If it bothers you, change it in your CSS, by adding something like so:

div.readmore {
    background-color: inherit;
    border: solid 1px #333;
    padding: 3px; /** Add a little space, or the line is against the f
+irst and last character **/
}
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Of course, you must be a registered user for this to work.

Of course, you must be a registered user for this to work.

My suggestion was to edit /css/common.css and replace

div.readmore {background-color: #eee;} 
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with

div.readmore { border: medium solid #000; } 
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I'm using a similar CSS rule that adds a green bar on the left hand side of readmored content. Note that I'm using a black background with bright grey text – the color might not work well on a bright background.

div.readmore { background-color: transparent; padding-left: 2px; borde
+r-left-width: 2px; border-left-color: #080; border-left-style: solid 
+}
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Here's a readmore and a snapshot of my whole user CSS.

Read more... (3 kB)

While I like your node, it looks good, seems to be well researched, is well reasoned, concise and well written;
I also like the current behaviour of the site. I cannot find any compelling objective reason for this, but wouldn't mind not seeing it change.

On the other hand, this is not a matter of importance, or is it?

Cheers, Sören

On the other hand, this is not a matter of importance, or is it?

Try one of these for as anonymous monk

• http://perlmonks.com/?node=Tutorials
• http://perlmonks.net/?node=Tutorials
• http://perlmonks.org/?node=Tutorials

And then view a few tutorials, say PerlMonks for the Absolute Beginner and How (Not) To Ask A Question ( near the top of the list ), how do they compare?

Maybe lower the brightness of your monitor a click or two (a bar or two) and read them again, how do they compare?

If you've got LCD monitor, move your head above/below/left/right, how do they compare?

Try the same with no-stylesheet (firefox Alt+View+Page Style+No Style ), how do they compare?

I don't know why jdporter didn't use readmore in PerlMonks for the Absolute Beginner but I can guess because its easier to read.

I do know why jeffa used readmores in How (Not) To Ask A Question, its because its recommended.

A #eeeeee background messes with the contrast , its just not black/white

I can understand why authors of Tutorials want to have visual distinction for readmore tags when editing Tutorials, but readers of Tutorials don't need that information, its visual interference -- aren't Tutorials something we want visitors to read?

Whether or not visually distinguishing a <readmore> block is desirable or effective is, I think, a matter of personal taste and style settings.

But as for why How (Not) To Ask A Question uses a <readmore> or why PerlMonks for the Absolute Beginner does not, there is actually no good reason to. Tutorials (of which those are two) never show <readmore> blocks collapsed as in other sections. The only possible effect is to give the block visual distinction (as is being argued in this thread). That being the only possible use, I would argue that one may as well use <table>s (or <div>s) to blockify one's writeup.

I reckon we are the only monastery ever to have a dungeon stuffed with 16,000 zombies.