This problem has been fixed: See “Odd Row Color” in ekw Preferences. Odd table rows in newwriteups now have ‘class=”oddrow”‘ in addition to the color attribute. On at least some browsers (not including Opera 5.12 on Windows), the CSS has precedence over the color attribute (we worked around the Opera problem by putting the class attribute in the
tag, while the color attribute is in the
| tag). Any theme can now take advantage of this (and the “Classic” theme variations do). I’ve been adding the same attribute to the odd numbered rows in other tables. The “Odd Row Color” is currently used in several places, with more to come: • Username rows in New Writeups. • Property name rows in user display pages (via htmlcode displayUserInfo, which all the user display pages use). • Comment headers on debate comments. At the moment, this is meaningful only if you’re an editor or god. • Everything User Search (This will not work in Opera 5: To make a long story short, the Opera workaround wo
