Using Dark Mode in CSS with MacOS Mojave

Re:Using Dark Mode in CSS with MacOS Mojave by stephenr on Thursday October 25, 2018 @05:33AM (#18299601)

I'd assume this is intended for web pages/apps to allow their in-page controls/navigation to fade into the background, revealing the content.

E.g. in a crud app with top/side nav, and then a form in the main section, the nav bars can be rendered as pale/dark to suit the user selection, while the main content area retains the focus.

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Re:Using Dark Mode in CSS with MacOS Mojave by modernerd on Thursday October 25, 2018 @05:42AM (#18299646)

Yes, I definitely see the appeal for web apps.

Just personally don't want to read 2,000+ word articles of white text on a dark background just because I like the browser UI to be dark. Others might, though — hopefully browsers will offer a setting for dark mode independent of the OS-level setting.

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Re:Using Dark Mode in CSS with MacOS Mojave by eecc on Thursday October 25, 2018 @06:30AM (#18299839)

That’s up to website developer to make a mess of it, or to desaturate the normal color scheme or whatever other pleasant option.

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Re:Using Dark Mode in CSS with MacOS Mojave by stephenr on Friday October 26, 2018 @06:34AM (#18308079)

I think it'll be a while before most sites even consider adopting this (it's not even listed to check support on caniuse.com), and even if it does become widespread, reader mode has style-override controls to make the page more suitable for long-form reading just as it does now.

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