As I like my skin the way it is, I have two questions: (1) Can someone from the Design team confirm that the deployment will actually happen next week,
This is tentative. We are setting a firm date tomorrow after a prioritization meeting,
and (2) if so, how can I opt-out of the change without having to edit my own common.css (or vector.css) stylesheets?
I have very strong negative feelings towards Typography Refresh because of the shade of grey it uses for article text and the way it changes link color from blue to grey, which makes it very hard for me to read the text due to my poor eyesight, and would therefore prefer not to have to use it.
Have you tried the Typography Refresh lately Tomasz? Link color has not been changed to grey in the sidebar/personal toolbar for many versions now. That and other things were updated months ago, and the beta feature has gone through six major revisions based on feedback from the community. I'd encourage you to try it again once. The body text (not link) color has changed from pure black, but still meets AAA standards for accessibility according to WCAG guidelines.[1]