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		EvilTerran on Aug 9, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: You Either Die A Hero Or You Become The Villain If you're using Firefox, you could do something like this with your userContent.css[1]: `::-moz-selection { color: #FFF !important; background-color: #00A /* or your color of choice */ !important; }` [1] http://www-archive.mozilla.org/unix/customizing.html#usercss

EvilTerran on Aug 9, 2012 [–]

... not that that lets this guy off using a yellow highlight, of course. I think "highlighting looks the same on all sites" is a pretty ingrained UI expectation on the web, and so one that you shouldn't be breaking without very good reason.

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