Hacker News Dark Mode
Consumer and social
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SHOW HN2020
119points
57comments
#536of 3,028 in 2020
Top 18%of 2020 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
8 positive, 6 neutral or asking, 4 mixed, 15 critical, out of 33 comments about the project. Thread score -0.16.
Design: 3 for, 10 againstIdea: 4 for, 3 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
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What HN said
What people liked
Looks good and is a welcome option for dark-mode users
From 3 comments
I like it, I would use this as my default. I agree it is slightly too blue for me, I think it should be more red than blue, especially since the purpose is for low-light reading.…
asidiali on HNI hardly ever use dark mode because it’s usually done in a way that has too much contrast for me. This demo seems to pick the right balance - a bit like Apple have done with…
tokamak-teapot on HNShip it! (tm)
thrill on HN
Objections
Text is too greyed out and lacks contrast
From 3 comments
I think the greyed out type is too greyed out. Needs more contrast. Less than the white type of course, but more than is present atm.
Wowfunhappy on HNAt 1/3 brightness the text is barely readable. I think it looks amazing with full brightness. It should have been designed at a lower brightness, imo.
http-teapot on HNThis is great and I hope it's adopted... but on my phone the textarea text has too little contrast to read without strain
klyrs on HN
Background is too blue
From 2 comments
I like it, I would use this as my default. I agree it is slightly too blue for me, I think it should be more red than blue, especially since the purpose is for low-light reading.…
asidiali on HNFeels a bit too blue. Maybe replacing the background with a darker and grayer color would make it easier to the eyes
CraftThatBlock on HN
Fails accessibility contrast checks
From 2 comments
There are a significant number of low contrast warnings from a cursory glance through an accessibility tool:…
cnorthwood on HNOne of the issues in "vanilla" HN is made worse in this dark version. HN's site makes use of rather small font sizes for subtext. In the dark version the contrast between…
meristem on HN
Requests
Persist the dark mode setting across page navigation
From 1 comment
I like it, I would use this as my default. I agree it is slightly too blue for me, I think it should be more red than blue, especially since the purpose is for low-light reading.…
asidiali on HN
Move the toggle to the profile page
From 1 comment
I like it, I would use this as my default. I agree it is slightly too blue for me, I think it should be more red than blue, especially since the purpose is for low-light reading.…
asidiali on HN
Make upvote arrows visible
From 1 comment
I like it! Looks like it is missing upvote arrows?
deleerium on HN
Questions
How are visited links shown in dark mode?
From 1 comment
I visited few links in hackernews and it shows as visited in dark mode too. How is it working?
imvetri on HN
Alternatives named
Dark Reader browser extension
From 3 comments
I use dark reader for all browsing. I think HN looks pretty good when using the dark mode setting. https://darkreader.org/ For iOS I use Hack…
kndjckt on HNIf you install https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/dark-reader/eimadpbcbfnmbkopoojfekhnkhdbieeh you get dark mode functionality on any site automatically, no need to create…
alpb on HNMakes this website look like muddy water but I use dark reader[1] for all my web browsing. Ironically the only place it doesn't work is on the firefox addon page.…
chacha2 on HN
Hack iOS app
From 1 comment
I use dark reader for all browsing. I think HN looks pretty good when using the dark mode setting. https://darkreader.org/ For iOS I use Hack…
kndjckt on HN
Stylus with userscripts
From 1 comment
or Stylus(https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/stylus/clngdbkpkpeebahjckkjfobafhncgmne?hl=en) and Userscripts
Sherl on HN