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GitHub changes topbar to dark theme
- anderber 10y agoI do wish Github had a dark theme option at least. Sometimes I do a lot of reading on there at night, and all that white is too much.
- jsargiox 10y agoSame here, although this seems to be more of a mistake, I would very much like a dark theme
- hanley 10y agoIt looks like they are adding options to choose from different styles. I don't see the link yet in my account settings but this screenshot makes me think it's coming to everyone. https://twitter.com/jublonet/status/830131346798424064 https://twitter.com/jublonet/status/830131346798424064
- lorenzhs 10y agoThe author of that tweet added a follow-up that it's not a real screenshot, just a mockup.
- smileysteve 10y agoBetter for all of those AMOLED phones too.
- transcranial 10y agoI've been using Stylish (https://userstyles.org/styles/browse/github https://userstyles.org/styles/browse/github) for this -- works pretty well.
- michaelmior 10y agoStylish for Chrome and Firefox have a couple excellent dark themes that are regularly updated.
- michaelmior 10y agoLink: https://github.com/StylishThemes/GitHub-Dark https://github.com/StylishThemes/GitHub-Dark
- JasonSage 10y agoI have a dark theme for GitHub from userstyles.org enabled. I've never run into any issues with it.
- ctrlrsf 10y agoI use Stylish on Safari and Chrome with both the GitHub Dark and Hacker News Dark themes. My eyes couldn't be happier. https://userstyles.org/styles/37035/github-dark https://userstyles.org/styles/37035/github-dark https://userstyles.org/styles/113994/hacker-news-dark https://userstyles.org/styles/113994/hacker-news-dark
- Zren 10y agoFor anyone considering using stylish on chrome, you should know that the latest update turned on tracking by default. It will send your current url to fetch a list of "styles for this url", but does it even when the popup isn't visible. You can check by looking at the network tab of the `background.js`.
- cr0sh 10y agoThis seems kinda pointless without the remainder being dark-themed as well.
- jsargiox 10y agoExactly! And stands out too much from the rest of the content for my taste...
- kzisme 10y agoI agree it actually bothers me more like this (and I normally love dark themes!)
- cr0sh 10y agoI ended up "fixing" this by installing the Stylish extension/plugin on Chrome, then downloading a dark theme (then I went crazy and did the same with a bunch of other sites, too - including HN)...
- hakanito 10y agoAt first I thought it was similar to the HN black bar, paying respect to someone they lost. But I guess it is there to stay
- jaredsohn 10y agoYeah, seems more similar to Google's old black navigation bar. (i.e. http://gizmodo.com/5816772/how-to-get-rid-of-googles-big-black-bar http://gizmodo.com/5816772/how-to-get-rid-of-googles-big-bla...)
- arxpoetica 10y agoIt appears to work w/out the `?dark`: https://github.com/ https://github.com/
- jtmarmon 10y agoi think OP did it to break the "this link has already been posted" HN filter
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- gavreh 10y agoIs this purposeful or a mistake? If mistake, I'm surprised it hasn't been reverted yet.
- jsargiox 10y agoI would say it's a mistake, but you never know. This style has been used for github enterprise to make it "differentiate" from github.com, I don't think it's a good idea to make them look the same...
- sigvef 10y agoThis makes it harder to tell at a glance whether I'm on github.com or GitHub Enterprise.
- jitl 10y agoGithub for Enterprise has had a dark bar for a while, possibly to distinguish it from Github.com
- fenollp 10y agoBroke https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/deluminate/iebboopaeangfpceklajfohhbpkkfiaa https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/deluminate/iebboop...
- robbiewxyz 10y agoThe timing of this is a funny coincidence as Stack Overflow has just been rolling out their own new navigation topbar [0] to the sounds of "PLEASE, theme it dark" from their meta community. A lot of it just sounds like bikeshedding to me, but it's funny timing nonetheless. [0]: http://meta.stackoverflow.com/a/343106/2619939 http://meta.stackoverflow.com/a/343106/2619939
- vernorvinge88 10y agoThis is why I prefer local clients to "the web". Everyone has these religious level opinions on the "right" way to style things. I'm all about the socialized design and implementation of the pipes and tubes. When it comes to the front end, the part I'll be expected to stare at all day, that should look and behave how I see fit. Customizable clients, with sane defaults for everything! And we'll avoid this sitting around bellyaching about personal tastes all day.
- rc_bhg 10y agoWhy?
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- Mizza 10y agoI wish I could undo this with ?light. >:[
- leeoniya 10y ago1. i don't like it, contrast too jarring. 2. why is this front-page worthy? is there someone who might have missed this? is it especially important/interesting? it's like those stupid "Github is down!" posts. i'm sure anyone who cares already knows. who upvotes this crap?
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- Grue3 10y agoI hate it, I can't even see my (mostly black) avatar against the black background.
- kapuru 10y agoBefore everybody goes crazy. You can change the header to the light version again by going into your Settings -> Design. Some people are still missing this option in their settings, but it will show up soon.
- lorenzhs 10y agoSource? The screenshot in that one tweet was fake ("a mock-up"), as the author themself stated.
- webo 10y agoI wonder if there's any significance too this.
- Dangeranger 10y agoIt seems that I am unable to change the theme back to light. Have tried: - https://github.com https://github.com - https://github.com/?light https://github.com/?light Is this controlled from a setting somewhere?
- Jfault 10y agoIt seems to be a class `header-dark` if you remove it it's back to light
- the_duke 10y agoIt's ugly. The stark contrast with the rest of the site hurts.