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Re: Show HN: Dark Reader extension – Dark mode for every website

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Post by kristofferR »

alexanderby wrote: post #54
psychometry wrote: post #43

How can I trust that this extension, which has access to every page I visit, doesn't steal my data? How can I trust that if someone else takes over the project and releases an update, that my data is still secure? Looks great, but I'm just so skeptical of browser extensions now.

Firefox add-ons pass full source code review before the submission after the Stylish incident. Safari extensions also pass manual review, Apple asks developer to send an ID card photo. Not sure about Chrome, you have to simply trust me, the code is not obfuscated and you can always locate the files and see what the extension does in your browser. Google recently announced some security changes https://blog.chromium.o…

Is that really true? I was really alarmed when this extension requested access to all websites and added a ton of obfuscated code with the latest version for no apparent reason: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/restore-old-t...

I've reported it, but nothing seems to happen.

Re: Show HN: Dark Reader extension – Dark mode for every website

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Post by devereaux »

apk-d wrote: post #89

Does anyone actually prefer reading text on a bright background? If so, what are your reasons? For me, the choice is obvious to the point that I'm often annoyed at the lengths I need to go to in order to browse the web comfortably. I feel like we should have moved to the sane default of dark-themed UI ages ago.

I do!

Because if the background is uniformly bright (white/whitish) I can use the accessibility options to invert the display and make everything dark :-)

I hate Windows 10 full black taskbar (must be #000000), because it breaks this. And even W10 lets you pick some colors in a theme, you can't go full white (#ffffff).

Re: Show HN: Dark Reader extension – Dark mode for every website

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Post by lkirk »

apk-d wrote: post #89

Does anyone actually prefer reading text on a bright background? If so, what are your reasons? For me, the choice is obvious to the point that I'm often annoyed at the lengths I need to go to in order to browse the web comfortably. I feel like we should have moved to the sane default of dark-themed UI ages ago.

It really depends on how light it is outside. I like light backgrounds when it's light outside, but dark ones at night.

Re: Show HN: Dark Reader extension – Dark mode for every website

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Post by JCharante »

apk-d wrote: post #89

Does anyone actually prefer reading text on a bright background? If so, what are your reasons? For me, the choice is obvious to the point that I'm often annoyed at the lengths I need to go to in order to browse the web comfortably. I feel like we should have moved to the sane default of dark-themed UI ages ago.

I do, because the screens on my devices suffer from extreme amounts of glare if they're not as white/bright as I can get them to be, and I work in suboptimal lighting conditions.

Re: Show HN: Dark Reader extension – Dark mode for every website

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Post by zubi »

apk-d wrote: post #89

Does anyone actually prefer reading text on a bright background? If so, what are your reasons? For me, the choice is obvious to the point that I'm often annoyed at the lengths I need to go to in order to browse the web comfortably. I feel like we should have moved to the sane default of dark-themed UI ages ago.

I do. I cannot use dark themed text editors for a long time even though I fully understand and feel that over time it becomes tiring to the eye. I can't explain the reasons why I keep using the white background because I don't exactly know, but I think I find it a bit difficult to keep my focus on what I'm reading (or writing). Feels like I'm getting lost in the code that I'm editing, can find the relevant part as quickly as I can with a bright background. Maybe it has something to do with habit, which can change upon forcing myself, I don't know.

Re: Show HN: Dark Reader extension – Dark mode for every website

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Post by nqzero »

apk-d wrote: post #89

Does anyone actually prefer reading text on a bright background? If so, what are your reasons? For me, the choice is obvious to the point that I'm often annoyed at the lengths I need to go to in order to browse the web comfortably. I feel like we should have moved to the sane default of dark-themed UI ages ago.

i do

bright text on a dark background (at least on a display) triggers auras and nausea for me. the auras can vary a bit, but a typical one would be seeing an overlay of flickering, scrolling dark-colored horizontal bars for the next few minutes

i actually came to this thread to see if the extension supported "Light mode for everything" as an option :)

Re: Show HN: Dark Reader extension – Dark mode for every website

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Post by dmos62 »

anewguy9000 wrote: post #80
dmos62 wrote: post #13

I tried this a few months back, I liked the visual effect and the configuration flexibility, but it ate at my CPU waaay too much. Anybody else have this? Was meaning to look for a lightweight alternative. Maybe I'll try this extension again to see if it's still a resource hog. Note: I'm on Firefox.

a fast and simple alternative for firefox (and android) is this one: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/night-light-m... please let us know if it performs better for you! (i'm the author)

I've tried it just a few hours ago, at the moment it's my goto alternative, cheers! The only downside to your extension is that I can't regulate the visual contrast, so some text, like HN content text, is a bit too glaringly bright.

Also, I'm not sure why, but the monospace text in the HN reply box is quite unpleasant to read when inverted.

But good effort! Is it open source?

Re: Show HN: Dark Reader extension – Dark mode for every website

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Post by marrone12 »

lkirk wrote: post #93
apk-d wrote: post #89

Does anyone actually prefer reading text on a bright background? If so, what are your reasons? For me, the choice is obvious to the point that I'm often annoyed at the lengths I need to go to in order to browse the web comfortably. I feel like we should have moved to the sane default of dark-themed UI ages ago.

It really depends on how light it is outside. I like light backgrounds when it's light outside, but dark ones at night.

Exactly. I feel like everyone who is dogmatic about dark themed everything never spends time near a window.

Re: Show HN: Dark Reader extension – Dark mode for every website

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Post by freakz »

A question for anyone that knows. With this extension I like to keep everything in light mode with Brightness, Contrast and Sepia off, and Greyscale to 100%. While I like dark mode on macOS all the time I don't really like the web content on dark mode, but with this greyscale setup I feel my eyes relax while keeping images in color in the content. Long term is this setup good or bad for the eyes?

Re: Show HN: Dark Reader extension – Dark mode for every website

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Post by anewguy9000 »

dmos62 wrote: post #97
anewguy9000 wrote: post #80

Earlier quoted context omitted.

a fast and simple alternative for firefox (and android) is this one: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/night-light-m... please let us know if it performs better for you! (i'm the author)

I've tried it just a few hours ago, at the moment it's my goto alternative, cheers! The only downside to your extension is that I can't regulate the visual contrast, so some text, like HN content text, is a bit too glaringly bright. Also, I'm not sure why, but the monospace text in the HN reply box is quite unpleasant to read when inverted. But good effort! Is it open source?

yup its open source:

https://github.com/conceptualspace/nightlight

and thanks for the feedback!

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