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Halc said:
2nd gripe, discovered while composing this post. I highlight a bit of text and cannot tell the difference. It's there, but barely different. For the record, I'm using dark mode, white text on all variations of dark blue everything. Highlighting text makes it a slightly different white with no change in background.
I am using Style Variation = System, and I believe it is yielding for me the same as "Light". Upon highlighting before clicking on "Reply", the quoted text showed as white and background was blue. That met me as good visibility.
 
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Works fine in regular (non-dark mode):

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Greg Bernhardt said:
I made a couple tweaks. Let me know if you think it's better.
Absolutely no concerns on light mode now. In dark mode, differentiation is still difficult.
 
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I have great difficulty seeing highlight in the edit box, in both light and dark modes.
Is there 1 difference between lower L and upper i.
Is there 1 difference between lower l and upper I.
 
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Is there 1 difference between lower L and upper i.
Is there 1 difference between lower l and upper I.
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I am only trying to see what you do.
I am assuming my "System" mode is the same as "Light" mode.
Upon highlighting those, I find a very light gray background and no color change to the text. My reckoning is that any highlighting should not affect the distinction between those letters. What is your second sentence, exactly? Just so I do not confuse anything? Context of what is being printed should adequately allow identity of the characters.
 
symbolipoint said:
My reckoning is that any highlighting should not affect the distinction between those letters.
Two separate issues.
1. Highlighting fail in the edit box.
2. The ability to differentiate "I'll" without cut and paste to a text file.
 
berkeman said:
Works fine in regular (non-dark mode):
Yea, it does, but in dark mode, it should show as dark text on light background, or any other color that doesn't match the dark background. My eyes burn enough without websites trying to imitate a piece of paper under a 400 watt light.