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> he author is using something that manipulates the style of inputs to make them dark with light fonts > just style both at the same time That's exactly the p

by luuio 8y ago

> he author is using something that manipulates the style of inputs to make them dark with light fonts > just style both at the same time That's exactly the point. The system by default sets both colors, though most browsers I've used allow the website to override the colors. In these cases, the websites only override one but not the other.

jameslk 8y ago
The system is failing to override the styles. This is an issue with the system not using more explicit selectors or not taking into account that their selectors will be overridden. In other words, the system has failed you.
- function_seven 8y ago
  User may not want the system to override styles, though. The system is providing defaults. The CSS overrides the defaults. The web developer has decided to override one default, but not the other default.
- chriswarbo 8y ago
  > The system is failing to override the styles. You're using the word "override"; what do you think the order of these things is? As far as I'm aware: - The user sets their system's colours (e.g. for me that's white text and black background). These are used by all applications, including the browser. - Web sites may override these defaults by providing CSS, e.g. Google dictionary forcing the text to be black These bugs are caused by Facebook, Dropbox, Google, Twitter, etc. shipping broken overrides. It's a pretty minor problem (as this post's author acknowledges), but it's not the user's fault. If these sites didn't try to override things, i.e. by providing plain, semantic HTML, then this problem wouldn't occur (some might prefer such sites!)
- a1369209993 8y ago
  > The system is failing to override the styles. I agree, but I think this could be phrased better: If the system is using a (light-foreground-on-)dark-background theme, it should force web pages to use a dark-background theme, no matter what CSS they have.

by luuio 8y ago

jameslk 8y ago

The system is failing to override the styles. This is an issue with the system not using more explicit selectors or not taking into account that their selectors will be overridden. In other words, the system has failed you.

function_seven 8y ago
User may not want the system to override styles, though. The system is providing defaults. The CSS overrides the defaults. The web developer has decided to override one default, but not the other default.
chriswarbo 8y ago
> The system is failing to override the styles. You're using the word "override"; what do you think the order of these things is? As far as I'm aware: - The user sets their system's colours (e.g. for me that's white text and black background). These are used by all applications, including the browser. - Web sites may override these defaults by providing CSS, e.g. Google dictionary forcing the text to be black These bugs are caused by Facebook, Dropbox, Google, Twitter, etc. shipping broken overrides. It's a pretty minor problem (as this post's author acknowledges), but it's not the user's fault. If these sites didn't try to override things, i.e. by providing plain, semantic HTML, then this problem wouldn't occur (some might prefer such sites!)
a1369209993 8y ago
> The system is failing to override the styles. I agree, but I think this could be phrased better: If the system is using a (light-foreground-on-)dark-background theme, it should force web pages to use a dark-background theme, no matter what CSS they have.