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Ask HN: Can we get a HN background color (dark mode)
Hi there, loving the ability to change my topbar pink, but I also would love to browse my favorite website late at night without the bright flashes.
PS: Also happy to hear people's favorite indie plugin to fix this! <3
- andrewfromx 2y agofirefox dark reader works perfect.
- greenmartian 2y agoThere are two wins in this. 1) Firefox. Which means you also get the extension on mobile. 2) Dark Reader works on all websites (and you can turn it off for sites don't play well, which isn't many).
- 3vidence 2y agoBefore anyone comments chrome extensions. These don't work on chrome mobile or safari mobile which make up a sizeable number of users. Please, can we just have native dark mode? I made a pretty mediocre HN client just for this feature https://github.com/rsimmons1/FlutterHnReader https://github.com/rsimmons1/FlutterHnReader I don't feel like working on it anymore, let's just have dark mode. Edit: apologies spoke out of my domain on safari iOS, it supports extensions I'm an Android user.
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- knubie 2y agoI've been using dark reader on mobile safari for years.
- TingPing 2y agoSafari mobile supports extensions.
- yjftsjthsd-h 2y agoFirefox has extensions on Android. I appreciate that switching your browser is potentially a whole thing, but the option is there.
- 3vidence 2y agoWent to Firefox on mobile for a while, just found the overall experience slower and less performant. I know thats kind of a personal thing based on which websites are used but it was still my experience.
- gabrielsroka 2y agoChrome on Android supports this flag. It works pretty well. chrome://flags/#enable-force-dark Also this one chrome://flags/#darken-websites-checkbox-in-themes-setting The UI might even support it. Also this has been asked many times over many years. I just don't think it's going to happen
- tapete 2y agoJust use a proper browser that lets you add custom stylesheets, it literally takes 5min in CSS to invert the colors.
- kushie 2y agoplease
- brianbest101 2y ago[dead]
- ronjouch 2y agoIf you use Firefox, have my userContent.css DIY dark mode. Or you can massage it into the syntax expected by { Arc’s custom CSS, uBlock Origin, your CSS injecter of choice }: @-moz-document domain(news.ycombinator.com) { @media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) { body {background-color: #111 !important;} #hnmain {background-color: #181818 !important;} .c00, a:link, .subtext a:link { color: #eee !important; } .comhead { opacity: 0.5 !important; } a:visited, .subtext a:visited, .pagetop, .reply a { color: #777 !important; } button, select, input, textarea { -moz-appearance: none !important; color: #eee !important; background-color: #444 !important; border: 0.5px solid gray !important; } pre, code { color: #9d9 !important; } } } Obvious caveats apply: it’s mine, it’s certainly incomplete, yadayada. But hey, been working for me for years! Also, now that you know that the feature exists, you can probably search "Hacker News dark mode userContent.css" and find better / more complete ones :) Always a pleasure helping tasoeur.
- AdieuToLogic 2y agoPerhaps Greasemonkey can do the customization(s) you would like: You can add styles that override existing styles, or styles specific to new elements that your user script inserts.[0] HTH 0 - http://greasemonkey.win-start.de/patterns/add-css.html http://greasemonkey.win-start.de/patterns/add-css.html
- srhtftw 2y agoHere is a Tampermonkey¹ script I've used for some ime to make HN look the way I want it to (plain white background). It should be easy to adapt for a dark preference. It also adds a "bookmark" at the top of each page which is also easily removed if you don't want that. https://pastebin.com/fnf4CeBM https://pastebin.com/fnf4CeBM ¹ https://www.tampermonkey.net https://www.tampermonkey.net
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- hallman76 2y agoFor desktop folks, I use the Stylebot Chrome Extension https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/stylebot/oiaejidbmkiecgbjeifoejpgmdaleoha?hl=en-US https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/stylebot/oiaejidbmk... I crank up the font size and set a serif font on the index page to make it easier to scan.
- rbalicki 2y agoThe Chrome extension Dark Hacker News (https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/dark-hacker-news/ibhckhmgbfnlagdgpheomkaegpnimnhj https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/dark-hacker-news/ib...) works pretty well.
- roskelld 2y agoI use my own CSS to override the default look. I added thumbs up emoji for voting, book emoji for read comments, larger user names, larger headers, and dark color scheme. https://postimg.cc/f3nmR6DG https://postimg.cc/f3nmR6DG https://pastebin.com/zeXGi4WQ https://pastebin.com/zeXGi4WQ
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- gamedever 2y agoMy attempt at providing the CSS to do this. This is where it turns into bikeshedding (T_T); :root { color-scheme: light dark; --base-color: #828282; --admin-color: #000000; --top-color: #222222; --top-sel: #ffffff; --c00: #000000; --c5a: #5a5a5a; --c72: #737373; --c82: #828282; --c88: #888888; --c9c: #9c9c9c; --cae: #aeaeae; --cbe: #bebebe; --cce: #cecece; --cdd: #dddddd; --ca2: #a30000; } center>table { background-color: #f6f6ef; } table#hnmain>tbody>tr:nth-child(1)>td { background-color: #ff6600; } font { color: #3c963c } @media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) { :root { --base-color: #909090; --admin-color: #ffffff; --top-color: #dddddd; --top-sel: #000000; --c00: #ffffff; --c5a: #a5a5a5; --c72: #8c8c8c; --c82: #7d7d7d; --c88: #777777; --c9c: #636363; --cae: #515151; --cbe: #414141; --cce: #313131; --cdd: #222222; --ca2: #a30000; } center>table { background-color: #222; } table#hnmain>tbody>tr:nth-child(1)>td { background-color: #a74300; } font { color: #639663 } } body { font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size:10pt; color: var(--base-color); } td { font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size:10pt; color: var(--base-color); } .admin td { font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size:8.5pt; color: var(--admin-color); } .subtext td { font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 7pt; color: var(--base-color); } input { font-family:monospace; font-size:10pt; } input[type='submit'] { font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; } textarea { font-family:monospace; font-size:10pt; resize:both; } a:link { color: var(--admin-color); text-decoration:none; } a:visited { color: var(--base-color); text-decoration:none; } .default { font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: var(--base-color); } .admin { font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size:8.5pt; color: var(--admin-color); } .title { font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: var(--base-color); overflow:hidden; } .subtext { font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 7pt; color: var(--base-color); } .yclinks { font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; color: var(--base-color); } .pagetop { font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: var(--top-color); line-height:12px; } .comhead { font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; color: var(--base-color); } .comment { font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; } .hnname { margin-left:1px; margin-right: 5px; } #hnmain { min-width: 796px; } .title a { word-break: break-word; } .comment a:link, .comment a:visited { text-decoration: underline; } .noshow { display: none; } .nosee { visibility: hidden; pointer-events: none; cursor: default } .c00, .c00 a:link { color: var(--admin-color); } .c5a, .c5a a:link, .c5a a:visited { color: var(--c5a); } .c73, .c73 a:link, .c73 a:visited { color: var(--c73); } .c82, .c82 a:link, .c82 a:visited { color: var(--c82); } .c88, .c88 a:link, .c88 a:visited { color: var(--c88); } .c9c, .c9c a:link, .c9c a:visited { color: var(--c9c); } .cae, .cae a:link, .cae a:visited { color: var(--cae); } .cbe, .cbe a:link, .cbe a:visited { color: var(--cbe); } .cce, .cce a:link, .cce a:visited { color: var(--cce); } .cdd, .cdd a:link, .cdd a:visited { color: var(--cdd); } .ca2 { color: var(--ca2); } .pagetop a:visited { color: var(--admin-color); } .topsel a:link, .topsel a:visited { color: var(--top-cel); } .subtext a:link, .subtext a:visited { color: var(--base-color); } .subtext a:hover { text-decoration:underline; } .comhead a:link, .subtext a:visited { color: var(--base-color); } .comhead a:hover { text-decoration:underline; } .hnmore a:link, a:visited { color: var(--base-color); } .hnmore { text-decoration:underline; } .default p { margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; } .pagebreak {page-break-before:always} pre { overflow: auto; padding: 2px; white-space: pre-wrap; overflow-wrap:anywhere; } pre:hover { overflow:auto } .votearrow { width: 10px; height: 10px; border: 0px; margin: 3px 2px 6px; background: url("triangle.svg"), linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) no-repeat; background-size: 10px; } .votelinks.nosee div.votearrow.rotate180 { display: none; } table.padtab td { padding:0px 10px } @media only screen and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2), only screen and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 2) { .votearrow { background-size: 10px; background-image: url("triangle.svg"), linear-gradient(transparent, transparent); } } .rotate180 { -webkit-transform: rotate(180deg); /* Chrome and other webkit browsers */ -moz-transform: rotate(180deg); /* FF */ -o-transform: rotate(180deg); /* Opera */ -ms-transform: rotate(180deg); /* IE9 */ transform: rotate(180deg); /* W3C complaint browsers */ /* IE8 and below */ -ms-filter: "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Matrix(M11=-1, M12=0, M21=0, M22=-1, DX=0, DY=0, SizingMethod='auto expand')"; } /* mobile device */ @media only screen and (min-width : 300px) and (max-width : 750px) { #hnmain { width: 100%; min-width: 0; } body { padding: 0; margin: 0; width: 100%; } td { height: inherit !important; } .title, .comment { font-size: inherit; } span.pagetop { display: block; margin: 3px 5px; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal } span.pagetop b { display: block; font-size: 15px; } table.comment-tree .comment a { display: inline-block; max-width: 200px; overflow: hidden; white-space: nowrap; text-overflow: ellipsis; vertical-align:top; } img[src='s.gif'][width='40'] { width: 12px; } img[src='s.gif'][width='80'] { width: 24px; } img[src='s.gif'][width='120'] { width: 36px; } img[src='s.gif'][width='160'] { width: 48px; } img[src='s.gif'][width='200'] { width: 60px; } img[src='s.gif'][width='240'] { width: 72px; } img[src='s.gif'][width='280'] { width: 84px; } img[src='s.gif'][width='320'] { width: 96px; } img[src='s.gif'][width='360'] { width: 108px; } img[src='s.gif'][width='400'] { width: 120px; } img[src='s.gif'][width='440'] { width: 132px; } img[src='s.gif'][width='480'] { width: 144px; } img[src='s.gif'][width='520'] { width: 156px; } img[src='s.gif'][width='560'] { width: 168px; } img[src='s.gif'][width='600'] { width: 180px; } img[src='s.gif'][width='640'] { width: 192px; } img[src='s.gif'][width='680'] { width: 204px; } img[src='s.gif'][width='720'] { width: 216px; } img[src='s.gif'][width='760'] { width: 228px; } img[src='s.gif'][width='800'] { width: 240px; } img[src='s.gif'][width='840'] { width: 252px; } .title { font-size: 11pt; line-height: 14pt; } .subtext { font-size: 9pt; } .votearrow { transform: scale(1.3,1.3); margin-right: 6px; } .votearrow.rotate180 { -webkit-transform: rotate(180deg) scale(1.3,1.3); /* Chrome and other webkit browsers */ -moz-transform: rotate(180deg) scale(1.3,1.3); /* FF */ -o-transform: rotate(180deg) scale(1.3,1.3); /* Opera */ -ms-transform: rotate(180deg) scale(1.3,1.3); /* IE9 */ transform: rotate(180deg) scale(1.3,1.3); /* W3C complaint browsers */ } .votelinks { min-width: 18px; } .votelinks a { display: block; margin-bottom: 9px; } input[type='text'], input[type='number'], textarea { font-size: 16px; width: 90%; } } .comment { max-width: 1215px; overflow-wrap:anywhere; } @media only screen and (min-width : 300px) and (max-width : 389px) { .comment { max-width: 270px; overflow: hidden } } @media only screen and (min-width : 390px) and (max-width : 509px) { .comment { max-width: 350px; overflow: hidden } } @media only screen and (min-width : 510px) and (max-width : 599px) { .comment { max-width: 460px; overflow: hidden } } @media only screen and (min-width : 600px) and (max-width : 689px) { .comment { max-width: 540px; overflow: hidden } } @media only screen and (min-width : 690px) and (max-width : 809px) { .comment { max-width: 620px; overflow: hidden } } @media only screen and (min-width : 810px) and (max-width : 899px) { .comment { max-width: 730px; overflow: hidden } } @media only screen and (min-width : 900px) and (max-width : 1079px) { .comment { max-width: 810px; overflow: hidden } } @media only screen and (min-width : 1080px) and (max-width : 1169px) { .comment { max-width: 970px; overflow: hidden } } @media only screen and (min-width : 1170px) and (max-width : 1259px) { .comment { max-width: 1050px; overflow: hidden } } @media only screen and (min-width : 1260px) and (max-width : 1349px) { .comment { max-width: 1130px; overflow: hidden } } I get, it's long. Just taking the css that was served and editing it.
- nojvek 2y agoI would love this. Apple is notoriously bad at supporting dark mode extensions on their mobile browser.
- tapete 2y agoEveryone on HN should be able to write a custom stylesheet, this is really not an issue.
- unfixed 2y agoI use a custom config on Dark Reader extension in all my devices. Having the same color scheme in all webpages are much better UX than what any web can implement by themselves.
- vednig 2y agoBuilt https://hacked.stream https://hacked.stream has default black BG rn