[jrm4]

I find it wildly ridiculous that we've more or less abandoned the practically simple idea of "the web is text, so just let people render the text how they want in their browsers."

Yet another reminder of the overblown nature of UX/UI in general. Given the current push for accessibility, seems like "make the text accessible" should be the goal above all else.

[tedunangst]

But the text is all there? Is there some sort of DRM embedded in the html that prevents you from rendering it how you'd like?

[ryandrake]

Browsers are dropping the ball. Yes, You can disable styles, and dig through settings to configure proper rendering. But browsers are 1. Defaulting to giving web designers control and 2. Are hiding the overrides deeper and deeper in settings.

The browser should default to your operating system’s default color scheme, text size, and font face, and no CSS. There should be a setting somewhere you can opt in to “let the web site decide these things.”

[renewiltord]

You can use a userstyle on the webpage. It works. It's quite straightforward actually.

[MavisBacon]

I think most people are going to give up before they find that link in the footer, and regardless these themes still present accessibility issues, especially that static image background. I personally find even the "mostly monochrome" style very difficult to read through and I'm guessing I'm not the only one.

[bombcar]

They even offer ten themes and a chooser which is 9 themes more than 99% of websites.

[jrm4]

On this page, sure. On all pages, not so much.

[renewiltord]

No, explicitly on every page. It's a user agent level choice.

[hoosieree]

The way a lot of people experience "the web" is not primarily text, but instead compressed screenshots of text. And screenshots of screenshots, ad infinitum.

[basch]

Time to hop over to Gemini.