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Why not just use DarkReader? This is how my HN looks: https://i.imgur.com/nM3hZI3.png https://i.imgur.com/nM3hZI3.png This way, people can customize their dark

Why not just use DarkReader? This is how my HN looks: https://i.imgur.com/nM3hZI3.png https://i.imgur.com/nM3hZI3.png This way, people can customize their dark mode how they want to with a GUI rather than needing a whole new way to do it via CSS.

frosted-flakes 5y ago
Can't do that on mobile, where you need dark mode most.
- AlexSW 5y ago
  Materialistic is a good mobile app for Hacker News which has a dark mode. No affiliation, I just greatly like using it (Android).
  - appel 5y ago
    FWIW: Harmonic is another good one for Android.
- deleted 5y ago
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- sprokolopolis 5y ago
  I don't know what your mobile OS is, but Dark Reader works just fine for me on Firefox Nightly for Android. Mozilla is still in the process of adding all of the web extension APIs to mobile Firefox, so you need to go through a few steps to set it up, detailed here: https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2020/09/29/expanded-extension-support-in-firefox-for-android-nightly/ https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2020/09/29/expanded-extensio...
  - saladuh 5y ago
    Dark Reader just shows up in the addons section for me in fdroid Fennec, and Firefox mobile. I don't think you need to do anything special to get it to work.
    - sprokolopolis 5y ago
      Oh, thanks for letting me know. I have been using that little trick since they had first released that feature for unsupported addons and there were very few available then. That is good to know it is available in the supported list.
- msoad 5y ago
  iOS user here. Yes I need dark mode in iPhone
  - ivank 5y ago
    Dark Reader is available for iOS in the app store.
    - msoad 5y ago
      I want to use safari because I’m logged in wsj nyt and I also like the reader mode
      - skavi 5y ago
        The Noir extension [0] is nearly perfect auto dark mode for Safari. I’d still prefer the website handle it directly though. [0]: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/noir-dark-mode-for-safari/id1581140954 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/noir-dark-mode-for-safari/id15...
      - ivank 5y ago
        It's a Safari extension.
Jyaif 5y ago
It boggles my mind that people are OK with adding extensions that can "read and change all your data on all website".
- zxcvbn4038 5y ago
  Probably the same people who had two dozen search bars installed back when that was a thing. What some people really need are buttons they can click to send money directly to Russia and North Korea - since they are going to get it anyway, just pay them. Have you seen Putin? The poor guy rides a horse and has no shirt - he needs your money now!
- artogahr 5y ago
  I'm all for what you say, but Dark Reader is so useful I'm willing to make an exception. Plus it's open source. I've set up my Manjaro system so that with one shortcut (and automated at sundown) I can change everything to dark mode. And since Dark Reader has the option to follow the system dark mode, everything works wonderfully.

frosted-flakes 5y ago

Can't do that on mobile, where you need dark mode most.

AlexSW 5y ago
Materialistic is a good mobile app for Hacker News which has a dark mode. No affiliation, I just greatly like using it (Android).
- appel 5y ago
  FWIW: Harmonic is another good one for Android.
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sprokolopolis 5y ago
I don't know what your mobile OS is, but Dark Reader works just fine for me on Firefox Nightly for Android. Mozilla is still in the process of adding all of the web extension APIs to mobile Firefox, so you need to go through a few steps to set it up, detailed here: https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2020/09/29/expanded-extension-support-in-firefox-for-android-nightly/ https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2020/09/29/expanded-extensio...
- saladuh 5y ago
  Dark Reader just shows up in the addons section for me in fdroid Fennec, and Firefox mobile. I don't think you need to do anything special to get it to work.
  - sprokolopolis 5y ago
    Oh, thanks for letting me know. I have been using that little trick since they had first released that feature for unsupported addons and there were very few available then. That is good to know it is available in the supported list.
msoad 5y ago
iOS user here. Yes I need dark mode in iPhone
- ivank 5y ago
  Dark Reader is available for iOS in the app store.
  - msoad 5y ago
    I want to use safari because I’m logged in wsj nyt and I also like the reader mode
    - skavi 5y ago
      The Noir extension [0] is nearly perfect auto dark mode for Safari. I’d still prefer the website handle it directly though. [0]: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/noir-dark-mode-for-safari/id1581140954 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/noir-dark-mode-for-safari/id15...
    - ivank 5y ago
      It's a Safari extension.

Jyaif 5y ago

It boggles my mind that people are OK with adding extensions that can "read and change all your data on all website".

zxcvbn4038 5y ago
Probably the same people who had two dozen search bars installed back when that was a thing. What some people really need are buttons they can click to send money directly to Russia and North Korea - since they are going to get it anyway, just pay them. Have you seen Putin? The poor guy rides a horse and has no shirt - he needs your money now!
artogahr 5y ago
I'm all for what you say, but Dark Reader is so useful I'm willing to make an exception. Plus it's open source. I've set up my Manjaro system so that with one shortcut (and automated at sundown) I can change everything to dark mode. And since Dark Reader has the option to follow the system dark mode, everything works wonderfully.