It is difficult to read "Downloading file X of Y at ZZZ KB/sec; 1:23
remaining" when it appears in dark text on a dark progres bar.
Please move this textual info out of the bar, to make it much easier to
read.

Thanks for your bugreport.

I'll check this. I don't use the default theme, so I have a different
color combiniation (mine is good to read). I'll switch to the default
theme and see how bad it is.

thanks,
 Michael

Is this still an issue for you in the current Debian version?
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
500 testing security.debian.org
500 testing ftp.fr.debian.org
500 lucid ppa.launchpad.net
--- Package information. ---
Depends (Version) | Installed
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apt (>= 0.8.12) | 0.8.15.9
libapt-inst1.2 |
libapt-pkg4.10 |
libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.12.4) | 2.2.0-2
libc6 (>= 2.3.6-6~) | 2.13-21
libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4) | 1.10.2-6.1
libept1 | 1.0.5
libfontconfig1 (>= 2.8.0) | 2.8.0-3
libfreetype6 (>= 2.2.1) | 2.4.8-1
libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1) | 1:4.6.2-5
libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0) | 2.24.0-1
libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.16.0) | 2.30.2-4
libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.24.0) | 2.24.8-2
libpango1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0) | 1.29.4-2
libstdc++6 (>= 4.6) | 4.6.2-5
libvte9 (>= 1:0.24.0) | 1:0.28.2-1
libx11-6 | 2:1.4.4-4
libxapian22 | 1.2.7-1
zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4) | 1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3
hicolor-icon-theme | 0.12-1


Recommends (Version) | Installed
========================================-+-=============
gksu |
OR kdebase-bin | 4:4.6.5-1
libgtk2-perl (>= 1:1.130) |
rarian-compat |
software-properties-gtk |
apt-xapian-index |


Suggests (Version) | Installed
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dwww |
menu |
deborphan |