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    • jcoombs
      jcoombs last edited by

      Hi, me again. Well I've been bumping around the interwebs and found this "https://dev.opera.com/articles/working-with-theme-overlay/" guess the dark overlay isn't a bug but a feature that we all needed but didn't know it. So now if you had a nice cheery theme you liked, those days are through as this is now on by default. I guess the world needs more gloom. sigh
      I have to wonder what's going to be "fixed" next.

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      • browzer1
        browzer1 last edited by

        I read that article. It says, as a theme designer, you have two choices.

        How about giving the damn user the same option?

        Sometimes it's the stupid, insignificant little things that breaks the camels back.

        Are you listening opera?

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        • lando242
          lando242 last edited by

          Are you listening opera?

          Nope. The devs don't get out here much.

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          • A Former User
            A Former User last edited by

            What has changed is that the title used to appear in black letters in a little white box on the tile itself. They've moved the title to below the tile, and used plain white text which doesn't show up on light backgrounds. Good solutions would have been to leave things as they were, or, if they had to move the title, they could have used white letters with black borders, which would show up on any background. Instead they went with the ghastly solution of graying the background, which makes the background ugly and depressing while leaving the titles hard to read.

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            • A Former User
              A Former User last edited by

              I like it. It makes the dials look better. For me the dials are the point so I rate the new look a plus.

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              • 7thgear
                7thgear last edited by

                I found a solution:

                "chrome://flags/#no-theme-overlay" = enabled

                Now put "use overlay = false" under [Start Page] in your persona.ini.

                Tell me, if it works.

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                • encubierto
                  encubierto last edited by

                  I found a solution:
                  "chrome://flags/#no-theme-overlay" = enabled
                  Now put "use overlay = false" under [Start Page] in your persona.ini.
                  Tell me, if it works.

                  Works Fine Thanks !!

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                  • shwetankdixit
                    shwetankdixit last edited by

                    As mentioned in https://dev.opera.com/articles/working-with-theme-overlay/ , certain themes with light backgrounds were not readable with the new speed dial text so a light grey background was introduced to make sure the text is legible.

                    We wanted to have the theme maker have control on whether they want their theme to be available with or without the overlay, which is why we introduced the 'user overlay = true | false' setting in the Persona.ini file which they could use to specify that.

                    Advanced users can also goto chrome://flags/#no-theme-overlay as mentioned above and disable it themselves. Having it as a more accessible option so that its available from a more obvious place is good feedback and we'll discuss this internally. Thanks!

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                    • A Former User
                      A Former User last edited by

                      Where is that ominous Persona.ini file located?

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                      • leocg
                        leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                        Where is that ominous Persona.ini file located?

                        In the theme zip file AFAIK.

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                        • A Former User
                          A Former User last edited by

                          Thanks, that was a very detailed and exhaustive explanation!

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                          • jcoombs
                            jcoombs last edited by

                            Thanks for the "chrome://flags/#no-theme-overlay" suggestion. Unfortunately it didn't work for me.I tried every combination and no joy. I'm running 64-bit Linux, is there anything thing else I could try? I know just enough to be dangerous so I'm willing to fiddle with things.

                            I prefer bright backgrounds (old eyes) and the gray overlay kinda kills that whole thing.

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                            • lando242
                              lando242 last edited by

                              You might try asking on the Linux forum. This is the Windows forum. It might be that the Linux build has something specific to it that we don't cover here.

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                              • jcoombs
                                jcoombs last edited by

                                Thanks lando, I will.

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                                • szzx
                                  szzx last edited by

                                  In my opinion the flag "chrome://flags/#no-theme-overlay" should disable overlaying unconditionally. With or without “Use Overlay=false”.
                                  There are thousands available themes. Most themes don't have “Use Overlay=false” entry in persona.ini. files.
                                  They should look like their authors wanted, by default. Not darker.

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