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Re:Cognitive Biases in Software Development by raziel2p on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @04:59AM (#22735938)
I get the idea of ios/android apps supporting dark theme, but since when did this concept apply to websites?
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Re:Cognitive Biases in Software Development by kroltan on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @11:17PM (#22745285)
Through the prefers-color-scheme CSS media query [1], a draft [2] that is already implemented in mainstream browsers.

Websites can write stylesheets specifically for light or dark preferences. Browsers currently derive this information from the operating system's preferences.

[1]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/@media/pref... [2]: https://drafts.csswg.org/mediaqueries-5/#prefers-color-schem...

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