Bug Report

Background image makes text hard-to-read [#2422]

139.179.155.61: Background image makes text hard-to-read (2010-10-27 14:46) [#8070]

Background image makes text hard-to-read:

The right side (i.e. main area) of SL pages seem to use a background image "background.gif" consisting of a single line. This makes all text appear on top of thin lines, making pages very hard to read (at least for me). Is there an easy way to change or disable the default background image?

I've searched the website, tried the preference-settings page, looked around in various pages, googled... to no avail. The only related thing I found was that somebody else complained of the same hard-to-read effect under the SL "Coffee machine" page.

Other parts of the site don't use the same background image. (E.g. this bug report filing page has a plain single-color background, and the left side of pages on SL also don't have the "lined background".)

Selim Erdoğan

AndyPierce: Re: Background image makes text hard-to-read (2010-10-27 15:06) [#8071]

This or a similar issue makes SL impossible for me on my cell phone.

92.231.124.104: Re: Background image makes text hard-to-read (2010-10-30 20:06) [#8076]

RueLue: Not a solution, but a workaround: what about disabling styles in your browser's settings (menu "View" -> "Pagedisplay")? Possibly you can have a button in the tool bar to toggle styles on/off. Another workaround, but more complicated: if your browser allows privat styles (user style), you can make a style "disable background images"? I don't know, how to do this, but possibly someone here around knows how to write and implement it in Opera Mobile (oh - which browser do you use?). hth

AndyPierce: Re: Background image makes text hard-to-read (2010-10-30 21:47) [#8077]

Opera Mini 5.121214 It displays one word per line making it essentially unusable.

92.231.124.104: Re: Background image makes text hard-to-read (2010-10-31 05:22) [#8078]

RueLue: I searched and found a forum for Opera Mini:
[ext] http://my.opera.com/community/forums/forum.dml?id=111
I think, there you should find appropriate help. But - one word per line means the graphic is too big or the text too small. What about adjusting the standard text size?

AndyPierce: Re: Background image makes text hard-to-read (2010-11-11 21:50) [#8119]

The problem seems to be that the left-hand sidebar eats a lot of premium real estate without contributing a lot of value. Can we have a mobile phone option to turn off the sidebar? (not just the community ads, the entire sidebar) I switched to a new phone (LG Lotus Elite) and SL is still very difficult to read.

85.179.236.146: Re: Background image makes text hard-to-read (2010-11-14 21:37) [#8125]

RueLue: A solution from Sensei's side would be to have a css-file with the stile for readers with mobiles, maybe a browser switch in the main css-file.

Selim and Andie, did you try the Mozilla Fennec browser (actually it is vers.1rc3)?