Love preview, but can't see it

July 21, 2005 5:49 AM

I like the new "instant preview" feature in the blue, but in the preview window, I'm seeing black text on a blue background -- in other words, not terribly well.
posted by alumshubby to bugs at 5:49 AM (11 comments total)

Not getting that: what's your browser?
posted by selfnoise at 5:51 AM on July 21, 2005

I see white on black. And, you're in SO much trouble for not posting this four threads down.
posted by OmieWise at 6:16 AM on July 21, 2005

I see white text on a blue background. Firefox/XP.
posted by dg at 6:18 AM on July 21, 2005

It may have a few bugs, but Matt -

BEST.
PONY.
EVAR!

Nicely done, sir.
posted by eriko at 6:41 AM on July 21, 2005

Are you using plain-text theme? If so, I've mentioned the problem already (in the right thread, even)!
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 6:54 AM on July 21, 2005

There's been a spill in the correct thread, in case Matt's watching.
Anus has deliberately cocked up the HTML, which is very kind.
posted by NinjaPirate at 7:06 AM on July 21, 2005

mkultra seems to have caught it though, heroically exposing himself to A HREF
posted by NinjaPirate at 7:08 AM on July 21, 2005

MetaFilter: Anus has deliberately cocked up the HTML
posted by kirkaracha at 7:33 AM on July 21, 2005

Very cool feature. The only thing is, during the old preview, you got to see if anyone posted anything new while you were typing. This helped you from posting something redundant. Do you think a preview button is still needed for this purpose?
posted by knave at 7:46 AM on July 21, 2005

Not getting that: what's your browser?

IE6. I know, I know...(hangs head in shame.) What can I say? I'm at work.

Here in the gray, the live preview window shows me white text on a dark gray (or black?) background. In MF, I actually have the background set to white.
posted by alumshubby at 8:03 AM on July 21, 2005

I'm closing this to keep stuff in the original thread.
posted by mathowie at 8:16 AM on July 21, 2005