Siamesecat's background filters

[Oddysey]

Siamesecat;

Yes, the good Doctor may be attempting to change background colors, but what I suggested was a one-stop shop for removing all clutter, not just background colors that don't please the viewer. This means that background images are also removed, and foreground text is set to black (highest contrast to the white).

Two or three more points.....

In fact, many browsers use a template of some sort as a starting point for displaying content. In my old copy of NN4.7, this template forced the background to light gray, if the body tag didn't specifically callout a particular color. This trick isn't used too much anymore, but it's worth knowing that it was once a common thing.

The Clarifier is said to be IE only, because it inserts a button on the toolbar. Actually, it can be inserted onto the toolbar of any IE clone. I'm confident that as other browsers become more customizable, the author will ship versions of the Clarifier that will fit into them, too.

And finally.... Sorry, but I didn't take the time to read every character of that code. It sure looked like gibberish to me, so I didn't divine just what it was supposed to accomplish. I'll certainly take your word for it that it was essentially the same thing as your color replacer. Apologies if my laziness caused any problems for anyone.


Oddysey