You're definitely right about being blinded during a startup delay. It's not every site but it does happen.
I agree that all websites should give users a dark mode. They don't, so we have to make our own.
Re:Perfect Motherfucking Website
by GoblinSlayer on Thursday April 08, 2021 @03:26PM
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If rendering was server's concern, you would be served jpegs, not html.
I'm not 100% certain that this should be forced by the browser and IMHO it's the websites owners job to provide properly working dark theme and the UI/UE they think fits best their purpose (and not the browsers). Unless the assumption is that styling across all sites should look 100% identical which may appeal to some, though if I really want that then I can go look for content on gemini:// and no page will ever use their own styling other than what I am telling it to. Maybe it's just me but I like being dazzled and surprised with new design and style that I've not seen before.