! dark mode (adapts to your browser preference)
news.ycombinator.com##html:matches-media((prefers-color-scheme: dark)):style(filter: invert(90%) hue-rotate(180deg))Ask HN: Dark Mode for HN is overdue
11–20 of 54 posts
Re: Ask HN: Dark Mode for HN is overdue
#12Use https://darkreader.org/
Automagic dark mode on every site
Re: Ask HN: Dark Mode for HN is overdue
#13Personally, I think dark mode is unnecessary feature creep. But it's also because I never use it and hate it when it's the default and I have to go hunt for the hidden button to switch it off: I need lots of light, otherwise letters get blurry for me, so I'm just another biased human being =)
Re: Ask HN: Dark Mode for HN is overdue
#14You are allowed to reduce your display brightness. I run my iPhone at the lowest possible setting at night (right now). Try it sometime. It might seem really dim at first but your eyes will adjust in a few minutes. I think dark mode can be deceptive. Blazing hot white text on a pitch black oled background is like visual caffeine to me. I would not want to be staring at this if I was adjacent to bedtime.
The display brightness doesn’t go dim enough
Re: Ask HN: Dark Mode for HN is overdue
#15While there are options, and pretty much all of them mentioned several times here (going the darkreader route myself) - it is no complex task for someone who has done CSS before, on a site like HN.
Re: Ask HN: Dark Mode for HN is overdue
#16It's sad that everyone has to run around implementing hard-coded "dark themes" 30 years after computers users could routinely set up system-wide color schemes themselves.
Re: Ask HN: Dark Mode for HN is overdue
#17You are allowed to reduce your display brightness. I run my iPhone at the lowest possible setting at night (right now). Try it sometime. It might seem really dim at first but your eyes will adjust in a few minutes. I think dark mode can be deceptive. Blazing hot white text on a pitch black oled background is like visual caffeine to me. I would not want to be staring at this if I was adjacent to bedtime.
Why doesn't HN support reading mode in Firefox, anyway?
Dimming doesn't solve much.
I won't dim screen every time I switch apps. It doesn't work when you use multiple apps side-by-side (which is nowadays a thing even on mobile/tables). It doesn't bring relief to people that have visual problems that can be fixed with dark mode (I am super annoyed by floaters that I don't notice 95% of the time. Except from very bright websites like HN).
> Blazing hot white text on a pitch black oled background is like visual caffeine to me.
Same thing for me and my vision - I just can't use pure dark themes. But there is so much middle-ground here.
Re: Ask HN: Dark Mode for HN is overdue
#18I see a lot of people in here saying no. Just don’t use it if you don’t want it. It’s really that simple. This is a very simple feature request for HN.
Re: Ask HN: Dark Mode for HN is overdue
#19Re: Ask HN: Dark Mode for HN is overdue
#20just go to https://hacked.stream if you need it, you'll still need to upvote via HN interface until proxy is implemented
Visiting this site on mobile is not great. A good portion of the screen is covered by a sticky header and there is no underline or feedback when a link is clicked. Additionally, it is missing the story position and with infinite scroll there is no way to differentiate whether you are looking at the 10th story or the one in the 100th position.