High Contrast Display not displaying all web pictures

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I am trying to lengthen battery life by using a black back ground. I can create the look I want using a High contrast theme. The strange thing is some web pictures do not display. I have Yahoo as my home page. Most pictures display but not all do. If I flip the theme to a non-high contrast one all pictures appear. If I position my cursor over where the pic should be the browser recognizes the pic's link and when clicked on I navigate to link. At the link the pictures do display there. I have not tested any other sites to see if problem exists there.

Any solutions out there?

Thanks,
Rearview
 

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Hello,

I'm not sure how well the high contrast can save battery but it worth a try.

What browser do you use?
If the browser switches to high contrast then colors and backgrounds of websites also change. This is the case for IE and Firefox. Chrome seems to ask for HC extras but if you ignore them, you can still enjoy the sites in their original color even if you're on high contrast for the rest. Disabling HC in other browsers still needs to be investigated, if possible or not.

On yahoo site it seems that the icons are invisible on high contrast, pretty weird. Chrome can display it fine if you run it without the extra extentions for high contrast, I believe Oper can do that too.

Another drawback of high contrast, mentioned on my special themes thread, is that it seems less graphic-accelerated: frames of some 3D programs aren't shown only on forced refresh, whether that is possible, like in your case: only on click/navigation the pictures are shown.
I didn't see the issue in yahoo yet as I'm running it in Chrome, to avoid the color changes, but desktop programs like: Stellarium, Cinema 4D and After Effects suffer from empty screens on high contrast. Only if you render content you'll see something and in case of Stellarium only a task kill can save it.

IMO, OpenGL doesn't run as it should on high contrast of W8.
EDIT: WebGL in browsers runs fine, mobile apps run.

I hope MS knows about the issue and if it's an important one or not we'll have to see if Windows 10 will fix it.

Regards,
Hopachi
 

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Undeerstand

Thanks for the reply. I am using IE 11. Haven't tried Chrome in years, it used to do weird things to me. For now I will just have to live with the HC theme acting weird when I invoke it, trying to stretch battery life. It would be great if Windows 10 fixes the HC fumbles.
 

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    8.1
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    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    svt15112cxs
    CPU
    iCore 5
    Browser
    Windows 11
Yes IE11 uses HC theme fully.

I hope so too, that Win10 will try to do something about the weird issue of HC themes.

Cheers!
 

My Computer

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  • OS
    Windows 10 x64
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP Envy DV6 7250
    CPU
    Intel i7-3630QM
    Motherboard
    HP, Intel HM77 Express Chipset
    Memory
    16GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel HD4000 + Nvidia Geforce 630M
    Sound Card
    IDT HD Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    15.6' built-in + Samsung S22D300 + 17.3' LG Phillips
    Screen Resolution
    multiple resolutions
    Hard Drives
    Samsung SSD 250GB + Hitachi HDD 750GB
    PSU
    120W adapter
    Case
    small
    Cooling
    laptop cooling pad
    Keyboard
    Backlit built-in + big one in USB
    Mouse
    SteelSeries Sensei
    Internet Speed
    slow and steady
    Browser
    Chromium, Pale Moon, Firefox Developer Edition
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
    Other Info
    That's basically it.
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