> Pretty sure dark mode is much easier on the eyes at night at least.
This is very subjective. I personally find it much more difficult to focus on dark screens and they tire my eyes more. I'd rather turn the brightness down on a light theme than need to have it cranked up to full on a dark theme.
Then tell your web browser or OS to render it dark.
Seriously, why should web sites have to care about this? Your OS and browser know better what you display how and can match web page display to browser chrome and system UI.
I have set my OS to dark mode on windows and android.
It doesn't work without extensions like DarkReader etc if you don't provide the theme/CSS as the website. I uninstalled DarkReader because it just guesses how to map things over and some websites became unreadable or in subtle ways things don't display properly.
Maybe I will use whatever is suggested here but you really shouldn't have to for a site as big as HN.
> Pretty sure dark mode is much easier on the eyes at night at least.
Only while you have a good/perfect eyesight.
It's counterintuitive but black-on-white has less perceived contrast ratio than whatever-on-black. And while you can tone down brightness and contrast of the display device for the 'day' theme, if you do that for the dark theme it just makes the text dull and harder to read.
danpalmer|2 years ago
This is very subjective. I personally find it much more difficult to focus on dark screens and they tire my eyes more. I'd rather turn the brightness down on a light theme than need to have it cranked up to full on a dark theme.
luispauloml|2 years ago
Dark themes make me dizzy and tired, be it either day or night, and I believe it's because I have high degree of astigmatism and myopia in both eyes.
Tomte|2 years ago
Seriously, why should web sites have to care about this? Your OS and browser know better what you display how and can match web page display to browser chrome and system UI.
whatyesaid|2 years ago
It doesn't work without extensions like DarkReader etc if you don't provide the theme/CSS as the website. I uninstalled DarkReader because it just guesses how to map things over and some websites became unreadable or in subtle ways things don't display properly.
Maybe I will use whatever is suggested here but you really shouldn't have to for a site as big as HN.
justsomehnguy|2 years ago
Only while you have a good/perfect eyesight.
It's counterintuitive but black-on-white has less perceived contrast ratio than whatever-on-black. And while you can tone down brightness and contrast of the display device for the 'day' theme, if you do that for the dark theme it just makes the text dull and harder to read.