Thanks for the suggestion. Using black text does improve the legibility (although I like the White/Blue combo better on the old one).

It's still disappointing that this is just working around a poorer screen.

(I didn't provide pictures for how the new one looks when looking down from 'above'. But that's even worse...)

I wonder if the degraded screen came about with the new layout version, or if the last 'old style' ones still have a better screen.