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

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Post by dotdi » Tue, Dec 04, 2018, 2:10 PM UTC

ekzy wrote: post #5

It seems free on Chrome and Firefox but £5 for Safari... :( Why?

One reason might be that you need to shell out $99 every year to be allowed to publish official Safari extensions.

It is, theoretically, possible to distribute without the App Store, but users need to activate Developer mode and do quite a few manual steps. It's not a click (or drag and drop) like FF and Chromium Based browsers.

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

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Post by defanor » Tue, Dec 04, 2018, 2:16 PM UTC

While it is nice, there are more lightweight and snappy ways to achieve a dark background (or desirable styles in general) -- such as setting a global CSS, using built-in color overriding (at least in FF it's available, along with font overriding), using web browsers that don't apply CSS. Some people even use system-wide color inversion. Each method has its pros and cons though.

Stylus is one of the handy FF extensions, which allows to switch between CSS themes quickly/easily.

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

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Post by dmos62 » Tue, Dec 04, 2018, 2:18 PM UTC

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.

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

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Post by 9712263 » Tue, Dec 04, 2018, 2:21 PM UTC

Great job. Install it and instantly love it.

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

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Post by mcondit » Tue, Dec 04, 2018, 2:22 PM UTC

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.

unfortunately still a bit resource intensive, agreed that I like the extension if I ignored that bit

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

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Post by aptidude187 » Tue, Dec 04, 2018, 2:26 PM UTC

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.

I’m using Night Reader for Safari right now, it allows using hotkeys for toggling between dark and light. Didn’t notice any hit on the performance.

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

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Post by azag0 » Tue, Dec 04, 2018, 2:26 PM UTC

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.

With Safari on macOS, the OS reports a negligible energy impact for the extension.

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

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Dec 04, 2018, 2:27 PM UTC

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

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Post by Timpy » Tue, Dec 04, 2018, 2:28 PM UTC

ekzy wrote: post #10

alexanderby wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The quick answer is: it makes it possible to work on project full-time. Only 1 of 2000 makes a donation https://darkreader.org/blog/500k-users/

I agree about selling the product. My question was about Safari, and why only on Safari users have to pay. Isn't it a bit like having your website say "works better in Chrome"? Don't get me wrong, I am still grateful that the extension is available on Safari, but it just seems a bit unfair

My thought process:

Apple is the only place I have to pay to develop. Apple is a luxury product. Apple users can pay luxury prices for my time.

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

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Post by YeGoblynQueenne » Tue, Dec 04, 2018, 2:34 PM UTC

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.

Just added the extension to give it a whirl. My CPU usage is 3% to 4%, memory is ~37%, on an i7 wih 16 GB RAM (and about 100 tabs open in Firefox).

I like it. I was looking for something like that for a while. Nighttime browsing on LED monitors seriously hurts my eyes, even with night light settings on. This looks like it'll do the job. I'll know tonight :)