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by xnx 110 days ago
Black text on a gray background is how the web was intended to be experienced.
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Blue hyperlinks. Purple hyperlinks after you had clicked them. Images with the blue hyperlink border. Tables with Extra Chonky borders. Row and Col span. Guestbooks.
Don't forget page view counters, web rings, "Under Construction", and "Best Viewed with Internet Explorer".
The number of PowerPoint and slide presentations I sat through with sans serif white and yellow text on a dark purple background still gives me nightmares. For my presentation I went black over medium-light grey. The audience sighed with relief.
What? No it wasn't. First browser

https://www.w3.org/MarkUp/tims_editor

Oh, no. It had a visible scrollbar. And clearly delimited UI elements. And everything square. And readable text. How primitive. /s
I'd be so down for a black and white modern interface like this. I know the attempts ... they aren't like this. (I've got a next)