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How can I darken the words in the toolbar? They are so pale I can't see them. I hate the desktop showing through, can I make the background solid?

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I have this stupid new Windows 7 where everything is transparent. I cannot see the pale gray words in the toolbar or my tabs. How can I make the toolbar background not transparent or how can I darken or enlarge (preferably both) the toolbar words? I have already enlarged the fonts on the website portion of Firefox but it did nothing for the toolbars. I have also tried various background colors but the words are still to pale to read. Thank you. Linda

I have this stupid new Windows 7 where everything is transparent. I cannot see the pale gray words in the toolbar or my tabs. How can I make the toolbar background not transparent or how can I darken or enlarge (preferably both) the toolbar words? I have already enlarged the fonts on the website portion of Firefox but it did nothing for the toolbars. I have also tried various background colors but the words are still to pale to read. Thank you. Linda

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I'm with you on the translucent title bar. You can disable that by changing your Windows 7 theme from Aero to Basic. This article describes where to change it: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Change-the-theme-to-improve-performance

To change the font or font-size on your toolbars, you could try this add-on: Theme Font & Size Changer :: Add-ons for Firefox.

Does that fix it?