> > > What do you mean "the screen flickers"? Do you mean you get a "flash" > > > of unstyled content, or something else?
> > On Sun, Feb 20, 2022 at 12:54 PM shian wrote: > > > > Looks like it happens because the browser renders overlapping layers, first > > in dark color > > and then in bright color, (maybe because width or height are not declared > > somewhere, > > or because of rendering priorities, etc...) > > > > This flickering exists also in www.freedos.org, exactly the same. > > If you switch between the top menu items quickly then the screen is > > flickering. (on my i3 PC). > > It's not so bad and it doesn't happen each time, but it looks like some > > conflict > > in the css file that can be solved somehow. > February 24, 2022 12:25:01 AM CET Jim Hall wrote: > > Ok, thanks for mentioning that. I can write pages in HTML, but I don't > consider myself an expert in web page design. I think there are a few > possible solutions for this, such as adding a bit of javascript that > forces the browser to finish loading everything before displaying it. > That could fix the "flash" you mentioned. [..] On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 11:03 AM shian wrote: > > I found the reason why the screen flickers in freedos.org (on my PC): > > I'm using Firefox 89 on Linux Mint with Dark theme. The screen flickers > because Firefox is using the dark system's theme as well. > > I switched to Bright theme on Linux Mint, restarted Firefox, and the problem > disappeared. > > I guess that the Firefox developers need to address this problem with Dark > system themes - not the FreeDOS developers. Good to know, thanks for checking. I'll still look into "dark mode" support and see if there's something I might do in the web page to make this easier for dark mode viewers. You can't be the only one using dark mode. But since I know this is a browser-specific thing and not something "broken" on the website, I'll make this a low-priority fix. Jim _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
