Web pages are slow to load after installing this extension.
Show HN: Dark Reader extension – Dark mode for every website
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#52i 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: https://github.com/conceptualspace/nightlight
Your code is based on CSS filters. Dark Reader provides this mode too, but also allows users to fix and share wrongly inverted parts https://github.com/darkreader/darkreader/blob/master/src/con...
Dynamic mode is slower at start, but has no impact on performance after all the stylesheets were analyzed.
Re: Show HN: Dark Reader extension – Dark mode for every website
#53How 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.
Install the extension (in a throwaway Chrome profile), review the code, then repackage it (small modifications needed to package.json) and install it in developer mode. And/or put it up as a repo if you wish (and license allows it).
Re: Show HN: Dark Reader extension – Dark mode for every website
#54How 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.org/2018/10/trustworthy-chrome-extensi...
Re: Show HN: Dark Reader extension – Dark mode for every website
#55I'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 prefer dark text on dimmed background try Dark Reader's light (dimmed) mode https://i.imgur.com/H38tpIS.png
Re: Show HN: Dark Reader extension – Dark mode for every website
#56On Firefox, I love the Owl - Dark Background app. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/owl
I'll have to try that. I never had performance issues with Dark Reader on Chrome, but I find it to be slow on Firefox.
I find it slowing my Chrome too. Is there an app that we let me benchmark my browser performance with Dark reader app and without dark reader app?
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#57Been using using it for a couple month (on chrome), very happy with it. The only thing I wish would be for the the "theme preference" (sepia, contrast etc.) to be on a website per website basis. I don't have the same needs on say HackerNews and Google Maps
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#58Dark Background and Light Text is great also ... https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/dark-backgrou... Fully customizable so you can don't have to go full black/white, you can copy and dark theme you like and use that as a default.
Can we also choose which web pages not to add dark theme?
Re: Show HN: Dark Reader extension – Dark mode for every website
#59prefer this, and cheaper :
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/dark-mode-for-safari/id13971...
Re: Show HN: Dark Reader extension – Dark mode for every website
#60How 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.
To his credit, the author has released the source for the Chrome and Firefox versions:
https://github.com/darkreader/darkreader
However, I posed the same question in the MAS about the closed-source Safari version, which requires full access to webpage contents ("Can read sensitive information from webpages, including passwords, phone numbers, and credit cards on all webpages") and browsing history ("Can see when you visit all webpages").
The author's response boiled down to "trust me" and "trust Apple's review process".
Shortly after mentioning recent headlines highlighting weaknesses in Apple's review process ("More malicious apps found in Mac App Store that are stealing user data" https://appleinsider.com/articles/18/09/07/more-malicious-ap... , "Mac App Store apps are stealing user data" https://blog.malwarebytes.com/threat-analysis/2018/09/mac-ap... , etc), Apple deleted the review, but a cached version can be found here: http://www.gadgeteur.com/2018/11/26/dark-reader-for-safari-a... and here: https://pastebin.com/DxsWcaj7 .
EDIT: Other than the permissions issue (which was unfortunately a show-stopper for me), I was very pleased with the Safari extension's functionality; it could be a good fit for those who restrict their web browsing to non-sensitive sites or who can remember to disable it when necessary.