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0 pointswhywhywhywhy7y ago0 comments

>It definitely seems to be in a better spot than Windows' support for multiple appearances currently, if it has any.

It has had pretty much what Apple are implementing since Windows 10. Dark mode and a custom highlight colour that gets applied across the OS.

Of course like on MacOS developers have to be using the latest UI framework to take advantage of this which unfortunately on Windows developers are a fair bit slower on the uptake than on MacOS.

Then again, I don't expect to see much uptake on the Mac side either considering I can't remember the last time I installed a new app and it was a native AppKit(?) UI and not just an Electron app.

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Razengan7y ago

> It has had pretty much what Apple are implementing since Windows 10.

The last time I checked Windows 10 did not support Dark Mode across all apps, not even its own File Explorer (unlike Finder and almost all other apps and applets that come with macOS Mojave.)

Has that changed? Do many third-party Windows apps support Dark Mode by now?

> Of course like on MacOS developers have to be using the latest UI framework

From what I remember from the WWDC sessions, I think you can choose to target the second-last macOS release (10.13 High Sierra) and still opt-into Dark Mode support on 10.14 Mojave.

> Then again, I don't expect to see much uptake on the Mac side

Pretty much all "heavy editing" apps like Final Cut, Affinity, Pixelmator Pro or even players like VLC use native AppKit and already offer an option for a custom dark mode or the official limited opt-in version that has been available since macOS 10.10 Yosemite.

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