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Re: Ask HN: Dark mode for HN please?

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Post by graposaymaname »

Hey guys, the "Invert color" option pretty much does the job for me on mobile.

Don't know how I can screenshot that, but it basically makes these changes: 1. Title bar remains orange (Strangely, it's not inverted) 2. Text colors which are black become white 3. The background white gets converted to black 4. Everything grey(upvote, points etc.) remains grey.

We can try that out on the website using CSS filter no? Something like

filter: invert(1); // Set based on user opt-in value

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/filter-func...

Re: Ask HN: Dark mode for HN please?

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Post by imhoguy »

stormdennis wrote: post #144
umvi wrote: post #99

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, if we want HN to follow best modern web practices, I recommend rewriting the whole thing with React/Node.js using TypeScript. Then, we can get a proper CSS framework in place like Material that will really allow us to get everything looking really good. I can design a cool looking loading screen that says "HN" while the JS is loading in the background.

I agree. Currently HN pages load instantly which in these days can be disconcerting.

And weights sooo little. It should have at least 10MB js framework bundle as my fiber link is bored.

Re: Ask HN: Dark mode for HN please?

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Post by darekkay »

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…

Here's a custom theme I've been using for years: https://github.com/darekkay/config-files/blob/master/userscr...

And please, don't _force_ the theme by using prefer-color-scheme. Use it as default, but please give the option to override it.

Re: Ask HN: Dark mode for HN please?

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Post by thanksforfish »

djjsjdjsjsjs wrote: post #151
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…

If they screw it up then I'll personally host some service that scrapes all the text and only dumps a few kbs to you :)

Honestly theres a lot of other sites that would benefit from that too. A well written and maintained scraper for a bunch of popular sites may be worth a subscription for some bandwidth limited people.

Re: Ask HN: Dark mode for HN please?

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Post by c22 »

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…

In our profiles we can already set topcolor, why not just add fields for bgcolor and textcolor too?
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