@donq I don't know my monitor gamma from my mamas grandma (just me trying to be funny, sorry if it offends) so better for me to leave alone.

Also my vision has change recently and I've grabbed old pair of glasses which are tinted so screen is too dark already. Even worse smoky gray glasses tint has turned pinkish. So gray text is hard to read -and- everything has pink tint. LOL

@happyhomesteader Just got updated debit card yesterday. They've been after me to charge something on it so what the heck. Sub'd to the "Make Chrome Text Black". Can't say it does much for me other than change text size which I could do already.

OK re-started Opera and it works but has some glitches. In the MCTB menu under "Color" only options are 4 blacks and one blue. "Size" seems to function alright the other 2 "Weight" and "Font" moves and/or alters the message function (bold, italics, etc) icons around. Hiding or spacing them far apart so not easily available.

Also noticed in my email app by using some of the black colors it hides some of the directory text titles appearing to leave gaps between dir. titles. By selecting the MCTB menu "Default" restores back to original.

I've got a feeling that credit card info you supplied to MCTB will be kept on file and you may get hit with another charge without notice each year until you cancel your sub. I've already gone into MCTB "Manage extension..." and cancelled my sub. (extn. still works and I'd guess probably will for a year).

I also have a HP laptop and use it to stream (via HDMI cable) on 55" HDTV. Even with that size screen gray text is a Pita to see but think will be better when I get a chance to try using MCTB on it.

@happyhomesteader Sorry to hear zoom doesn't make it better. Appears that there may not be much other solutions as experts here aren't providing much in way of suggestions.

That gray does suck and I see Win10 even uses it too so not so much a fault of quirky programmer's idea. There may be a chance that by making text bolder in Windows it will carry over to web pages but that's where those quirky programmers may force page to load using their preferred font style color and size.

I think the gray text may have something to do with user choice between using light or dark theme so there has been compromise using same color text for both themes. If text is too dark then difficult to see in dark theme and too light same problem in light theme. I prefer using dark theme whenever possible.

There used to be browser text color and font preference a user could set for links and text but don't see that around anymore.

Good luck, I'm out of ideas.

@happyhomesteader Great! I'm assuming my (orbsphere) suggestion (highlighting) worked for you as you had already replied that the extensions were only an 85% improvement.

Yeah, that gray text sucks and my eyes are a half doz. years newer.

By using zoom (in the click-down menu [O menu] upper left corner of browser window), will increase text size, which might help to make easier to read also without needing to highlight. I kick it up to 110-125%. If you zoom in too much you'll probably need to remember to zoom back down before you close the page because it might carry over to other pages of same site making them difficult to view. 110-125 should be reasonable to leave it that way.

Have you tried just highlighting the text you're trying to read? Place your cursor somewhere near what you're trying to read and drag cursor across screen (or down page to grab a bigger area) while holding left mouse button down. Sometimes if trying to highlight just a link start at right end of link and drag left to avoid activating link.

@happyhomesteader This is kind of old and think you've got problem solved. I've been trying the apps you mentioned but didn't seem to work as well for me. I mentioned using text zoom and pretty sure you said it didn't help but just in case for a quicker way to use than I explained. Rather than using the drop down menu to zoom just found last night control+scroll does the same thing. Still in the gray here.

BTW All Developer Jarrad of Make Chrome Text Black app. Real nice thoughtful guy.

Re: Light Gray Text

If you're having difficulty reading light gray text on white background read on.

Ease of Access in Windows Settings has option for high contrast. Has a hotkey combo to turn function on/off but doesn't work for me.

As a workaround for the hotkey fail I've pinned a link to Settings in the taskbar. Then drag edges of Settings page to maximum smallness top/bottom left/right.

Will need to do following routine every time computer is restarted but seems easier to me than starting out with Settings page every time.

Using reduced sized window scroll all the way down to bottom of page which for me puts Ease of Access option at top of page.
Click EoA option. Scroll down a bit and High Contrast option can be found.

Click on High Contrast option and a toggle to turn High Contrast on/off is available.

I've saved a modified high contrast setting. Doesn't fix all the problems with contrast as some setting can't be modified so you might lose the time bar while watching some videos but is easy to toggle back and forth

Hey @happyhomesteader glad to see you're still getting notifications and replied as my post was directed your way more than to others.

My post was kind of long winded as Window's High Contrast setup is actually easier done than said and when finished with settings saved is just one click to toggle back and forth when using. The initial Settings setup does require some simple screen adjustments I'm sure you've done before.

I had emailed Jarrad the developer of MCTB as seen in attached reply from him in larger image (my saved high contrast color selection - yellow on black or sometimes red on black) which also shows the "Toggle screen" for Windows you'll get (I hope) if you follow my instructions

and also a sample seen in smaller image of the default Win. contrast difference. The smaller image just shows the default Win contrast toggle.

The issues I had with MCTB were 1) Needed greater contrast options 2) it messed some times with the images in the way I was using it and 3) I'm cheap and Window's High Contrast is free (but does have some minor issues of it's own but I can live with) and doesn't require a fee to use.

Jarrad seems to be a really nice helpful guy so support him if you can.

If you try to use Window's High Contrast and have trouble following my destructions, post here and I'll see if I can help.

BTW I modified Win's High Contrast Black settings.

@happyhomesteader said in Light Gray Text:

On Youtube I don't see my comments anymore

I've had that happen. Just above where you enter your comment is "Sort By" option, select Newest might fit it

@happyhomesteader The Sort By option should be there on the line directly above where you leave a comment. Click on "Sort By" and you should get 2 options Top Rated or Newest First (select newest). This is for You Tube correct? Not YT homepage as there are no comments there, will find the sort by option on each separate video

Yeah I HATE!!! ads also, they're everywhere, should rent our foreheads out and make some money ourselves LOL

Not sure where you found ad blocker option in YouTube itself but if there is might also find blocker in Google tied with YT. I use laptop and Opera blocker is extremely efficient. I have to turn blocker off to be able to do a search in YT and then remember to turn back on

If you get that mess of supermarket ads in snail mail you can opt-out of them by going to website of that mail distribution agency but might have to hunt for an opt-out option.

I get an ad piece of crap in yard. They put some pebbles with a business card in sealed baggie so they can just toss them out while they drive by

Don't hesitate to let me know if you find something that works . . . or not.

Why not add a searchbar to find a particular button at top of Speed Dial page rather than going into Bookmarks and use search function from the sidebar. I hunt all over for a way to search the Speed Dial page and finally remember to use Bookmarks. I'm looking for a speed dial button not a bookmark. Just a thought. TIA

If you try to combine tab from left edge column with tab on line above at right edge the buttons seem to squirt around each other. Small item but bothersome. As it is you need to move the 2 buttons you want to combine to middle of a line somwhere, combine, then re-organize. TIA

All tabs allow one click of tab to scroll back to top or down to last line viewed except Speed Dial. Can't give a good reason for this at the moment but have wished for this function on several occasions that's why I'm asking. Wouldn't hurt to make tab function the same on all tabs would it? TIA

@bmyers48 Hey, I was really close to doing same thing. I used Firefox for a short time but tried Opera maybe 20 some years ago. I'd probably go with anything Mozilla rather than anything MS. Opera seems to be going all gobbledygook to compete.

In the address bar type in opera://startpageshared

In the address bar type in opera://startpageshared

This just happened to me too. There better be some way to recover. I'm F---ing pissed. I was doing property taxes and tidying up a bit moving a "sub-button" of a group around and it jumped outside the group and turned into an individual button and next thing I knew ALL the buttons are gone.

Had another page loaded from a button and tried the back arrow and even there ALL the speed dial buttons are gone. Looked in Settings and Hide Speed Dial is turned off. Tried turning on, off and still nothing.

If you try to re-position a button near the end of a row all the buttons fly around like crazy.

Back in the past you had to chose which country you were from to access PayPal. I'm currently having issues logging in to PP. I've found when I type in the URL it needs to be modified. I always have success logging in when I type paypal.com/us or if the URL is preloaded for you add the us/ as shown here paypal.com/us/sigin Might also work for other countries if you know what the country designation code is and substitue it for us/ As an example for Canada it might be ca/
Is it possible there's a setting that might be turned off not allowing Opera to access PayPal?

@happyhomesteader Thanks for the good wishes. Got 1st eye done just yesterday, didn't realize how bad eyes had gotten. Like brand new. have other eye scheduled early Mar 2023. @happyhomesteader (/post/291284) said: > "I hope that works out okay for you!" If I read between the lines does that hint at some kind of hesitancy / avoidance on your part? I think it was well worth it. By all means should be considered.

@happyhomesteader another possibility related to having difficulty with contrast is possible developing/having cataracts. I went recently to eye doc and have them. Surgery scheduled in a few days. Will see how that turns out. Take care