A simple question

Sometimes, the background of Wikipedia is grey, and
sometimes it is white 
(see http://jonasrand.110mb.com/images/Greywiki-screenshot.P
NG and 
http://jonasrand.110mb.com/images/Whitewiki-screenshot
.PNG). This is both on 
Simple English Wikipedia (shown) and the regilar English
Wikipedia. Can 
someone explain this phenomenon?

Jonas 


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Maybe I'm blind, but I'm not seeing a clear difference
between the
backgrounds on those two images.

Nathan

On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 1:15 PM, Jonas Rand <joeyyuancox.net> wrote:

> Sometimes, the background of Wikipedia is grey, and
sometimes it is white
> (see http://jonasrand.110mb.com/images/Greywiki-screenshot.P
NG and
> http://jonasrand.110mb.com/images/Whitewiki-screenshot
.PNG). This is both
> on
> Simple English Wikipedia (shown) and the regilar
English Wikipedia. Can
> someone explain this phenomenon?
>
> Jonas
>
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On 05/05/2008, Nathan <nawrichgmail.com> wrote:
>
> Maybe I'm blind, but I'm not seeing a clear difference
between the
> backgrounds on those two images.
>
>
> Nathan
>

The first image has a grey background on the menu bar on the
left, whereas
the second image has a white one.

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On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 1:15 PM, Jonas Rand <joeyyuancox.net> wrote:
> Sometimes, the background of Wikipedia is grey, and
sometimes it is white
>  (see http://jonasrand.110mb.com/images/Greywiki-screenshot.P
NG and
>  http://jonasrand.110mb.com/images/Whitewiki-screenshot
.PNG). This is both on
>  Simple English Wikipedia (shown) and the regilar
English Wikipedia. Can
>  someone explain this phenomenon?

These links are dead.

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On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 7:34 PM, Chris Howie <cdhowiegmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 1:15 PM, Jonas Rand
<joeyyuancox.net> wrote:
>  > Sometimes, the background of Wikipedia is grey,
and sometimes it is white
>  >  (see http://jonasrand.110mb.com/images/Greywiki-screenshot.P
NG and
>  >  http://jonasrand.110mb.com/images/Whitewiki-screenshot
.PNG). This is both on
>  >  Simple English Wikipedia (shown) and the regilar
English Wikipedia. Can
>  >  someone explain this phenomenon?
>
>  These links are dead.
>

They aren't here. Might be a problem on your end of the
connection.

Michael

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2008/5/5 Majorly <axel9891googlemail.com>:
> On 05/05/2008, Nathan <nawrichgmail.com> wrote:
>  >
>  > Maybe I'm blind, but I'm not seeing a clear
difference between the
>  > backgrounds on those two images.
>  >
>  >
>  > Nathan
>  >
>
>  The first image has a grey background on the menu bar
on the left, whereas
>  the second image has a white one.

It does? Count me in the "blind" camp...

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>
>


That's really strange. Are they being viewed in different
browsers?

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On 05/05/2008, Angela Anuszewski <angela.anuszewskigmail.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >
>
>
> That's really strange. Are they being viewed in
different browsers?
>

I'm viewing in Firefox. Perhaps my eyesight is exceptional


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On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 1:38 PM, Michael Bimmler
<mbimmlergmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 7:34 PM, Chris Howie
<cdhowiegmail.com> wrote:
>  > On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 1:15 PM, Jonas Rand
<joeyyuancox.net> wrote:
>  >  > Sometimes, the background of Wikipedia is
grey, and sometimes it is white
>  >  >  (see http://jonasrand.110mb.com/images/Greywiki-screenshot.P
NG and
>  >  >  http://jonasrand.110mb.com/images/Whitewiki-screenshot
.PNG). This is both on
>  >  >  Simple English Wikipedia (shown) and the
regilar English Wikipedia. Can
>  >  >  someone explain this phenomenon?
>  >
>  >  These links are dead.
>  >
>
>  They aren't here. Might be a problem on your end of
the connection.
>
>  Michael

Shrug, dunno.  Both redirect me to <http://www.110mb.co
m/404.php>.

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This does not need be called a "phenomenon", nor a
"blind camp" to
explain it. 

Simply the gray colors comes from the CSS background
declaration on
the body element:

background: #F9F9F9 url (headbg.jpg) no-repeat scroll 0pt
0pt;

Sometimes. browsers fail to pick up every background image
or CSS
declaration, so you're left with the default white
background color.

If you're using Firefox, and Firebug installed, you can
disable that
CSS declaration and see the effect in real time.

Regards,
Usamah

On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 8:48 PM, Angela Anuszewski
<angela.anuszewskigmail.com> wrote:
> >
>  >
>
>
>  That's really strange. Are they being viewed in
different browsers?
>
>  --
>  Wikipedia:[[User:Psu256]]
>
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