Thunderbird text color -

[Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni, Virginia, USA]

On 12/09/13 15:56, g wrote:
>
> hello bob,
>
> On 09/12/2013 10:53 AM, Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
>>
>> I view Thunderbird meswsages on a black background with white text,
>> works well for my vision problems, however T-bird displays quoted text,
>> e.g. joe at xxx.com, in dark blue which I can't read unless highlighted
>> using a hand magnifier! Does anyone know how to change that color? I
>> would be happy if everything was displayed in bold white text, the
>> colors are without benefit "to me anyway."
>
>
> open this mozilla site, page;
>
>   http://kb.mozillazine.org/About:config_entries
>
> [all following is using firefox browser]
>
> make note of 1st paragraph then press <ctrl+f>, enter;
>
>    Find:  _color
>
> to start from "Browser", pressing <F3> to advance to each of settings;
>
>   browser.active_color
>   browser.anchor_color
>   browser.display.background_color
>   browser.visited_color
>
> and making note of settings;
>
> after above, enter;
>
>    Find:  browser.underline_anchors
>
> with understanding of each "Preference Name", in thunderbird, from 
> menu bar;
>
>    Edit > Preferences > Advanced > General > Config Editor > make promise
>
> in about:config window;
>
>    Find:  _color
>
> make appropriate changes, then:
>
>    Find:  browser.underline_anchors
>
> note:  white = #FFFFFF, black = #000000
>
> make appropriate changes. close about:config and preferences windows. 
> done.
>
> check to see if i know "wth" i am talking about.
>
> any questions, problems, i missed something, ask.
>
>
> hth.
>
>

Not a bit! What to do with "browser.underline_anchors ?"

"_color" copy/pasted into the about:config bar produces a blank.

I have Firefox 23.0.1 and Thunderbird 17.0.8. Perhaps they are different 
than what you have?

Bob

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