Ask HN: Dark mode for HN please?

Post by djjsjdjsjsjs » Sat, May 16, 2020, 2:33 AM UTC

jimmyswimmy wrote: post #56

dang wrote: post #32

Ok, you guys, this isn't the first time we've heard this request ( https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... ). I'm willing to do it (edit: not to change the default! just to add the option). It's just that any CSS issue that goes more than a quarter-inch deep is outside both my expertise and my interest. We can add CSS to https://news.ycombinator.com/news.css for prefers-color-scheme: dark , bu…

Please, for God's sake, don't screw it up. I can keep up with news on this site from a 15 kb/s shared satellite link when I'm out at sea. Except perhaps for the really big threads. I love the simple interface. It's text, it's simple, it's readable, and when I hit the spacebar, it scrolls down a page. No fancy fonts, no javascript, no nothing. I love HN for its simplicity and speed. Thanks for maintaining a good engin…

Post by simonebrunozzi » Sat, May 16, 2020, 2:35 AM UTC

dang wrote: post #69

jimmyswimmy wrote: post #56

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Please, for God's sake, don't screw it up. I can keep up with news on this site from a 15 kb/s shared satellite link when I'm out at sea. Except perhaps for the really big threads. I love the simple interface. It's text, it's simple, it's readable, and when I hit the spacebar, it scrolls down a page. No fancy fonts, no javascript, no nothing. I love HN for its simplicity and speed. Thanks for maintaining a good engin…

I'm on board with ceasing and desisting from screwing it up.

Post by ldd » Sat, May 16, 2020, 2:36 AM UTC

kohtatsu wrote: post #136

ldd wrote: post #119

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Did you try my latest solution? https://pastebin.com/CKy4HQXE [I'm not parent] let me know what you think ;D

Cute! Just tried on threads and the frontpage. I think #000 is the way to go for OLEDs, though I'm not 100% sure. I imagine it'd be nice to configure it. #cf looks cute too for text, I guess it's not super important to be closer to #fff? Maybe we just have good eyes tho w. Having contrast on the textarea with a different colour is definitely nice. Any reason you're selecting on .admin td and .admin? I didn't dig into…

Post by gregd » Sat, May 16, 2020, 2:38 AM UTC

Post by matt_LLVW » Sat, May 16, 2020, 2:41 AM UTC

umvi wrote: post #126

deleerium wrote: post #100

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Screenshot: https://imgur.com/a/mxaNky4 Whipped this up real quick... keeps the spirit of HN I think, and is pretty minimal. Not my best CSS but tables/current CSS make some selectors a little tricky and after all, it's less than 1kb added, no markup or stack changes needed, and this is 'Hacker News' right? :D @media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) { body { background-color: #1F2430; } #hnmain { background-color: #23283…

Is there an easy way I can apply this using developer console so I can see what it looks like? I want to try out the different styles in the comments, but I'm hesitant to upvote until I see for myself what it looks like.