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crickets

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2. Requested screencap, extension discussion
Fri Sep 22, 2023, 04:09 PM
Sep 2023

Uncropped DU4 screenshot you requested, same area of screen, nothing blocked on the page:



I think the layout issue might be an extra line to the left of the LBN section.


PC (laptop) /Windows 10 - freshly rebooted.

I used to run the Dark Reader extension, but turned it off long ago when Brave introduced a dark mode.

I doublechecked to make sure Dark Reader was off (it was) and turned off Brave's dark mode. Results are the same: DU3 has normal colors and DU4 links are a festival of pink.

Turned off ALL browser extensions. Same results.


DU3 front page




DU4 front page, visted top Milley link, which is ever so slightly pinker.



The remaining dark mode is in Windows 10. Changing to light mode didn't help: same issues with a bright white background. I started to look at other color settings and realized, um... I'm not touching that. Windows 10 is behaving as closely to what I want as I can get it, and I don't want to rock the boat.

Turned Dark Reader extension on, visited DU4 and colors are different, but I'm happy enough with them. Oddly enough, link colors no longer behave on front page. They did earlier today, and still do in the forums.





I don't want to make extra work for you, so when DU4 rolls out, I will just turn Dark Reader on again and hope that will solve the link color issue.

Computers, amiright?



Android phone - freshly rebooted.

My usual setup is running both Android dark theme and Brave night mode. I try not to browse on my phone, but when I have to for weird internet access reasons, it's usually cast to my computer screen, with the screen rotated and Brave set to show all sites in desktop layout. I'm using Skinner mode in DU4.


DU3 - colors are normal.



DU4 - all the links, including visited ones, are pink.

Mobile layout


Desktop layout, visited first link



Turned off Brave night mode. Colors are normal in both DU3 and DU4 - yay! Screen is glaring white - boo! Also, visited links on front page still do not register, though they do in the forums.

DU4 setting changed from Skinner mode to Dark mode. Not fond of the layout, but I can live with it on my phone, because... phone. Whatever. I don't know if these colors are normal or not, but links on front page do not reflect visited sites, forums links do.

Minor note: when clicking My Stuff in Skinner mode to change settings, I see a ton of dead space under the buttons. Not a problem in DU Night mode. Also noticed that the account settings page in Skinner mode is a bit borked to the left side of the page, but I have been at this for hours and it can wait for another post. Sorry this is so long!

Other minor note: my goodness, the top nav buttons are huge and bright, but - meh, whatever.




It's odd that the same problem shows up pretty much in the same way on both devices, and DU4 is the only place I'm having these problems. Since no one else is weighing in on the discussion, this may just be a 'me' thing and it looks like I can fix most of it on my end. I don't get it, but thanks for taking time to check my post, and I hope this information was helpful.

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Unfortunately EarlG Sep 2023 #1
Requested screencap, extension discussion crickets Sep 2023 #2
Thanks, this is very helpful EarlG Sep 2023 #3
Colors, layout crickets Sep 2023 #5
I made a couple of layout changes EarlG Sep 2023 #4
Phone screenshots crickets Sep 2023 #6
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