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Would you like dark mode for community?


JMeixner
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Hi all,
would you like a setting for a dark mode on the community side?

Dark mode means dark background of the site and bright writing.

 

I have switched to dark mode in many applications in the last time, because it's much more relaxed for my eyes when using the PC and/or phone the whole workday.

What do you think? Does this make sense for this community site?

 

Seems that you cannot add a poll after creating a topic.

So I will count the positive and negative reactions in the comments by hand and update here 😎

11 pro dark mode
2 contra dark mode
2 undecided

 

25 comments

haslund
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  • January 26, 2023

I am not a fan of dark mode, so I wouldn’t use it.


Pybarra
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  • January 26, 2023
JMeixner wrote:

Hi all,
would you like a setting for a dark mode on the community side?

Dark mode means dark background of the site and bright writing.

 

I have switched to dark mode in many applications in the last time, because it's much more relaxed for my eyes when using the PC and/or phone the whoöe workday.

What do you think? Does this make sense for this community site?

 

It does look very bright in white 😂


MarkBoothman
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  • January 26, 2023

+1 for a dark mode … much easier on my tired old eyes


Chris.Childerhose
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  • January 26, 2023

I use Night Eye extension for Edge which does the dark mode on all sites for me unless I turn it off for specific sites.  Love dark mode. 😎

Example of this thread now -

 


JMeixner
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Chris.Childerhose wrote:

I use Night Eye extension for Edge which does the dark mode on all sites for me unless I turn it off for specific sites.  Love dark mode. 😎

Example of this thread now -

<snip>

OK, that is a workaround…

may I get your comment as a positive answer for dark mode (because you have not answered my question… 😉) ?


JMeixner
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JMeixner wrote:
Chris.Childerhose wrote:

I use Night Eye extension for Edge which does the dark mode on all sites for me unless I turn it off for specific sites.  Love dark mode. 😎

Example of this thread now -

<snip>

OK, that is a workaround…

may I get your comment as a positive answer for dark mode (because you have not answered my question… 😉)?

 

Something went wrong here, sorry for the duplicate comment….


Andanet
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  • January 26, 2023

I’m not a dark mode fan but I’m trying to use it in last time. 

At the moment I’m an undecided man


Chris.Childerhose
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JMeixner wrote:
JMeixner wrote:
Chris.Childerhose wrote:

I use Night Eye extension for Edge which does the dark mode on all sites for me unless I turn it off for specific sites.  Love dark mode. 😎

Example of this thread now -

<snip>

OK, that is a workaround…

may I get your comment as a positive answer for dark mode (because you have not answered my question… 😉)?

 

Something went wrong here, sorry for the duplicate comment….

I do love dark mode for sure as it helps with eye strain, etc.  It also just looks nicer than having bright white. 😁


dloseke
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  • January 26, 2023

I use Dark Mode for everything I can, so yes.  I haven’t done like Chris and used a browser extension for websites as that looks a little funky for me, but everything on my phone, car and computer use Dark mode if available.


dloseke
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Chris.Childerhose wrote:

I use Night Eye extension for Edge which does the dark mode on all sites for me unless I turn it off for specific sites.  Love dark mode. 😎

Example of this thread now -

 

Okay, you convinced me.  I’m trying Night Eye in Chrome.  I had Dark Reader installed and had disabled it at some point, so we’ll give this one a try and see….


MicoolPaul
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  • January 26, 2023

+1 for dark mode. Especially if it can automatically reflect OS’ settings. My iPhone flips between light & dark based on day or night time.


Link State
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  • January 26, 2023

dark mode >


dloseke
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MicoolPaul wrote:

+1 for dark mode. Especially if it can automatically reflect OS’ settings. My iPhone flips between light & dark based on day or night time.

 

I like to use Dark all the time.  I will note though that Chris’ recommendation of Night Eye does allow you to schedule Dark mode in your browser, or to follow the OS color Scheme. 

 

 

One thing thing I’ve started doing, is using f.lux to start removing blue’s from my screen as it get’s dark out.  You may have to play with it to your liking because there are some presets on just how dark you can make it each night and some are pretty darned dark.  https://justgetflux.com/

 


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  • January 27, 2023

I m with dark mode … much better


regnor
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  • January 27, 2023

+1 for the dark mode


Iams3le
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  • January 27, 2023

Not really a dark mode fan! I tested the suggestion from @Chris.Childerhose and it works great before I removed the extension again.


BertrandFR
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  • January 27, 2023

+1 for dark mode but I am in favor of leaving the choice to the user in his personnal settings.


Chris.Childerhose
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Iams3le wrote:

Not really a dark mode fan! I tested the suggestion from @Chris.Childerhose and it works great before I removed the extension again.

Yeah it does work great just not for everyone I know.


Scott
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  • January 27, 2023

Love dark mode. use it on everything


Rick Vanover
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  • January 27, 2023

I use Dark Reader extension myself, similar to @Chris.Childerhose 

Some images have white background so they pop a bit.

I’m actually a bit colorblind, so this actually makes it easier for me..

 


JMeixner
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  • January 27, 2023

Ok, ok, I know about the browser extensions.

But aren't they a workaround only for sites that do not have a dark mode?

Personally, I would prefer to be able to switch between dark and light mode on this site in the settings.


Chris.Childerhose
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  • January 27, 2023
JMeixner wrote:

Ok, ok, I know about the browser extensions.

But aren't they a workaround only for sites that do not have a dark mode?

Personally, I would prefer to be able to switch between dark and light mode on this site in the settings.

They are a workaround but if you turn on the extension every site is dark mode. If you don't like it you turn it off for that site.  Easy as that. 😎


Scott
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Chris.Childerhose wrote:

I use Night Eye extension for Edge which does the dark mode on all sites for me unless I turn it off for specific sites.  Love dark mode. 😎

Example of this thread now -

 

How didn’t I know about Night Eye. wow!


Chris.Childerhose
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Scott wrote:
Chris.Childerhose wrote:

I use Night Eye extension for Edge which does the dark mode on all sites for me unless I turn it off for specific sites.  Love dark mode. 😎

Example of this thread now -

 

How didn’t I know about Night Eye. wow!

It is great and there is also Dark Reader that Rick mentioned too.


vAdmin
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  • February 6, 2023

Oh yes, that’s great, I certainly agree with this idea.


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