On Sat, 26 Mar 2016 14:13:01 -0400, rickman wrote:

On 3/26/2016 1:14 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
On Sat, 26 Mar 2016 02:17:21 -0400, rickman wrote:

Both of these pages were interesting, but hard to read. I don't get why
some pages use a light grey text. I suppose some don't have a problem
reading that, but I do, a *lot*. The other page intentionally added a
shadow to the text, not just the headings or links, making that page
even harder for me to read. I really don't get that either.

If you're using Firefox, click on the "reader view" icon.
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-reader-view-clutter-free-web-pages
There are similar features and plug-ins for other browsers.

I just gave this a try. It completely changes the page formatting. It
doesn't seem to work with just any page. Not sure about the
capabilities, I'll have to play with it. Thanks

This might be closer to what you're looking for.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/blacken/
All it does is darken the text, without mangling the formatting.

I just tried it and it does work as advertised. It initially didn't
make text as dark as I would like, so I tweaked the settings.

There are quite a few settings under:
Tools - Add-ons - Extensions
where the defaults are not particularly ideal. It has an "automatic"
mode, which seems to recognize problem web pages with nearly invisible
text. Blacken can be controlled with the "B" icon that was added to
the Firefox toolbar. Try the "help" under the "B" icon for some
details and capabilities.

Here's the previous faded URL again for testing:
http://www.radiocomms.com.au/content/industry/article/yagi-the-man-behind-the-antenna-647231587

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