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points by NooneAtAll5 4 days ago | 0 comments
no, choosing light/dark mode should be manual
[–] Rohansi 4 days ago
Per website...? Why would anyone want that instead of just using the system-wide preference? Many sites/apps have an option of system/light/dark.
[–] hackinthebochs 4 days ago
For me, most dark mode styles are awful (jet black background bright white text). I'd rather have per website toggle so I can apply my own styling when the site's styles suck.
[–] Rohansi 4 days ago
But you can have both? Automatically switching between light and dark mode based on system preferences is handled by CSS, which you can override with your own styling.
[–] hackinthebochs 4 days ago
I have found it incredibly hard to override dark styling, at most you're modifying/merging styles. Dark reader extensions don't work well turning a dark site light, and I've had limited success injecting styles with tampermonkey/stylus. Of course it can be done, just override every style set by the site. But this involves setting a lot of styles and must be done case-by-case rather than using an auto styler. The only thing that works reliably in an automated way is starting with a light style and then modifying it to dark styling.

I also detest the conflation of OS dark preference, browser chrome theme preference, and website rendering preference. It should be obvious to anyone that these are three different concepts where people can have different preferences for each. The cargo-culting in silicon valley drives me nuts.

[–] Rohansi 4 days ago
> But this involves setting a lot of styles and must be done case-by-case rather than using an auto styler.

If the website is using modern CSS then the colors would be set via CSS variables instead of being set inline in lots of places.

> I also detest the conflation of OS dark preference, browser chrome theme preference, and website rendering preference. It should be obvious to anyone that these are three different concepts where people can have different preferences for each.

Most people definitely prefer consistency so I don't think it is unreasonable to default to following the system preference.

[–] hackinthebochs 3 days ago
I don't mind the default, but it's the lack of customization in most apps that is a severe oversight. I can't change my theme in the OS without it telling apps I want a dark theme (I don't). I can't change the theme in the browser with it telling every website I want a dark theme (I don't). There are no overrides to force the website rendering theme to be decoupled from the browser/OS theme. In everyone's mad dash to implement a dark theme, no one stopped to think for half a second. It's asinine.
[–] codazoda 4 days ago
Hard disagree here. Follow my system default.
[–] yreg 4 days ago
There should always be three options. System (default), Light, Dark.
[–] entropie 4 days ago
Iam a both kind of guy.
[–] eek2121 4 days ago
No, it should follow system defaults with an option for a manual override. People like you are the reason the internet is broken.