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Peter Ahlstrom · 07-31-2015, 01:28 PM

I like Marvin (I'm an old Stanza user) but one thing is bugging me. (And yes, I already submitted a bug report.) The black background in the Night theme is not truly black. This is easy to verify with these simple steps.

Set the theme to Night, and make sure Black is chosen as the background color.
Pull down the notifications window on iOS.
Notice that the iOS notifications window has a truly black background, but the Marvin black background is glowing a bit lighter color than true black.

I tried several things to fix it on my own, such as going in with iFile and editing various pattern pngs to be solid black, but nothing worked. Has anyone else figured out how to solve this issue?

ALSO:

If I set the theme to the Normal setting, with white background and black text, these colors aren't quite right either. If I use Accessibility to invert the screen, it all shows as slightly blue—the black text turns light blue on a black-ish background instead of turning white on a solid black background.

07-31-2015, 01:28 PM	#1
Peter Ahlstrom Connoisseur Posts: 80 Karma: 500000 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Utah Device: iPad	Black background in Night theme is not truly black I like Marvin (I'm an old Stanza user) but one thing is bugging me. (And yes, I already submitted a bug report.) The black background in the Night theme is not truly black. This is easy to verify with these simple steps. Set the theme to Night, and make sure Black is chosen as the background color. Pull down the notifications window on iOS. Notice that the iOS notifications window has a truly black background, but the Marvin black background is glowing a bit lighter color than true black. I tried several things to fix it on my own, such as going in with iFile and editing various pattern pngs to be solid black, but nothing worked. Has anyone else figured out how to solve this issue? ALSO: If I set the theme to the Normal setting, with white background and black text, these colors aren't quite right either. If I use Accessibility to invert the screen, it all shows as slightly blue—the black text turns light blue on a black-ish background instead of turning white on a solid black background. Last edited by Peter Ahlstrom; 07-31-2015 at 01:33 PM.