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[-] JoyfulCodingGuy@lemmy.ml 8 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

A blog that advocates for the use of tri-state dark mode toggles ironically fails to implement this feature themselves. The article's default setting is a blindingly white background, contradicting its own argument.

Overall interesting read and I agree tri-state is nice but I couldn't get past this.

[-] refalo@programming.dev 3 points 6 days ago
[-] JoyfulCodingGuy@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 days ago

While true, mobile Firefox has it but chromium browsers do not. They do have the force mode but it destroys some sites. So not ideal. ๐Ÿ™‚

[-] refalo@programming.dev 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Edge, Kiwi, and Yandex browsers on Android support Dark Reader (and extensions in general).

https://darkreader.org/tips/mobile/

https://www.makeuseof.com/chrome-extensions-android-mobile/

[-] JoyfulCodingGuy@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

Yeah but I'm personally not going to use those browsers on mobile. FireFox, sometimes Brave, or just Vanadium on GrapheneOS. But good to know.

[-] cyclohexane@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 days ago

Unpopular opinion: I don't think this is worth the screen real estate it takes up, even if small. It's just too specific of a feature that does not inherently need changing on the fly.

You should configure your light / dark mode preferences in your OS and browser, and sites can just pick them up from there. Changing them on the fly is unnecessary.

And for websites, you should probably just use those dark mode extensions anyways if that's your preference. Even if a site doesn't support it, you'll get most of the way there.

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