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VisualEditor: In Firefox's High Contrast mode, buttons on the toolbar are unidentifiable
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Description

en.wp user Cryptic C62 reports that using Firefox with Windows Vista "high contrast" mode renders VE entirely unusable:

"Using Windows Vista, press Shift + Alt + Print Screen to activate "high contrast" mode. Open VE in Firefox. Weep uncontrollably (see screenshot)."

Screenshot: [[File:VE High Contrast.jpg]]

It is worth noting that, when using the high contrast extension for Chrome, the interface is fully visible in every setting. Hooray!


Version: unspecified
Severity: major

Details

Reference
bz52675

Event Timeline

Visual Editor in Windows 7 High Contrast Mode in Firefox 44

T54675_Win_High_Contrast_Fx44_en.wikipedia.org.png (951×1 px, 458 KB)

Google.com in Microsoft's very own Internet Explorer 11

T54675_Win_High_Contrast_IE11_google.com (660×1 px, 46 KB)

Microsoft.com in IE 11 at High Contrast Mode on Windows 7

T54675_Win_High_Contrast_IE_microsoft.com.png (699×1 px, 83 KB)

Given those examples I highly question how many people are actually able to use any website with this functionality at all in its current implementation?! Seems poorly conceived.
@Jdforrester-WMF If nobody is opposing that in a reasonable time frame (30 days?) I'd recommend closing this task as "invalid".