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I can't read the first few lines of what I am posting, because there is already text in the background in the posting window. So I have to put the text down here to read it. Is there any way to get rid of this?

I also wish webmasters would realize that some people can't read their text if there is an image behind it.

Might be the settings on your computer. On my computer that text is very light grey letters, somewhat difficult to see. But I can understand how some people with sight problems might find it hard to distinguish between the light grey text and normal text.

I believe he's referring to the watermark in the editor .

I was too, but just didn't explain it very well. Its not a problem for me and I only have "good" eyesight. I don't recall anyone else complaining about watermarks.

i dont see any watermark - what watermark?

I asked the same question a few months ago. If you go to the c++ board (or any of the other software development boards) and look at the "quick reply" edit box you will see some text in light grey color. That's a watermark.

Evidently not very many newbies see it either, the anouncement, or see the "Rules" link at the top of the page. It's actually fairly easy to see if you have good eyesight and a good monitor.

Regarding the original question: could you post us a screenshot of how it looks? (Just curious.) I still don't know your browser and its version, which is a large determining factor. My bet is that it's something on your end, as I never have these problems (although I'm on a Mac, so that could make a difference).

How do I post a screenshot without a url? I don't have much memory or download bandwidth left on my website, and doing this would kill both off.

You can see it in the "HTML" forum under "web development". It doesn't happen in this forum, so I would like the other pages to be like this one.

I have always had this trouble with text printed over a photo. It's not an eye problem, but a visual processing problem.

My visual cortex has always treated text printed over an image as being similar to looking outside through a window screen. It removes the text or the window screen and reconstructs the image behind. I hate magazines and websites which get cute by putting text on top of an image. I have to use a piece of paper with a slot cut in it to read the text of several magazines I have.

i got ie7 and have no watermark at all on this thread

It only appears on one of the development boards, like c++ or Java. I can't tell from the image you posted which board you were at the time you took that screenshot.