[ubuntu-uk] text colour change

Colin Law clanlaw at googlemail.com
Fri Jun 8 11:20:19 UTC 2012


On 8 June 2012 12:13, Norman Silverstone <norman at littletank.org> wrote:
> On 08/06/12 12:08, Colin Law wrote:
>>
>> On 8 June 2012 12:00, Norman Silverstone<norman at littletank.org>  wrote:
>>>
>>> On 08/06/12 11:38, Colin Law wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 8 June 2012 11:31, Norman Silverstone<norman at littletank.org>
>>>>  wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 08/06/12 10:57, Colin Law wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 8 June 2012 10:52, Norman Silverstone<norman at littletank.org>
>>>>>>  wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I frequently watch the BBC web site and recently have noticed that,
>>>>>>> when
>>>>>>> scrolling, text changes from black to blue and back again when
>>>>>>> scrolling
>>>>>>> stops. Has anyone else seen this and has anyone any ideas what could
>>>>>>> be
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> cause? OS is Xubuntu 12.04.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is that on all bbc pages?  The home page for example?   If not can you
>>>>>> provide a link to a page?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Go to Home page select any text item and scroll
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> What do you mean by "select any text item"?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Select BBC NEWS or BBC SPORT or LOCAL NEWS and then select one of the
>>> items
>>> under those headings, for example VAT on hospital revamp 'criminal'.
>>
>>
>> Can't you just supply a link to a page that shows the problem?  I
>> don't see the VAT one.  Find a page that shows the problem, copy the
>> url out of the browser (www.whatever) and paste it here.
>
>
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-18364417

I am not seeing any problem here, I wonder if it is to do with the new
smooth scrolling they have introduced. Try disabling it via Edit >
Preferences > Advanced > General and deselect Use Smooth Scrolling

Colin



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