From what I understand. Smooth scrolling either turns the page into a low resolution image or reduces the rendering quality while you scroll. If you do it on an android handset you will notice this too. I presume it is done to reduce the juddering when scrolling on a low specification machine. Kris <div class="gmail_quote">On Jun 8, 2012 3:27 PM, "Norman Silverstone" <<a href="mailto:norman@littletank.org">norman@littletank.org</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> On 08/06/12 12:20, Colin Law wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> On 8 June 2012 12:13, Norman Silverstone<<a href="mailto:norman@littletank.org" target="_blank">norman@littletank.org</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> On 08/06/12 12:08, Colin Law wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> On 8 June 2012 12:00, Norman Silverstone<<a href="mailto:norman@littletank.org" target="_blank">norman@littletank.org</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> On 08/06/12 11:38, Colin Law wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> On 8 June 2012 11:31, Norman Silverstone<<a href="mailto:norman@littletank.org" target="_blank">norman@littletank.org</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> On 08/06/12 10:57, Colin Law wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> On 8 June 2012 10:52, Norman Silverstone<<a href="mailto:norman@littletank.org" target="_blank">norman@littletank.org</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> 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. </blockquote> Is that on all bbc pages? The home page for example? If not can you provide a link to a page? </blockquote> Go to Home page select any text item and scroll </blockquote> What do you mean by "select any text item"? </blockquote> 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'. </blockquote> 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. </blockquote> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-18364417" target="_blank">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-18364417</a> </blockquote> 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 </blockquote> Absolutely correct, your suggest worked like a charm. Thanks. Norman -- <a href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk</a> <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/" target="_blank">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/</a> </blockquote></div>