[ubuntu-uk] text colour change

[Norman Silverstone]

On 08/06/12 12:20, Colin Law wrote:
> 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
>

Absolutely correct, your suggest worked like a charm. Thanks.

Norman