I've been using this for a few weeks and overall I'm happy with it.
I do find that some complex web apps like gmaps or gmail slow down with this extension enabled. Particularly so in Firefox.
Show HN: Dark Reader extension – Dark mode for every website
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#22I'm a big fan of dark mode, particularly because I was of the impression that it was easier on the eyes.
Turns our, it's not so black and white...
In a study from the 1980s: > However, most studies have shown that dark characters on a light background are superior to light characters on a dark background (when the refresh rate is fairly high). For example, Bauer and Cavonius (1980) found that participants were 26% more accurate in reading text when they read it with dark characters on a light background. Reference: Bauer, D., & Cavonius, C., R. (1980)
So perhaps dark mode actually puts more strain on the eyes? At least when the user is not in a dark room.
Very interested to hear about similar research done in this area.
Further reading here: https://ux.stackexchange.com/a/53268/22606
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#23using it right now, have been for a while :) sadly certain sites with lots of dynamic content or tabular data (zendesk comes to mind) chokes the browser, i have to turn off the dynamic mode which imho is the best feature of the plugin.
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#24This is a beautifully done extension. Using it both in Safari and in Firefox Nightly right now.
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#25This looks to have a more polished GUI than Dark Background and Light Text (on Firefox, particularly on mobile), but I'm not sure it offers the same flexibility of multiple ways to achieve color changes. I've run into a few sites where one method didn't work well but another did and having all that built in is handy.
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#26On Firefox, I love the Owl - Dark Background app. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/owl
ooh, this one is way less intensive on resources.
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#27I'm a big fan of dark mode, particularly because I was of the impression that it was easier on the eyes. Turns our, it's not so black and white... In a study from the 1980s: > However, most studies have shown that dark characters on a light background are superior to light characters on a dark background (when the refresh rate is fairly high). For example, Bauer and Cavonius (1980) found that participants were 26% mo…
This is 1980 in a time before OLED screens
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#28I'm almost blind (legally), and this is the first extension I found that PERFECTLY fixes the contrast so I don't need 20-point font zoom to be able to read it. I have tried dozens of FF extensions to adjust contrast, dark theme, etc... none have worked this well.
I wonder if the creator is a fan of
https://contrastrebellion.com/
It Just Works!
I'm buying this tonight. Thank-you very much.
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#29i made a similar extension some years ago -- it tries to be fast and injects very little code. i'm curious to know how the performance compares:
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#30I'm a big fan of dark mode, particularly because I was of the impression that it was easier on the eyes. Turns our, it's not so black and white... In a study from the 1980s: > However, most studies have shown that dark characters on a light background are superior to light characters on a dark background (when the refresh rate is fairly high). For example, Bauer and Cavonius (1980) found that participants were 26% mo…
Anecdotally, I very much doubt dark mode puts more strain on the eyes at night time.
During the day, I could see the "light mode" being preferable. But at night the brightness of devices seems quite damaging to eyesight and sleep.