Ask HN: Why no dark mode?

Dark mode is for people who prefer dark mode. Yes, the science seems to indicate that light mode is generally more readable, personal preference be damned.

I'm generally a light mode person, despite growing up on "dark mode" (AKA 8 and 16-bit home computers and DEC VT terminals). But, for whatever reason I have to code in a window that is set to dark mode.

lejeanvaljeanOP2mo ago

I know that there are probably extensions etc but I'm in my bedroom now and the room is not lit like an office and the site is really bright :)

For us "geeks", although I appreciate the minimalism, I'm sure that we enjoy dark theme everywhere.

JohnFen2mo ago

> I'm sure that we enjoy dark theme everywhere.

Not all of us. I have a fairly strong dislike of dark mode/themes. However, I certainly wouldn't be upset if there was an option for one on HN, as long as I didn't have to use it.

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immibis2mo ago

> and the room is not lit like an office and the site is really bright :)

so turn the brightness down

ranger_danger2mo ago

There can be other valid perspectives than your own.

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KomoD2mo ago

Dang was willing to add it at one point, not sure what happened though.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23199062

I'd recommend just using dark reader or writing a simple user-script

trio84532mo ago

https://darkreader.org/

reliefcrew2mo ago

One of my favorite Show HN: HN dark mode in 2 lines of code...

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32719488

It also solves the "Why no light mode?" problem ;-)

immibis2mo ago

Dark mode is for people who have their monitor brightness set way too high.

I'm serious - try it. Only issue is that some monitors' dimmest setting is still too bright.

You could also get a user-styles extension.

Davidbrcz2mo ago

I'm visually impaired: dark mode is about making the web usable for me

https://drgrizz.xyz/dark-mode.html

runjake2mo ago

Dark mode is for people who prefer dark mode. Yes, the science seems to indicate that light mode is generally more readable, personal preference be damned.

lejeanvaljeanOP2mo ago

I know that there are probably extensions etc but I'm in my bedroom now and the room is not lit like an office and the site is really bright :)

For us "geeks", although I appreciate the minimalism, I'm sure that we enjoy dark theme everywhere.

JohnFen2mo ago

> I'm sure that we enjoy dark theme everywhere.

Not all of us. I have a fairly strong dislike of dark mode/themes. However, I certainly wouldn't be upset if there was an option for one on HN, as long as I didn't have to use it.

1 more reply

immibis2mo ago

> and the room is not lit like an office and the site is really bright :)

so turn the brightness down

ranger_danger2mo ago

There can be other valid perspectives than your own.

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