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and subject line iceweasel has been superseded by firefox-esr
has caused the Debian Bug report #549371,
regarding iceweasel: dark linux gtk theme makes pages look bad; "use system
colors" should apply to input elements
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Package: iceweasel
Version: 3.0.14-1
Severity: normal
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=519763
dark linux gtk theme makes pages look bad; "use system colors" should apply to
input elements as well as fonts, or separate option needed
In Gnome (Debian Squeeze) I use a modified Darklooks desktop theme. In
Iceweasel under Edit > Preferences > Content > Colors..., "Use System Colors"
is NOT checked, but the desktop theme is still applied to input textboxes and
select boxes, making them difficult to read against the normally white
background of web pages. (Will attach screenshot.)
It seems like the default view of unstyled web pages ought to be the way they
are intended, with black text against a light background.
If the "Use System Colors" should only apply to the default font color, which
it changes when activated, can there be another option to control the behavior
of input elements, to use the system theme colors or not?
Thanks.
Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Un-check "Use System Colors" option in browser preferences, using default
Firefox theme.
2. Choose Darklooks desktop theme in Gnome Appearance control panel
3. Open a web page.
Actual Results:
Input and select elements are colored with the system colors.
Expected Results:
Input and select elements should be colored with default web page colors. If
not, there should be a separate option which has the default of using the
default web page colors for input elements.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-maggie-30+test
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages iceweasel depends on:
ii debianutils 3.2.1 Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii fontconfig 2.6.0-4 generic font configuration library
ii libc6 2.9-25 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libgcc1 1:4.4.1-1 GCC support library
ii libglib2.0-0 2.22.0-1 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgtk2.0-0 2.16.6-1 The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii libnspr4-0d 4.8-1 NetScape Portable Runtime Library
ii libstdc++6 4.4.1-1 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii procps 1:3.2.8-1.1 /proc file system utilities
ii psmisc 22.8-1 utilities that use the proc file s
ii xulrunner-1.9 1.9.0.14-1 XUL + XPCOM application runner
iceweasel recommends no packages.
Versions of packages iceweasel suggests:
ii latex-xft-fonts 1.6.4-1 TrueType versions of some TeX font
ii libkrb53 1.6.dfsg.4~beta1-13 Transitional library package/krb4
ii mozplugger 1.12.1-2 Plugin allowing external viewers t
pn ttf-mathematica4.1 <none> (no description available)
ii xfonts-mathml 3 Type1 Symbol font for MathML
pn xprint <none> (no description available)
ii xulrunner-1.9-gnome- 1.9.0.14-1 Support for GNOME in xulrunner app
-- no debconf information
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--- Begin Message ---
Version: 115.12.0esr-1+rm
src:iceweasel has been superseded by src:firefox-esr in version
45.0esr-1 in March 2016. Transitional packages to ease upgrades were
provided in the wheezy, jessie, stretch and buster releases. The
transitional packages have been removed finally before the bullseye
release in August 2021.
After regular security support for buster ended in August 2022 and LTS
support ended in June 2024, I'm closing the remaining bug reports now.
Andreas
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