Suggest to HN: D A R K M O D E

34 pointsjonnismash6y ago29 comments

Please HN, please. This is one, if not, the first site that I visit after making my coffee. The glaring white background is absolutely horrendous. Please add a dark mode feature.

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onion2k6y ago

Use Stylish and add it yourself - https://userstyles.org/styles/127454/dark-hn

kjhughes6y ago

Or use the nice Dark Reader plugin for Chrome, Firefox, and Safari:

https://darkreader.org/

m-p-36y ago

Sadly it often makes Firefox Mobile generate popups about a script being slow on larger websites.

On a different note, I can change my bar topcolor in my HN profile, would be nice to be able to change the BG and font color as well.

anotheryou6y ago

try this one: https://github.com/m-khvoinitsky/dark-background-light-text-...

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avmich6y ago

> The glaring white background is absolutely horrendous.

What is it that brings people to dark background teams? I'm genuinely interested. They were a necessity back when the quality of screens was worse, but today? Is it a fashion with many followers or is there some rationale behind it?

ironmagma6y ago

Many eye doctors will tell you that blue light is bad for your eyes. In my mind, the less blue light the better.

musicale6y ago

Exactly this - avoiding macular degeneration.

JaumeGreen6y ago

> > The glaring white background is absolutely horrendous.

For me it's not that glaring.

> What is it that brings people to dark background themes?

On darker ambience dark colour schemes go easier on the eyes. I was a light-mode person until the office grew darker (because of some remodelations) and now I need dark mode to not feel the light attacking my eyes.

Also dark mode probably looks "cooler", less of an office job and more "hacking" vibes.

bananamerica6y ago

I find dark themes easier on the eyes. Especially in the night time.

pvaldes6y ago

Better for the eyes and (probably) better for extending the life of the monitor also. Energy saver. Less heat and, when you scale it to millions of computers, more ecological.

Bad for selling computers. Everybody wants a million of colors dancing the macarena in their computers and is nice, for like five minutes. Ten hours and your pupils are on fire.

antoineMoPa6y ago

It depends on the screen technology whether it saves energy or not.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fact-or-fiction-b...

muzani6y ago

Many phones come with a blue light reducer. It looks terrible with a light theme.

omosubi6y ago

It's so frustrating to see all the negative responses here. Users have been asking for dark modes for 8 or 10 years now, why (especially for a site as simple as hackernews) is it dismissed? As a user, I don't want to have to install plugins or change browser/os settings, especially on mobile. I want a button on the website that changes the colors. Why is that so much to ask?

based26y ago

https://darkreader.org/ https://github.com/darkreader/darkreader MIT

https://davidwalsh.name/prefers-color-scheme

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/@media/pref...

https://css-tricks.com/dark-modes-with-css/

https://caniuse.com/#search=prefers-color-scheme

Oxodao6y ago

I've made a simple port for Robb Owen's VSCode synthwave theme for Stylus for Hackernews. It's really not complete yet, and may break at any time, but it works ok enough for me right now. If you want to try it out. Hopping it helps :) https://github.com/oxodao/synthwave-themed-sites/blob/master...

endergame6y ago

I have used this application on my mobile for a long time, really what I love about it is its dark mode. The website is also available.

http://hn.premii.com/

PD: Android link is broken Alternative: https://m.apkshub.com/app/com.premii.hn

probinso6y ago

Pretty sure this is all you need

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hncute%C2%A0a-pret...

kleer0016y ago

There's plenty of 3rd party solutions.

What have you already tried and why don't they work for you?

bananamerica6y ago

On mobile?

hi, downvoter... it was an honest question. Sorry? :(

dbjorge6y ago

On Android I use an app called Materialistic, which has a dark mode

cubedrone6y ago

I use a firefox mobile add-on called 'night mode - hacker news'

bananamerica6y ago

This[1] and other links tell me that there are no addons for Firefox on iOS. Sadly, that is what I use.

[1] https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/add-ons-firefox-ios

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musicale6y ago

I have gotten great mileage out of a dark mode css style sheet.

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onion2k6y ago

Use Stylish and add it yourself - https://userstyles.org/styles/127454/dark-hn

kjhughes6y ago

Or use the nice Dark Reader plugin for Chrome, Firefox, and Safari:

https://darkreader.org/

m-p-36y ago

Sadly it often makes Firefox Mobile generate popups about a script being slow on larger websites.

On a different note, I can change my bar topcolor in my HN profile, would be nice to be able to change the BG and font color as well.

anotheryou6y ago

try this one: https://github.com/m-khvoinitsky/dark-background-light-text-...

1 more reply

avmich6y ago

> The glaring white background is absolutely horrendous.

ironmagma6y ago

Many eye doctors will tell you that blue light is bad for your eyes. In my mind, the less blue light the better.

musicale6y ago

Exactly this - avoiding macular degeneration.

JaumeGreen6y ago

> > The glaring white background is absolutely horrendous.

For me it's not that glaring.

> What is it that brings people to dark background themes?

Also dark mode probably looks "cooler", less of an office job and more "hacking" vibes.

bananamerica6y ago

I find dark themes easier on the eyes. Especially in the night time.

pvaldes6y ago

Better for the eyes and (probably) better for extending the life of the monitor also. Energy saver. Less heat and, when you scale it to millions of computers, more ecological.

Bad for selling computers. Everybody wants a million of colors dancing the macarena in their computers and is nice, for like five minutes. Ten hours and your pupils are on fire.

antoineMoPa6y ago

It depends on the screen technology whether it saves energy or not.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fact-or-fiction-b...

muzani6y ago

Many phones come with a blue light reducer. It looks terrible with a light theme.

omosubi6y ago

based26y ago

https://darkreader.org/ https://github.com/darkreader/darkreader MIT

https://davidwalsh.name/prefers-color-scheme

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/@media/pref...

https://css-tricks.com/dark-modes-with-css/

https://caniuse.com/#search=prefers-color-scheme