[Bug 324398] [NEW] Using web difficult with dark KDE theme

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Binary package hint: konqueror-kde4

I say "difficult" to be nice, but I consider this totally and utterly
broken. I use one of the KDE 4 dark themes (Zion (Reversed)), and a very
large portion of the Internet's web pages are more or less broken.

To reproduce, change to the theme mentioned (or Obsidian), and try to
edit some of the fields in this bug report. This particular field is ok,
but I can't see (without marking) what I wrote in summary and the chosen
application field. In addition, I have no idea which radio buttons are
checked (and on some pages which check boxes are checked).

Originally this only applied to Konqueror, such that I could switch to
Firefox for my banking needs (I don't dare typing wrong there!), but
recently Firefox decided to pick up the KDE theme too, and now internet
is as broken there.

I am aware that the issue sorta is with the web pages out there, having
authors to unimaginative to think that anyone could have dark themes,
and thus account for that, but when such a large portion of the web is
"broken", then _I_ think that it is the browser(s) that is broken.

At the _very least_ there needs to be an option such that I can choose
not to use desktop theme on the web pages I visit. Even those that are
readable/usable, usually are ugly with a theme they didn't expect. Some
say it should be possible to create a css for this, but one can't expect
users to do that! Also, according to the KDE bug report that I'll
register with this report afterwards, it is mentioned that some form
elements may still be overridden, making a css useless.

I was overjoyed by the thourough implementation of dark themes in KDE 4,
and extremely saddened by the browsers doing the same. It is a major
annoyment that I encounter at least once every hour of the work day.

** Affects: kdebase
     Importance: Unknown
         Status: Confirmed

** Affects: kdebase (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Confirmed

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Using web difficult with dark KDE theme
https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/324398
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