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Ask HN: Can we get a HN background color (dark mode)

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Re: Ask HN: Can we get a HN background color (dark mode)

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Post by 3vidence »

Before anyone comments chrome extensions.

These don't work on chrome mobile or safari mobile which make up a sizeable number of users.

Please, can we just have native dark mode?

I made a pretty mediocre HN client just for this feature https://github.com/rsimmons1/FlutterHnReader

I don't feel like working on it anymore, let's just have dark mode.

Edit: apologies spoke out of my domain on safari iOS, it supports extensions I'm an Android user.

Re: Ask HN: Can we get a HN background color (dark mode)

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Post by knubie »

3vidence wrote: post #3

Before anyone comments chrome extensions. These don't work on chrome mobile or safari mobile which make up a sizeable number of users. Please, can we just have native dark mode? I made a pretty mediocre HN client just for this feature https://github.com/rsimmons1/FlutterHnReader I don't feel like working on it anymore, let's just have dark mode. Edit: apologies spoke out of my domain on safari iOS, it supports extens…

I've been using dark reader on mobile safari for years.

Re: Ask HN: Can we get a HN background color (dark mode)

#5

Post by TingPing »

3vidence wrote: post #3

Before anyone comments chrome extensions. These don't work on chrome mobile or safari mobile which make up a sizeable number of users. Please, can we just have native dark mode? I made a pretty mediocre HN client just for this feature https://github.com/rsimmons1/FlutterHnReader I don't feel like working on it anymore, let's just have dark mode. Edit: apologies spoke out of my domain on safari iOS, it supports extens…

Safari mobile supports extensions.

Re: Ask HN: Can we get a HN background color (dark mode)

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Post by [deleted] »

3vidence wrote: post #3

Before anyone comments chrome extensions. These don't work on chrome mobile or safari mobile which make up a sizeable number of users. Please, can we just have native dark mode? I made a pretty mediocre HN client just for this feature https://github.com/rsimmons1/FlutterHnReader I don't feel like working on it anymore, let's just have dark mode. Edit: apologies spoke out of my domain on safari iOS, it supports extens…

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Re: Ask HN: Can we get a HN background color (dark mode)

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Post by ronjouch »

If you use Firefox, have my userContent.css DIY dark mode. Or you can massage it into the syntax expected by { Arc’s custom CSS, uBlock Origin, your CSS injecter of choice }:

  @-moz-document domain(news.ycombinator.com) {
    @media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
      body {background-color: #111 !important;}
      #hnmain {background-color: #181818 !important;}
      .c00, a:link, .subtext a:link { color: #eee !important; }
      .comhead { opacity: 0.5 !important; }
      a:visited, .subtext a:visited, .pagetop, .reply a { color: #777 !important; }
      button, select, input, textarea { -moz-appearance: none !important; color: #eee !important; background-color: #444 !important; border: 0.5px solid gray !important; }
      pre, code { color: #9d9 !important; }
    }
  }
Obvious caveats apply: it’s mine, it’s certainly incomplete, yadayada. But hey, been working for me for years! Also, now that you know that the feature exists, you can probably search "Hacker News dark mode userContent.css" and find better / more complete ones :)

Always a pleasure helping tasoeur.

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