[Tango-L] How to Tango

Ed Doyle doyleed at gmail.com
Thu Jan 18 15:03:00 EST 2007


Gosh - all this chatter about the font and text style Floyd used.  I suspect
he wanted some feedback about the content of his writings, not his web
making ability.  :-}}
Ed

On 1/18/07, Floyd Baker <febaker at buffalotango.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
> Gracias...   I am taking all of this advice, from everyone,  into
> consideration and will be reworking the pages in some way.. Hopefully
> we can undo this problem entirely...  Probably by putting the text in
> a box with a plain background...   Similar to what I do on the
> calendar page now..
>
> Thanks to all who made me aware of it...  We'll be working on it over
> the next few days...
>
> Floyd
>
>
>
> On Thu, 18 Jan 2007 09:36:02 -0800 (PST), you wrote:
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> >Illegible tango web page issues:
> >
> >http://www.squarefree.com/bookmarklets/zap.html
> >
> >I use the "zap colors" bookmarklet on this page to read pages like
> >Floyd's. It makes the text more legible by changing it to black text
> >on a white background.
> >
> >I'm afraid it this is a little techie.
> >
> >One more tip from a nearsighted old guy, if you're using Firefox,
> >"control +" will make the text larger.
> >
> >ramiro
> >
> >--- Floyd Baker <febaker at buffalotango.com> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> That is mysterious Igor.   *My* screen is extremely readable.
> >> The
> >> text is mostly white already, with some sections being cream or
> >> yellow...  All on a dark brown background.., so the contrast can't
> >> be
> >> improved by very much.
> >>
> >> You might try View>Text Size>'Larger' (than whatever it is
> >> already.)
> >> ...
> >>
> >> On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 11:38:05 -0800, you wrote:
> >>
> >> >I want to read it, but I can not. My eyes can not accommodate to
> >> the
> >> >background of the page.
> >> >Please, Floyd, make the text more readable.
> >> >What about a plain black font on the plain white background?
> >> >
> >> >Igor Polk
> >> >
> >> >_______________________________________________
> >
> >
> >ramiro garcia
> >ramiro9 at yahoo.com
> >---
> >In their feud [Stalin and Trotsky] both were right. Stalin was right in
> >maintaining that his regime was the embodiment of socialist principles.
> >Trotsky was right in asserting that Stalin's regime had made Russia a
> hell.
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