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most recent firefox........huge dissapointment.......

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black sidebars with white writing and green highlighting........ugly.......how do i get back to white background with black writing? I believe my browser has slipped into " dark mode" how do I escape this visual abortion?

black sidebars with white writing and green highlighting........ugly.......how do i get back to white background with black writing? I believe my browser has slipped into " dark mode" how do I escape this visual abortion?

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You can fix this by selecting a theme that has dark text on the tabs instead of light text.

You can change this pref on the about:config page from 3 to 2 to revert to the Firefox 94 behavior regarding to prefer dark or light background for webpages.

  • layout.css.prefers-color-scheme.content-override [dark:0, light:1, system:2, browser:3]

You can open the about:config page via the location/address bar. You can accept the warning and click "I accept the risk!" to continue.

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Examples of themes that trigger a light color scheme in the sidebar, menus, toolbar panels, and Library window because they use dark text on the toolbars:

And there are thousands more choices...