Ask HN: Dark mode for HN please?

Post by giancarlostoro » Sat, May 16, 2020, 5:28 AM UTC

gardaani wrote: post #216

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, don't just force a dark mode to everyone with "prefers-color-scheme: dark". Some are using OS in light mode, but would still like to use the dark mode. Sometimes, it might be useful to use the light version on dark systems. (e.g. if the dark css is not well made or looks bad on some monitors) Here's a good thread about it: https://twitter.com/SaraSoueidan/status/1245722023361380354

Post by tallgiraffe » Sat, May 16, 2020, 5:39 AM UTC

deleerium wrote: post #100

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…

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…

Post by dkmar » Sat, May 16, 2020, 5:45 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 [deleted] » Sat, May 16, 2020, 5:45 AM UTC

Post by kekub » Sat, May 16, 2020, 5:49 AM UTC

giancarlostoro wrote: post #221

gardaani wrote: post #216

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Please, don't just force a dark mode to everyone with "prefers-color-scheme: dark". Some are using OS in light mode, but would still like to use the dark mode. Sometimes, it might be useful to use the light version on dark systems. (e.g. if the dark css is not well made or looks bad on some monitors) Here's a good thread about it: https://twitter.com/SaraSoueidan/status/1245722023361380354

I feel like this should be a browser feature: toggle light / darkmode for a given site. Maybe you dont agree with their interpretation of darkmode...