New Product Page at dpreview

[kfrog]

<p>dpreview has a new Pentax product page. It's kinda cool. http://www.dpreview.com/products/pentax They also have the other manufacturers. http://www.dpreview.com/products</p>

[phule]

<p>This re-design is one of the better moves dpreview.com has made. I especially like the new feature search, which provides many more options.</p>

[r.t. dowling]

<p>I wish they'd ditch the migraine-inducing white text on black background...</p>

[steve_t.1]

<p>Amen- white text/black background. I cannot understand why anyone designs websites like that. I'd have to think pro web developers know the problems with that design. I've gone as far as writing to website owners who utilize this kind of design and let them know the difficulties and eye strain is causes me (and likely others) to view their site, resulting in me no longer visiting their site. I received a reply from one of them once saying thanks for your comments but we aren't changing. Well, then I'm not visiting. Lose/lose for both of us.</p>

<p>Light text on dark backgrounds leaves a hard ghost image in my vision that stays with me for several minutes afterward, effectively disturbing my overall vision for that time. I know of no acceptable reason for that kind of layout. And no, "it's easier to view photos" is not a good reason, my problem occurs even while viewing the photos that sites like this show. If I visit dpreview or similar, if I'm so inclined to read whatever they have to say, then I copy/paste the text into a word processing program where I can read it as black text on a white background. VERY inconvenient. I'm very glad P.net doesn't format in this way.</p>

<p>Sorry for the rant.</p>

[r.t. dowling]

<p>I feel your pain, Steve! If I try to read text on DPReview for more than a few seconds, it triggers a migraine and then I get dizzy. I have to do the same thing you do -- copy the text and paste it into a word processor. Very annoying. I like their site, but it's makes me very uncomfortable physically. I'm sure that's not their intent. I just wish they'd consider the needs of those of us who are bothered by it.</p>

[fate_faith_change_chains]

<p>It is possible to change the background of a webpage in your browser too.<br>

<a href="http://waldev.blogspot.com/2009/08/change-page-background-color-browser.html">http://waldev.blogspot.com/2009/08/change-page-background-color-browser.html</a></p>

[steve_t.1]

<p>Thanks, Phylo! I'll give this a try. Although I still think light text/dark background sites should all be changed to dark text/light background.</p>

[andrewg_ny]

<p>These tools work better with some websites than others but consider <a href="https://www.readability.com">Readability</a>, <a href="http://readable.tastefulwords.com/">Readable</a>, <a href="http://www.instapaper.com/">Instapaper</a>, etc. These generally support some sort of browser bookmarklet that can redisplay the current page minus clutter in black on white. They also often have some sort of read-it-later facility that can store links for things you want to read later, possibly offline on a mobile device, etc. Some browsers have features as well, such as Safari's '<a href="http://www.cultofmac.com/safari-5-with-really-cool-new-reader-mode-is-available-for-download/46114">Reader Mode</a>'. There are also browser addons such as <a href="http://samabox.com/extensions/iReader/">iReader</a> for Firefox or Chrome.</p>

[rparmar]

<p>FireFox has the built-in ability to override colours, those some of the plugins etc. might do a better job. For example if you visit my blog you will need to go to Tools - Options - Content - Colours and set what you like. Problem is, some graphics then don't show up, which is a browser rendering bug.</p>

<p>I discovered this since I am one of those evil people with a light-on-dark blog. Oh well, I like it and yes, I think photos look much better. At least I use grey and not hard white.</p>

<p>The easiest solution, which everyone should be using in any case, is to subscribe and view the feed in the RSS reader of your choice.</p>