Improving Reader in Safari 5.0

Reader is similar to a plug in called "Readability." But Safari's built-in Reader lacks one important feature. The user should be able to change the background color from pure white to an off-white shade. I and no doubt many others have astigmatism and the high contrast of the pure white background makes it harder to read. It also makes it hard to see the difference in the black letters and the blue letters which indicate a link.
I noticed that others have desired to change the font. So I would suggest that there be a place in Preferences to change font and background color.
What do others think about Reader?

In addition to the feedback link provided by QuickTimeKirk, if you want to report this issue to Apple's engineering, send a bug report or an enhancement request via its Bug Reporter system. To do this, join the Mac Developer Program—it's free and available for all Mac users and gets you a look at some development software. Since you already have an Apple username/ID, use that. Once a member, go to Apple BugReporter and file your bug report or enhancement request. The nice thing with this procedure is that you get a response and a follow-up number; thus, starting a dialog with engineering.

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