IMO the newly introduced 'colour coding' in MEP 2013 has made it far more difficult to read the white text against the light blue background, as you see here:
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/4019461/MEP2013-ColourCoding-Text.jpg

I've sumbitted a request to Support asking them to consider changing the text to black. Or, better, to remove the colour coding from the top strip for all 3 types, video, audio and text.

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Terry, East Grinstead, UK