On 25 Apr 2006, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > Paul E Condon wrote: > >First: I don't have to use Firefox. If there is another browser > >that solves my problem, please suggest it. I'm willing to try > >something new. > > > >My problem: When I go to some web sites (more recently it seems) > >and click on a hot-link, it brings up a menu that I am supposed > >to select a sub-category from. The trouble is that the menu has > >a transparent background. The existing web page shows through, > >and I can't make out the text of the sub-categories. How can I > >force pop-up menus to have opaque backgrounds? Use a different > >browser is an OK answer, if you also suggest a particular one. > > It is very annoying, but what I do when I encounter this (and have some > spare time): I email a friendly complaint. I include a link to > http://validator.w3.org/ > with their webpage included and tell them that their page isn't valid > html-code and they should try to fix it (I've never seen one of those > that was valid html). > > Usually those pages also require java script, so you could optionally > (friendly) tell them that how should you trust their java code if there > are so many errors in their html. > > Annoying web pages won't get better unless companies/maintainers get an > incentive to improve.
Try using the Read Easily add-on. If a site is difficult to read you just press Shft-Ctrl-Z and it becomes plain text. I use this a lot for those ridiculous site where you have pale blue text on a white background, etc. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Microsoft-free zone - Using Linux Gnu-Debian http://www.acampbell.org.uk (blog, book reviews, on-line books and sceptical articles) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
