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Ask HN: Is Dark Mode ever coming to HN?

10 points by unkeen 2y ago

It's been more than four years since Dark Mode was last proposed. I wonder if it will ever happen? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23197966

mtmail 2y ago
I doubt it, I haven't seen any noticeable CSS changes in ages. If I recall Ycombinator had an open job for a sysadmin position recently, if that is filled than at least it will be two people maintaining. (https://www.ycombinator.com/people https://www.ycombinator.com/people still only lists one person).
jethronethro 2y ago
If it hasn't happened by now, I doubt it will. Would nice to be proven wrong, though. But as I've pointed out in the past, I doubt YC puts a ton of human resources into HN. And I wouldn't be surprised if making incremental changes like adding dark mode is high on the list of things to do.
helph67 2y ago
Have been using HN Enhance extension in FF for years and recommend it!
solardev 2y ago
I think the philosophy of the site is to keep it barebones and traditional, to appease the purists. But there's an API and many community-made frontends, either in mobile app form or as alternative web services. On Android I use Harmonic, for example, which has a dark mode and much better usability across the board. The one thing it lacks is good replies management, though.
giantg2 2y ago
This comes up a lot. Aren't there browser plug-ins that will convert most sites to darkmode?
- dontdoxxme 2y ago
  Or invert your screen.
  - HenryBemis 2y ago
    I tried inverting my PC screen, but having it upside-down hurts my neck after a while. Got any other suggestions?
switch007 2y ago
Options: - https://hn.premii.com/#/options/appearance https://hn.premii.com/#/options/appearance - Darkreader browser addon - Vivaldi on Android can do dark mode natively - Android/iOS can do screen colour inversion
joshstrange 2y ago
HN doesn’t make changes like this. Use one of the many styling extensions to accomplish this instead. On a site like HN it’s very easy to theme it because the markup almost never changes (last 2 changes I remember were unvote/undone and collapsing threads) so it’s not like you have to constantly update your theme.
bazil376 2y ago
They’re still using tables for layouts so

10 points by unkeen 2y ago

It's been more than four years since Dark Mode was last proposed. I wonder if it will ever happen? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23197966

mtmail 2y ago

I doubt it, I haven't seen any noticeable CSS changes in ages. If I recall Ycombinator had an open job for a sysadmin position recently, if that is filled than at least it will be two people maintaining. (https://www.ycombinator.com/people https://www.ycombinator.com/people still only lists one person).

jethronethro 2y ago

If it hasn't happened by now, I doubt it will. Would nice to be proven wrong, though. But as I've pointed out in the past, I doubt YC puts a ton of human resources into HN. And I wouldn't be surprised if making incremental changes like adding dark mode is high on the list of things to do.

helph67 2y ago

Have been using HN Enhance extension in FF for years and recommend it!

solardev 2y ago

I think the philosophy of the site is to keep it barebones and traditional, to appease the purists. But there's an API and many community-made frontends, either in mobile app form or as alternative web services. On Android I use Harmonic, for example, which has a dark mode and much better usability across the board. The one thing it lacks is good replies management, though.

giantg2 2y ago

This comes up a lot. Aren't there browser plug-ins that will convert most sites to darkmode?

dontdoxxme 2y ago
Or invert your screen.
- HenryBemis 2y ago
  I tried inverting my PC screen, but having it upside-down hurts my neck after a while. Got any other suggestions?

switch007 2y ago

Options: - https://hn.premii.com/#/options/appearance https://hn.premii.com/#/options/appearance - Darkreader browser addon - Vivaldi on Android can do dark mode natively - Android/iOS can do screen colour inversion

joshstrange 2y ago

HN doesn’t make changes like this. Use one of the many styling extensions to accomplish this instead. On a site like HN it’s very easy to theme it because the markup almost never changes (last 2 changes I remember were unvote/undone and collapsing threads) so it’s not like you have to constantly update your theme.

bazil376 2y ago

They’re still using tables for layouts so