Here's the article at author's website http://taligarsiel.com/Projects/howbrowserswork1.htm.

I was just about to post something to that effect. The site feels like Microsoft MSDN. In the case of documentation or technical information, you'll never go wrong by using a large, easy-to-read font with a strong contrast between background and text color.

could not agree more. very hard to read, seems opaque in a way when trying to read the text.

Update: so, i removed the dot texture on the page and also changed the google webfont to "gudea" instead of "open sans" and it seems to be a lot more readable. i think if the authors of the site changed the font to something more readable, all would be good. the font i choose was just picked at random.

see my edits: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/103326/after_Gudea.png

readable http://readable.tastefulwords.com/ makes a reasonable job of it, but it's clearly not built to be read.

You might want to try readability: http://www.readability.com/

It really is.

javascript:void((function(){jQuery("body").css("font-family","hevetica,arial,sans-serif");})());

Changing it to Helvetica (or Arial) make a little bit easier to read (Putting above code into URL bar does this).

Best way to read it is selecting all the text. The white text on red "background" is not bad.