I don't get it.

[eliyes]

This will never cease to confuse me: why would someone post something for others to read, somewhere that invites feedback and, hey, isn't even friends-locked -- with a medium-ish lavender-grey background with slightly darker lavender-grey text? This makes it unreadable! This defeats the purpose! Why post it at all?

And, I mean, this isn't a case of the eye-blinding colours -- they're neutral, even pretty -- I'm just squinting so hard I can't see the words. My crow's feet are getting crow's feet. Thank God for whatever genius made it so that most journals can be relatively easily switched to the style I use on my own as long as I'm logged in.

If this sounds like you, well, smarten up -- but I assure you that nobody who has ever given me the slightest indication that they read my journal is the inspiration for this post. No, I got to this particular post in a fairly convoluted way, involving two and a half days of sliding around the net, from a few comms I'm on to their friends-lists, to posts on said list, to links in the comments of said posts, to memory pages of the commentators, to links from the memories pages to fic-rec posts, etc. etc.

Possibly the binge-reading is in part affecting my squinting, especially as I've also been doing it with books when not at the computer, but dammit, it was difficult to read. :<

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Comments

[kiffie.livejournal.com]

If I ever come across something like that, I just 'select all' and read it that way. White on blue is distinctly easier than PURPLE ON PURPLE OH GOD WHY. DDD:

[anibunny.livejournal.com]

This is why ?style=mine is my friend.

Of course, sometimes that drops off after navigating from communities and fake cuts and links. XP So yeah, I know exactly what you mean. People getting "creative" and overlooking the simple fact that, um, it needs to be readable. Ha ha ha. Another annoyance of mine are really ellaborate backgrounds with text over them.

My hate of all hate is towards people who use Fire Engine Red and Hyperlink Blue. Whether it is red text on blue or vice versa. Those colors are incredibly hard for the eye to tell apart and so can often strain them. Blah.

Your lavender on light lavender doesn't sound fun either. Any color with the same color only a few shades lighter or darker can't be good. With the way computer monitors can vary from one another, some people in certain lighting conditions and monitor configs might not be able to read it at all.

[justlikemagic.livejournal.com]

You're preaching to the choir. I know so many people on LJ with journal slike that and I cannot read a freaking thing. Drives me nutso. If you want funky colors, do it outside the text area please. Thus why my journal has a white bg with black text.

[neotoma.livejournal.com]

I suppose they might have had some background image that it would have shown up against that has since gotten fried. Or they are just an idiot with no idea that if you want someone to read your stuff, you make it so that they can SEE it.

[random-redshirt.livejournal.com]

Ouch! Contrast: it is a good thing. At least, when one wants to read something.

[ladymoondancer.livejournal.com]

Okay, my theory is

they're a supervillain

trying to BLIND you.