Dark reader my beloved
this post was submitted on 07 Sep 2023
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Essential for those brave enough to access unknown web pages at night
all hail dark reader
my retinas have been thanking me
There are a select few times that Dark Reader makes a button or text invisible and I have to turn it off and I'm reminded of how terribly bright websites normally are. Dark Reader creates a vastly improved website viewing experience.
Wish that existed for several mobile apps that refuse to have a dark mode. I could force it with some dev options but it kinda breaks the apps somewhat. The worse thing is they have dark modes on ios or some other people's phones but never mine for whatever reason 😒 🙄
Dark reader and adblock are the first extensions that get installed whenever I setup a new browser
Can't stand the internet without em
I hate bright mode pages
Quitting Elden Ring at 1am.
BANDAI NAMCO
- the last text ever read before my optic nerves spontaneously combusted.
pov: me starting ace combat 7 at 3 am
Hahahhahaha this just happened to me last night and it legit kept me awake for another 30 fucking minutes….
The dark reader extension has really helped my neighbours not noticing that I am still using my computer even at night
Or when you flux/redshift/nightshift takes a while to do it’s thing….
Flashbang!
I even have that problem with Lemmy when I scroll to a bright image.
I'm one of those genetically malfunctioned ones that prefer lightmode.
It's just more readable.
I find the bright light makes it hard to read at night. To each there own, I just wish my screen would auto dim when I open a bright photo/meme.
I'm the same it's just I don't often use any devices late into the night. If anyone knows how to have KDE switch between 2 themes depending on time then please let me, or us, know.
I prefer light or dark depending on the time of day. I must not be alone, because Android has had that option built in for years.
Especially when you have a light source other than the screen. Which everybody should.
In the beginning .......
These pipes.... are clean!
And how.
Hate how extensions dont work on firefox related websites and they always explode on my face
Wikipedia
Joke aside, looks like your screen brightness is too high to begin with. If it's set correctly, a light mode tab in an otherwise dark UI should be a mild disruption, not something that blinds you.
Legitimate suggestion: get into the habit of controlling the screen brightness and your eyes will thank you. There are DDC utils that let you control the hardware brightness (and other parameters too) of the monitor via software. I for example like ClickMonitorDDC (works well even if it's practically abandonware), you can do things like scheduling based on time of day and controlling multiple monitors simultaneously.
I'm over 70 years old and I know exactly what hurt my eyes. White background with dark letters are fine in a book, but white in a screen is because it is a light with all pixels on. There are no much contrast with dark letters apart it dazzled my eyes. White letters on a dark background are much more confortable and readable for me, yes or yes.
Fair enough. I'm not saying "don't use dark mode", I'm saying don't rely solely on it. Dark mode with brightness cranked up to 100% might be worse than light mode at 20% brightness if that's appropriate for the ambient light you're in.
I agree about contrast; to me white text on black background is about equally as bad as black text on white background (but fortunately most dark themes are not white on black). I look at text all day long and usually prefer something with a medium gray-ish background and light letters; in very rare cases I'd resort to a light theme just for its contrast (e.g. working on a laptop outside during the day and I can't bring the brightness any higher).
For my old eyes a 20% Brighness is even worse for me to read the content without putting my nose direct on the screen. But yes, dependig on the contrast settings, also white letters on black background can be dazzling, but no t so in a normal contrast, at least for me.
I wish it were better integrated into GNOME / KDE so I could simply use the brightness controls on my keyboard.
I set my brightness to maximum because I work next to a window, but it's the power of a million suns at night, especially on a high-end, colour-accurate monitor
In my experience it's pretty well integrated in both GNOME nad KDE I had to work to work with a plethora of keyboards on both and they always worked if I remember right
Interesting, thank you, I'll have to try setting it up again!
Addon or userstyle to make things dark.
and i hate using dark mode tools because they're usually buggy [buttons look weird, rendering time, sometimes stuff is hidden]
yellow lense glasses are my favorite browsing tool