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When Dark Mode for HN?

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Re: When Dark Mode for HN?

#2

Post by LinuxBender »

I don't have an answer for your specific question but if you use Firefox and have the addon uBlock Origin [1] installed then you can adjust the colors

about:addons -> uBlock -> Preferences -> My Filters, then add

    ## HN Color
    news.ycombinator.com##html:style(background-color: #080808 !important)
    news.ycombinator.com###hnmain:style(background-color: #121216 !important)
    news.ycombinator.com##.age:style(color: #ccc !important)
    news.ycombinator.com##.c00:style(color: #ccc !important)
    news.ycombinator.com##.comhead > a:style(color: #dedede !important)
    news.ycombinator.com##.comhead:style(color: #dedede !important)
    news.ycombinator.com##.hnuser:style(color: #ccc !important)
    news.ycombinator.com##.subtext > a:link:style(color: #ccc !important)
    news.ycombinator.com##.subtext > a:style(color: #ccc !important)
    news.ycombinator.com##.subtext:style(color: #ccc !important)
    news.ycombinator.com##.title > a:style(color: ccc !important; background-color: #000000 !important)
    news.ycombinator.com##a:link:style(color: #bdbdbd !important)
    news.ycombinator.com##a:visited:style(color: #adadad !important)
    news.ycombinator.com##a:hover:style(color: #fd0000 !important; background-color: #000855 !important)
Then adjust it however you like it.

[1] - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin...

Re: When Dark Mode for HN?

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Post by pwg »

> When is Hacker News going to have an option for a dark mode.

Browsers have the alternate name "user agents" for a reason, they are ultimately intended to be working for you, the user.

Therefore, simply adjust your "user agent" (browser) to give you a dark mode, and you will have a dark mode, without needing or waiting for HN to change anything.

The comment from @LinuxBender here shows you one way to do so using uBlock Origin.

Re: When Dark Mode for HN?

#6

Post by runjake »

morelinks wrote: post #5

Dang said he’d do it at one point and then it was never done. I desperately want it for reading in bed (iOS). Some day…

Settings - Accessibility - Display & Text Size - Smart Invert.

If that’s too tedious for you: Settings - Control Center - add Accessibility Shortcuts, and follow the instructions to add Smart Invert.

If that’s too tedious for you, go into Settings - Accessibility - Touch - enable Touch Accomodations and set double or triple tap to Smart Invert.

You now have HN dark mode.

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