For those of you using Firefox, go to your addons and do a search for Stylish. Install it. Open gardenweb and look in the upper right hand corner of your screen for the box with the S in it. Click on it. There are 2 options there (at least on my computer). I chose the 2nd one. It enlarges and darkens the fonts some, and makes the whole website look a bit more like the old Garden web. Sure is a lot easier to read. I chose it for all gardenweb forums. Makes a huge difference. Good Luck

Anyone have a fix for those using IE?? I was thinking I would do a monitor calibration. It would be the long way around and no guaranteed results.

I like the green, but it could be a bit darker. The different colors make it easier for me to find my way.

Tks, that really helps.

I dont know of one for IE, however, there is one for those of you using Chrome. It is called Change Colors. I understand, that Chrome also has the Stylish add on, that firefox has.

My text is black and is easy to read. Are you saying your text is green? I have green text for the discussion title links and the bread crumb links at the top of the page, but neither are difficult to read. I am using Safari, but I also checked it out in Firefox and Chrome and it looks the same there. Would you be adverse to downloading Chrome or Firefox and trying one of those to see if the look is improved?

I think the current black text is easy to read. I don't like having large blocks of text in bold. It can get oppressive and look haranguing.

:::googles haranguing::: "A speech or piece of writing characterized by strong feeling or expression"

I agree with Linelle and I have no problem with the look of the forums as is. If the white background is too glarey for some it's an easy fix to just dim your computer screen a tad. Change is difficult at times but in this case I feel this is a change for the better. No more pop-ups, minimal advertising, a clean page look...kind of reminds me of the days Spike ran the forums.

Cat, there are four Stylish listed, which one would work the best with improving the print for me? Please advise, thank you.

Okay Cat I just did it and love the new look, It's a soft gray with a much larger darker black. Perfect, thanks so much.

This is what my screen looks like now.

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Yes it's easy to fix for most computer browsers, I posted several add ons for the various browsers on another thread. But there is a huge number of people who use mobile devices, tablets etc and for us there is not an easy fix, no add ons, no options very few settings that can be changed. It would be great if we had those same add on options. So it's not an easy fix.

I will say that it's much better than it was, the white is not as stark and jarring. I would love to have a much darker font with more substance. Viewing angles on tablets make these thinner fonts fade very easily. The darkness of the word houzz at the top left would be perfect.

My only option is to change to night view, change the text to white and background to dark but that is not very desirable. I have my screen brightness as low as it will go for here.

I do greatly appreciate all the great changes that have been made that we asked for. With the huge number of people using mobile devices there really has to be a houzz tech department working for optimal performance of the site on all of those devices.

To those recommending Change Colors for Chrome - a little more info please? I've looked at chrome extensions but only see color change options for facebook, the google page or reddit - nothing for changing the specific pages of your choice, like houzz.

Sorry Yayagal, I didnt get back on here until this morning. It sounds like you chose the 2nd one down on the list. When I did mine, there were only 2 there. Others are making more options, it sounds like. I like the second one down, it isnt a drastic change, but, it is enough to make this site much easier to view.

They may be listening a little, I think the "very, very light gray" background has been darkened so it's now "very light gray", and the font seems to be a little blacker. Or maybe I'm just getting used to it.
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Chrome users: I added the Deluminate extension. I only use it on houzz. I click on the icon (I now find it on the top of my screen to the right of the address bar) and click on the "dim" and slide the bar to a contrast level that suits me. You can save the setting. Hope that helps.

I think they did darken the background because now I can barely discern between the green and black in the thread titles.

here is the link to another forum with the discussion of various add ons to try for the different browsers, some new ones mentioned there you might want to try.
http://ths.gardenweb.com/discussions/2834151/changing-background-colours-using-chrome?n=16

Thanks, Cats. That looks much better and is easier on the eyes. I was about to delete my account. It was THAT bad for me, and as soon as I came to the website.

You are welcome. It was bad for me too. I thought maybe it was because, I have had cataract surgery in the past, until I saw all the others posting the same thing.

If Houzz has the capability to bold black the posters' names in each thread, why can't they bold black or even a bold dark green of each thread on the first page? That's where I have the annoying reading problem separating the thread choices. They obviously have the capability to bold!

Linelle, DH is a website pro--retired from Intel and has built a few forums and websites as a hobby--and those were his words exactly. But you have to wonder if the Houzzers never complained about what we're complaining about.

Making the text a darker bolder black color with in the actual body of the post and replies would not even be seen on the main pages so that surely can't be the logic, if so it is flawed. You would actually have to click on a topic to view the post and then see the darker font. But they are already using the perfect color on the houzz heading, the dark houzz top left beside the icon. And they changed it on the main pages for the posters name, so why the problem with doing it here in the replies where it's desperately needed.

If anyone knows of any way to alter the fonts and colors for an Android browser please post your suggestions. I am currently using Boat browser which does have themes and I am using one but no browser I have tried has font color choices.

may_flowers, I wonder if the average Houzzer spends as much time on the site as GWers. Maybe they did complain back in the day and this is what emerged. I do know that change is hard and I'm as bad as anyone in resisting it. I try to remind myself that it hasn't cost me a cent, only hours and hours of time I could have spent outdoors or being with real people. :) IMO, all this font stuff is mildly irritating, but not the end of the world. I won't hold my breath or threaten to leave. I'll adapt and survive.