in the World</a> </h3> <div id="messages" data-navigation="42942_2_8_10"> <a name="a42942_2"></a><div class="message" id="message_42942_2"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time">13 Mar 2023 13:40</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: william (WILLIAMA) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 13 Mar 2023 18:51"></span></span> <span class="message_count">2 of 8</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42942.2">42942.2</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42942.1">42942.1</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Favoured by 'edgy' types, it's a huge no-no in typographic design, or so I was taught. You may be able to temporarily alter the colour scheme by rooting around in developer tools, or you can copy the text into an editor and format as you see fit.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42942.2&return_msg=42942.2" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42942.2"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42942_3"></a><div class="message" id="message_42942_3"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Peter (BOUGHTONP)<span class="message_time">13 Mar 2023 14:31</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: william (WILLIAMA) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 13 Mar 2023 18:51"></span></span> <span class="message_count">3 of 8</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42942.3">42942.3</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42942.1">42942.1</a></div> <div class="message_body"> There was a study done on this probably a couple of decades ago now, which discovered there's an equal number of people that find black text on an illuminated white background to be harsh on their eyes. <p>A simple solution is to not use pure black/white for backgrounds (or text) - a ten percent shift can make a huge difference whilst still looking close enough to black/white for style purposes. </p><p>Browsers <em>used to</em> make it a simple option to toggle user styles only, which allowed people to be comfortable, but probably need an extension for that now and might not even work for a lot of the broken "modern" sites that infest the web. </p><p>Select all and copy-paste is usually still an option. </p><p><br /> (p.s the <em>actual</em> worst people are those that require JavaScript to view content, and there's an ever growing amount of those arseholes.) </p><div class="edit_text">EDITED: 13 Mar 2023 14:34 by BOUGHTONP</div> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42942.3&return_msg=42942.2" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42942.3"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42942_4"></a><div class="message" id="message_42942_4"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Dave!!<span class="message_time">13 Mar 2023 17:37</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Peter (BOUGHTONP) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 13 Mar 2023 22:14"></span></span> <span class="message_count">4 of 8</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42942.4">42942.4</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42942.2#a42942_3" target="_self">42942.3</a></div> <div class="message_body"> I would also add websites that implement User Agent sniffing and which arbitrarily block web browsers if they aren't on their list of "supported" browsers. Deeply frustrating when a site blocks you from accessing it and just tells you to "download Google Chrome". Especially when you spoof the Chrome User Agent and the site then proceeds to load just fine.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42942.4&return_msg=42942.2" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42942.4"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42942_5"></a><div class="message" id="message_42942_5"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time">13 Mar 2023 18:25</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Peter (BOUGHTONP) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 13 Mar 2023 22:14"></span></span> <span class="message_count">5 of 8</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42942.5">42942.5</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42942.2#a42942_3" target="_self">42942.3</a></div> <div class="message_body"> <span class="emoticon e_embarrassed" title=":-$"><span class="e__">:-$</span></span> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42942.5&return_msg=42942.2" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42942.5"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42942_6"></a><div class="message" id="message_42942_6"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time">13 Mar 2023 18:25</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ALL<span class="message_count">6 of 8</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42942.6">42942.6</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Bad design is usually a team effort.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42942.6&return_msg=42942.2" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42942.6"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><div class="message"> Message 42942.7 was deleted</div> <a name="a42942_8"></a><div class="message" id="message_42942_8"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Monsoir (PILOTDAN)<span class="message_time">11 Apr 2023 13:15</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Peter (BOUGHTONP) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 17 Apr 2023 15:53"></span></span> <span class="message_count">8 of 8</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42942.8">42942.8</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42942.2#a42942_3" target="_self">42942.3</a></div> <div class="message_body"> I remember the good old days when we disabled JS by default <span class="emoticon e_sad" title=":("><span class="e__">:(</span></span></div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42942.8&return_msg=42942.2" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42942.8"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> </body>