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Ask HN: What's so special about “Dark Mode”?
Everyone and their mother is talking about dark mode on different apps as if this a new thing or as if it does anything revolutionary. Dark themes have been around forever. I don't get it. Are we really out of innovative things to celebrate and rave about that "Dark Mode" is at the top of the list?
- dubyabee2 7y agoInteresting question. I've assumed it is an parallel affect of battery usage and visual/ocular-health under various lighting conditions. Officially, I too would like to know.
- phillipseamore 7y agoThe difference with the "new" dark mode on Windows, MacOS and now iOS/ipadOS is that it's a system wide setting. Apps and even websites can (or rather should) support it. How many hours would you have spent modifying themes, creating new css rules or installing extensions in browser to get those results before? And you'd still not be able to do so with most apps/software.