Bug#549371: dark theme still colors inputs in iceweasel 3.5, epiphany 2.29.3

[Mark Hedges]

On Thu, 24 Dec 2009, Mike Hommey wrote:
>
> There were two levels to this problem, and one of them is
> gone: GTK elements *can* be styled with CSS since version
> 3.5, see the attached file, for example. It means you can
> do something by editing the userContent.css file in your
> profile. Or maybe even by fiddling with the following
> values: http://www.mozilla.org/unix/customizing.html#ui

I shouldn't have to apply custom styles to get the default
colors of basic web pages.  If Debian is supposed to be
acceptable for average users and not just coders, that is
unacceptable.

> It also appears it was possible to style them before 3.5,
> but that required to add -moz-appearance: none.
>
> Anyways, the remaining problem is that web sites are
> assuming colours on the input elements while they just
> shouldn't, and apply style to input elements as they apply
> style to the rest of the page.

We can't change the world, or the HTML spec.  The default
presentation of un-styled HTML is and always has been black
text on white background.  Iceweasel should retain default
styling by default.

> Arguably, iceweasel could make it easier to edit input
> element look in the color properties dialog. I would
> appreciate if you could check that setting some of these
> ui.something values can change colors on input elements,
> and if the "Use system colors" has an effect on them.

I am saying it shouldn't be a problem at all.  It's a web
browser.  Having to alter custom page or browser styles to
achieve default colors of un-styled web pages is silly.

Mark