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Extension are a security risks. It's not rocket science to invert colors - the browser can easily do that with no CSS involved. No browser support for dark mod

by 1996 6y ago

Extension are a security risks. It's not rocket science to invert colors - the browser can easily do that with no CSS involved. No browser support for dark mode= no dark mode for me.

fckthisguy 6y ago
Dark mode is actually a CSS property and can be implemented by webpages directly. I use FF daily and it uses darkmode in sites that respect my system settings, because I have my system set to darkmode. I use a Mac. Darkmode is a native feature.
- 1996 6y ago
  > Dark mode is actually a CSS property and can be implemented by webpages directly. I know, but I don't want to rely on their goodwill. I want the browser to provide a dark mode that work in all cases, therefore: - if webpages advertise a support of dark mode, oblige them - if they don't, invert colors and use any other tricks as required On Linux, Edge is the safest and the simplest way to always have a dark mode everywhere.
shrew 6y ago
Do you consider the developer edition an extension, or is your point about extensions relating to GP's reference of Owl? Firefox Developer Edition is a first party version of the software from Mozilla. It runs slightly ahead of the standard Firefox version I think. FWIW, Waterfox also uses dark browser chrome by default, although if you're worried about security risks in installing extensions, a third-party fork of Firefox may not sit well with you either. Regardless, I've used both pieces of software and had very positive experiences.
franga2000 6y ago
Are you saying you'd rather run Microsoft's proprietary browser than a simple open-source browser extension? If you insist, go download Dark Reader from GitHub, look at the code (it's not particularly complex) and install it into Firefox locally.
- 1996 6y ago
  > you'd rather run Microsoft's proprietary browser No, I'd rather use higher quality free software: as it's chromium based it's open source. Nothing prevents debian from compiling a de-microsofted edgium, like they do with a de-googled chromium. As for sideloading darkreader, that's a decent idea! But I'm not sure I want a worse user experience (firefox firing its devs may not have been the brightest idea!) and be forced to sideload extensions for things that are already included in another free software browser.

by 1996 6y ago

Extension are a security risks. It's not rocket science to invert colors - the browser can easily do that with no CSS involved. No browser support for dark mode= no dark mode for me.

fckthisguy 6y ago

Dark mode is actually a CSS property and can be implemented by webpages directly. I use FF daily and it uses darkmode in sites that respect my system settings, because I have my system set to darkmode. I use a Mac. Darkmode is a native feature.

1996 6y ago
> Dark mode is actually a CSS property and can be implemented by webpages directly. I know, but I don't want to rely on their goodwill. I want the browser to provide a dark mode that work in all cases, therefore: - if webpages advertise a support of dark mode, oblige them - if they don't, invert colors and use any other tricks as required On Linux, Edge is the safest and the simplest way to always have a dark mode everywhere.

shrew 6y ago

Do you consider the developer edition an extension, or is your point about extensions relating to GP's reference of Owl? Firefox Developer Edition is a first party version of the software from Mozilla. It runs slightly ahead of the standard Firefox version I think. FWIW, Waterfox also uses dark browser chrome by default, although if you're worried about security risks in installing extensions, a third-party fork of Firefox may not sit well with you either. Regardless, I've used both pieces of software and had very positive experiences.

franga2000 6y ago

Are you saying you'd rather run Microsoft's proprietary browser than a simple open-source browser extension? If you insist, go download Dark Reader from GitHub, look at the code (it's not particularly complex) and install it into Firefox locally.

1996 6y ago
> you'd rather run Microsoft's proprietary browser No, I'd rather use higher quality free software: as it's chromium based it's open source. Nothing prevents debian from compiling a de-microsofted edgium, like they do with a de-googled chromium. As for sideloading darkreader, that's a decent idea! But I'm not sure I want a worse user experience (firefox firing its devs may not have been the brightest idea!) and be forced to sideload extensions for things that are already included in another free software browser.