Hacker News needs a Dark Mode

#1

Post by jaylittle » Thu, Jun 15, 2023, 3:40 PM UTC

Hackers like dark modes. Hacker News therefore should provide its users with a dark mode option. Maybe even automatically select it based on their browser preferences.

Note: Telling me to load up some browser extension to handle it is a bit silly as it requires me to implicitly trust the author of said extension which will see and have access to virtually everything on every website I enable it for.

All thoughts and criticisms of this statement are welcomed.

Viva la Dark Mode!

Re: Hacker News needs a Dark Mode

#2

Post by ksec » Thu, Jun 15, 2023, 3:43 PM UTC

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23197966

And probably a dozens more with 100+ comments and hundreds more with a few comments.

At this point I have simply given up.

Re: Hacker News needs a Dark Mode

#3

Post by als0 » Thu, Jun 15, 2023, 3:46 PM UTC

ksec wrote: post #2

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23197966 And probably a dozens more with 100+ comments and hundreds more with a few comments. At this point I have simply given up.

Same. It's been 3 years since they said they would do something and it only needs a couple of lines to the CSS.

Re: Hacker News needs a Dark Mode

#4

Post by baq » Thu, Jun 15, 2023, 3:46 PM UTC

Never understood the point of dark modes. Am I too old?

Re: Hacker News needs a Dark Mode

#5

Post by cuttysnark » Thu, Jun 15, 2023, 3:46 PM UTC

If you're using ublock origin, I have these filters which I copied from another HN comment once upon a time.

news.ycombinator.com##html:style(filter:invert(100%) hue-rotate(180deg))

news.ycombinator.com##body:style(background: white)

news.ycombinator.com##div.toptext:style(color: black)

news.ycombinator.com###hnmain td[bgcolor="#000000"]

edit: "rules" -> "filters"

Re: Hacker News needs a Dark Mode

#6

Post by jaylittle » Thu, Jun 15, 2023, 3:47 PM UTC

ksec wrote: post #2

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23197966 And probably a dozens more with 100+ comments and hundreds more with a few comments. At this point I have simply given up.

That's actually very helpful, thank you for that.

I'm going to work on implementing the CSS changes when I get bored. If that's the only thing standing between a bunch of hackers and dark mode on the hacker news website, I'm going to be very disappointed ;)

Re: Hacker News needs a Dark Mode

#7

Post by renewiltord » Thu, Jun 15, 2023, 3:47 PM UTC

It is trivial to do. Just write the extension yourself. Won't take more than 15 minutes with ChatGPT.

Re: Hacker News needs a Dark Mode

#8

Post by Eric_WVGG » Thu, Jun 15, 2023, 3:48 PM UTC

baq wrote: post #4

Never understood the point of dark modes. Am I too old?

A computer LCD is effectively a flashlight shining in your face. If you read in bed every night, it's jarring and annoying.

Re: Hacker News needs a Dark Mode

#9

Post by switch007 » Thu, Jun 15, 2023, 3:49 PM UTC

http://hn.premii.com supports lots of options in addition to dark mode

Re: Hacker News needs a Dark Mode

#10

Post by andreynering » Thu, Jun 15, 2023, 3:49 PM UTC

baq wrote: post #4

Never understood the point of dark modes. Am I too old?

It's easier to your eyes at night or cloudy days.

I have my devices setup to switch automatically by hour of day. Sometimes I switch manually when I want to.