Barely readable timestamps in Chat

I decided to turn on timestamps for a game I'm about to start so I can keep track of when things occur a little better. The timestamps are almost impossible to see in "dark" mode, and the text "This is a test" is just barely readable. It's darker in the screenshot than it is in Roll20: In "light" mode, both are a little easier to see. Frankly, the graphic here is MUCH more visible than what appears in Roll20 itself - the text and the timestamp are larger and darker in the screenshot. In Roll20, the text "This is a test" and the timestamp are readable if I squint and get up close to the screen. To the devs: Can the timestamps (and text) be made more visible? Not everyone has 20/20 vision or perfect eyes!!

For a workaround and reading-aid, in the meantime, You can press Control-+ (Control-Plus) on your keyboard and it will make all text sizes increase for greater readability.  Another route is a 3rd party extension like Stylus to re-color or re-size any specific parts of the webpage. 

Gold said: For a workaround and reading-aid, in the meantime, You can press Control-+ (Control-Plus) on your keyboard and it will make all text sizes increase for greater readability.  Another route is a 3rd party extension like Stylus to re-color or re-size any specific parts of the webpage.  Control-+ does not do anything. And I don't like using things like Stylus because it's hard to maintain, or debug when things go wrong with the compatability with Roll20.  And I don't see why the Devs can't fix this. They clearly know how to change the color and size of text in the chat window.

Hi Saul J.,  I get the impression you are trying to let the Devs know this is an issue. If that is the case please file a Help Center request as the Bug Report forum is primarily for community help.  I don't get the impression that Gold was saying that the Devs shouldn't fix this. Just that Gold was trying to provide a workaround in the meantime. 

Saul J. said: Control-+ does not do anything.  It may be Command-Plus, try that (particularly on mac), it is really helpful with reading small text on a lot of websites and works on Roll20 when I need it. 

Command-Plus makes ALL of the text larger which makes it pretty useless in this context because it throws everything out of proportion. I already knew about that key sequence. There's no way that I know on Roll20 to make SPECIFIC text, in the chat, bigger and make it ALWAYS bigger. That's what's needed. Or Roll20 can increase the size of that text so that it's readable. I'd settle for making it visible  since in dark mode it's barely visible at all. I'll make a help center request...  Gold said: Saul J. said: Control-+ does not do anything.  It may be Command-Plus, try that (particularly on mac), it is really helpful with reading small text on a lot of websites and works on Roll20 when I need it. 

Use Command-ZERO to  reset your interface to the base default size to continue playing. This way you won't have to keep going with everything enlarged, and you can be able to use Command-Plus  to increase the font size when you need it to help to read a Chat Timestamp. This should help with readability on the small Timestamps or any Roll20 chat text, while you wait for Help Center report. 

You're not getting it. That's ok. Thank you anyway for telling me what I already know. Gold said: Use Command-ZERO to  reset your interface to the base default size to continue playing. This way you won't have to keep going with everything enlarged, and you can be able to use Command-Plus  to increase the font size when you need it to help to read a Chat Timestamp. This should help with readability on the small Timestamps or any Roll20 chat text, while you wait for Help Center report. 

Saul, I'd suggest using the suggestion forum, and phrase it as an accessibility issue. That typically gets more traction. If you want to link it here, I'd be happy to upvote. The interim suggestion of Stylus remains the best immediate solution. I'm sure one of us can work up the code.

Keith, Honestly, I don't feel it as an accessibility issue. I volunteer as a disability advocate and I think phrasing something as an accessibility issue when it's not (to me) feels wrong and diminishes those that really do need accommodations.  I feel this is something that's an *everyone* issue. I'm not sure if anyone can really see the timestamps in dark mode. I've submitted it to the devs via the Help Center, and got a polite "we'll look at it" message back. They've fixed up a lot of the other text, making it more readable in dark mode, so maybe they just missed this.  keithcurtis said: Saul, I'd suggest using the suggestion forum, and phrase it as an accessibility issue. That typically gets more traction. If you want to link it here, I'd be happy to upvote. The interim suggestion of Stylus remains the best immediate solution. I'm sure one of us can work up the code.

Saul,  while I get your point about crying wolf, poor contrast is definitely an accessibility issue, but one that often flies under the radar. As I've aged (I'm in my sixties now), I've increasingly had problems reading low-contrast type, both on paper and screen. Unfortunately it's a style that is all too common on websites created by twenty-somethings who can read it just fine (some magazines used to have the same problem).  I could too, when I was their age. I've played in D&D games with people in their 80s (parents of people who've been playing since the paper-bound days), and I really worry about what my experience will be like in twenty years.