Are rollovers obnoxious?

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Possibly older eyes, and older monitor. But here is what I see with the rollovers.

My eyes scan down the rows. I see something of interest. So while I continue reading the remaining test in that area (Forum description, etc), I am moving my mouse towards where I am looking. All of a sudden, the background color changes, along with the text contrast against it. My eyes stuble in mid sentence, and I have to pause for a econd before continuing to read.

I think it is annoying, and provides only minor usability improvements. I much prefer text rollovers and use them as I think appropriate. As I think about it now, I might like it if you increased cpntrast ionstead of decreasing it. Perhaps you could changed both text and background at the same time to maintain or even increase contrast. Maybe a while background rollover would be better.