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Re: Show HN: Dark Reader extension – Dark mode for every website

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Post by crstinin »

dmos62 wrote: post #13

I tried this a few months back, I liked the visual effect and the configuration flexibility, but it ate at my CPU waaay too much. Anybody else have this? Was meaning to look for a lightweight alternative. Maybe I'll try this extension again to see if it's still a resource hog. Note: I'm on Firefox.

I just bought for Safari and immediately uninstalled because CPU usage was too heavy and didn't come down. Also, permissions are way too intrusive, why does the extension need to have access to all of my browsing history?

Re: Show HN: Dark Reader extension – Dark mode for every website

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Post by mcjiggerlog »

bootlooped wrote: post #33
mcjiggerlog wrote: post #32

The results are really impressive, but any large page is very noticeably slower to load.

What browser are you using? I've been using this extension for a couple years and I notice that it is much slower on Firefox compared to Chrome.

Firefox on macOS Mojave

Re: Show HN: Dark Reader extension – Dark mode for every website

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Post by psychometry »

How can I trust that this extension, which has access to every page I visit, doesn't steal my data? How can I trust that if someone else takes over the project and releases an update, that my data is still secure?

Looks great, but I'm just so skeptical of browser extensions now.

Re: Show HN: Dark Reader extension – Dark mode for every website

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Post by kristofferR »

pieterhg wrote: post #27
sqren wrote: post #22

I'm a big fan of dark mode, particularly because I was of the impression that it was easier on the eyes. Turns our, it's not so black and white... In a study from the 1980s: > However, most studies have shown that dark characters on a light background are superior to light characters on a dark background (when the refresh rate is fairly high). For example, Bauer and Cavonius (1980) found that participants were 26% mo…

This is 1980 in a time before OLED screens

Barely any computers have OLED screens.

Re: Show HN: Dark Reader extension – Dark mode for every website

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Post by O2F2 »

Since there's quite a few of these dark mode extensions with very variable features and compatibility/robustness, I feel like there's space for a comparison chart type thing. With side by side screenshots of how they handle certain websites and how they influence performance (that might be tricky). If someone want's to steal that idea go ahead, otherwise I might whip something up somewhere over the next weeks.

Re: Show HN: Dark Reader extension – Dark mode for every website

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Post by alexanderby »

defanor wrote: post #12

While it is nice, there are more lightweight and snappy ways to achieve a dark background (or desirable styles in general) -- such as setting a global CSS, using built-in color overriding (at least in FF it's available, along with font overriding), using web browsers that don't apply CSS. Some people even use system-wide color inversion. Each method has its pros and cons though. Stylus is one of the handy FF extensio…

Dark Reader also offers static CSS support https://darkreader.org/blog/stylish/

Global CSS will work well on text websites. For many others it will break up the coloring and make page parts hardly distinguishable.

Re: Show HN: Dark Reader extension – Dark mode for every website

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Post by LandR »

dmos62 wrote: post #13

I tried this a few months back, I liked the visual effect and the configuration flexibility, but it ate at my CPU waaay too much. Anybody else have this? Was meaning to look for a lightweight alternative. Maybe I'll try this extension again to see if it's still a resource hog. Note: I'm on Firefox.

How are you seeing what CPU usage is used on a per extension basis?

Re: Show HN: Dark Reader extension – Dark mode for every website

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Post by nikivi »

Really awesome extension. I am just waiting for the developer to fix Dark Reader breaking sVim link hinting on Safari. It makes link hints unreadable and thus I can't use the extension yet although I really wish I could.

A hotkey to turn on/off the dark mode is also coming soon and with that the extension will be perfect.

Re: Show HN: Dark Reader extension – Dark mode for every website

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Post by alexanderby »

O2F2 wrote: post #45

Since there's quite a few of these dark mode extensions with very variable features and compatibility/robustness, I feel like there's space for a comparison chart type thing. With side by side screenshots of how they handle certain websites and how they influence performance (that might be tricky). If someone want's to steal that idea go ahead, otherwise I might whip something up somewhere over the next weeks.

Dark Reader provides all 3 possible modes: - Static: simple and fast. - Filter: simple, but uses GPU very much and usually inverts already dark parts. - Dynamic: complex, but tries to achieve the best visual results. There are some known issues and the work on it is in progress.

Here are some more details https://darkreader.org/help/en/#theme-generation-modes

Re: Show HN: Dark Reader extension – Dark mode for every website

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Post by modzu »

psychometry wrote: post #43

How can I trust that this extension, which has access to every page I visit, doesn't steal my data? How can I trust that if someone else takes over the project and releases an update, that my data is still secure? Looks great, but I'm just so skeptical of browser extensions now.

the need for trust applies to any software you install. this is usually just based on reputation when you can't verify the quality and integrity of the source itself (as is often the case)

that said, i had the same concerns so i wrote my own :) the source code is intentionally very short and simple, so it should be extremely clear what it is doing:

https://github.com/conceptualspace/nightlight

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