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

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Post by alexanderby »

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

I'm trying different approaches. The crowdfunding was not very successful, so I decided to try making the app paid for Safari, since the platform is technically different and users count is low. App Store makes its best in selling the apps.

At the same time Chrome Web Store is not suitable for paid apps, today it looks like a big dump: it is filled with outdated and poor made extensions. Raking system makes good apps hardly discoverable. Also paid Chrome extensions work only in 36 countries. Dark Reader owes its popularity to Hacker Vision extension that became paid some day. Maybe that's the reason why some developers prefer monetizing their extensions by selling users browsing history.

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

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Post by bootlooped »

mcjiggerlog wrote: post #32

The results are really impressive, but any large page is very noticeably slower to load.

What browser are you using? I've been using this extension for a couple years and I notice that it is much slower on Firefox compared to Chrome.

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

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Post by bootlooped »

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 have used it a lot on both Firefox and Chrome. It's much slower on Firefox.

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

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Post by chicob »

I often use the reader mode in Firefox. Although it is not the same as a dark mode for a whole webpage, it is pretty good at removing clutter and making a web text easier to read. With the added bonus that there are no permissions involved (although I suspect the latter are absolutely necessary for the addon to work, without sharing data to 3rd parties).

It is even possible to save a bookmark in Firefox with reader mode already enabled, by adding about:reader?url= before the url.

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

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Post by alexanderby »

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.

Bad performance in Firefox is a known issue and I'm working on improving it. It's not an issue in Chrome and Safari. Low performance can be noticeable in new GMail design, but the reason is their heavy stylesheets full of unused code and images, that Dark Reader tries to analyze. Some day it will be fixed by adding some static themes for popular websites.

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

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Post by kakarot »

sqren wrote: post #22

I'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…

If you have dim lighting, you can cause eye strain, and in extreme cases actual eye damage, by having small points of bright light in your vision like a phone or computer monitor because your pupils will be more relaxed.

Even now with the benefits of warmer color temperatures becoming mainstream knowledge, most people still use blindingly bright screens with high color temperatures, which causes more eye strain.

Also when you're staring at a monitor for 8-12 hours a day, it becomes less about readability and more about comfort. That's why most programmers prefer dark themes.

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

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Post by Fedoranimus »

canacrypto wrote: post #21

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.

Gmail is pretty slow in Firefox no matter what.

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

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Post by izietto »

chicob wrote: post #35

I often use the reader mode in Firefox. Although it is not the same as a dark mode for a whole webpage, it is pretty good at removing clutter and making a web text easier to read. With the added bonus that there are no permissions involved (although I suspect the latter are absolutely necessary for the addon to work, without sharing data to 3rd parties). It is even possible to save a bookmark in Firefox with reader m…

There is a nice extension, Automatic Reader View [0], which automatically enables Firefox reader view, if available for the visited page. I even used it in blacklist mode for a while, which wasn't bad but after some time I ended up using it in whitelist mode, because it was too extreme for me.

[0] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/automatic-rea...

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