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Due to how widespread assumptions about "system" form field colors are throught the web, the proper thing for browsers to do is probably to _not_ apply a dark t
by TheCoreh 8y ago
Due to how widespread assumptions about "system" form field colors are throught the web, the proper thing for browsers to do is probably to _not_ apply a dark theme to form fields, at least by default. Maybe instead allow a CSS opt-in to support dark themes.
This seems to be what Apple is doing with Safari, and I feel like it's what provides the best user experience out of the box. (Even for pages that don't make this styling mistake, a single dark input field on a full light page is not a satisfactory dark mode experience)
- jolmg 8y agoI agree that that is the simplest solution, and I've even configured Firefox as such[1], but I kind of wish I could have ONE place to control styling of everything. That is, I kind of wish web developers couldn't control colors and such, so people could have consistent styling in their whole system. That's a pipe dream though. Websites tend to be hosted by people that want a brand to protect, and as adoption of computers increase people on average don't want to invest time in learning how to use and configure their systems. Maybe I should consider seriously switching to elinks or w3m for my style-consistent browsing. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19056752 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19056752