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Not related directly to the article, and therefor, perhaps a poor HN comment, but it drives me insane when people change the text highlight color -- especially
by goostavos 14y ago
Not related directly to the article, and therefor, perhaps a poor HN comment, but it drives me insane when people change the text highlight color -- especially to yellow. I highlight nearly everything as I read online. For whatever reason, I find white text on the blue highlighted background to be much easier to quickly parse without loosing my place.
The blue highlight is so ingrained in my browser mind that seeing yellow just throws me for a complete loop.
- EvilTerran 14y agoIf you're using Firefox, you could do something like this with your userContent.css[1]: ::-moz-selection { color: #FFF !important; background-color: #00A /* or your color of choice */ !important; } [1] http://www-archive.mozilla.org/unix/customizing.html#usercss http://www-archive.mozilla.org/unix/customizing.html#usercss
- EvilTerran 14y ago... not that that lets this guy off using a yellow highlight, of course. I think "highlighting looks the same on all sites" is a pretty ingrained UI expectation on the web, and so one that you shouldn't be breaking without very good reason.
- tapsboy 14y agoI have the exact same habit and have been criticized for that by anyone reading my screen at the same time