What is the best way to display dark mode for forums?

[bayu7adi]

The last few days I often open forums at night, and it makes my eyes tired quickly when opening the forum in normal mode... Yes, my eyes look like this (@_@)

I tried installing some plugins for Google Chrome to display dark mode, but the interface displayed is uncomfortable... it's not like the Facebook page which provides a dark mode feature and the UI displayed is still very comfortable to read...

I want to hear your reviews or maybe tips for activating dark mode to open the altcoinstalks forum.... or at least it can reduce my eyes from working too hard at night when opening a forum that is too bright (because it uses a bright blue background and is predominantly white)...

[Findingnemo]

I tried installing some plugins for Google Chrome to display dark mode, but the interface displayed is uncomfortable... it's not like the Facebook page which provides a dark mode feature and the UI displayed is still very comfortable to read...

I am using Dark Reader which works just fine and does what it is supposed to do. But I am used to the UI so if you are just trying it new, it may take a couple of days for you to adopt.

If it's a mobile then just enable the dark mode along with blue filter which reduces the stress on eyes.

[bayu7adi]

I tried installing some plugins for Google Chrome to display dark mode, but the interface displayed is uncomfortable... it's not like the Facebook page which provides a dark mode feature and the UI displayed is still very comfortable to read...

I am using Dark Reader which works just fine and does what it is supposed to do. But I am used to the UI so if you are just trying it new, it may take a couple of days for you to adopt.

If it's a mobile then just enable the dark mode along with blue filter which reduces the stress on eyes.

It seems like it's hard to find the perfect one, considering that each plugin will still give some shortcomings such as colors that don't even match in some parts,

Thank you for suggesting the plugin, I've tried it and it does make some parts dark... but the head and buttons are not completely dark... do we really need a dark mode button for this forum? so that the appearance will be really more perfect than using a plugin..

[Zed0X]

IIRC, some member have already introduced darkmode plug ins here (you can use the search bar). I used to prefer dark mode too but was not a fan of too much contrast in colors. Now, I'm using free tools that reduces eye strain such as F.Lux. You can find and test others but that one is probably the most popular and trusted.

[Alone055]

I have two extensions for it at the moment. First one is Dark Reader that Findingnemo has already suggested, but I will show you the settings I use with it and the result.
I use the following settings in Dark Reader:

- Mode: Dark
- Brightness: -10
- Contrast: +20
- Sepia: off
- Grayscale: off

The result:



And the second extension I'm using is Dark Mode, which is also pretty good. Below is the result for this one:

[libert19]

I try to avoid extensions, scripts and externals apps as much as I can so I just enable dark mode from browser if needed.

This is how it looks like, I use Samsung Internet browser: https://talkimg.com/image/qs32N

Only thing that bothers me a bit is header color, it looks out of place, other than that it works well.

[Aanuoluwatofunmi]

Try use eye care function from your device first, reduce the brightness to the least and if this does not give the required results, then try to download an app that controls for device brightness, they automatically adjust to what you have set in for them, lastly, if you wouldn't mind, you can as well buy a colour balance screen in case you make use of a monitor, we need to act fast before things go wrong too much with our eyes.

[Faisal2202]

The last few days I often open forums at night, and it makes my eyes tired quickly when opening the forum in normal mode... Yes, my eyes look like this (@_@)

I tried installing some plugins for Google Chrome to display dark mode, but the interface displayed is uncomfortable... it's not like the Facebook page which provides a dark mode feature and the UI displayed is still very comfortable to read...

I want to hear your reviews or maybe tips for activating dark mode to open the altcoinstalks forum.... or at least it can reduce my eyes from working too hard at night when opening a forum that is too bright (because it uses a bright blue background and is predominantly white)...

I also uses both forum BTT and ALTT mostly in night and I don't find the background too itchy as far as I know there are no official dark mood on BTT too. But if we could get here one from the official team that would be too comfortable that I agree with but still I usually on my night mode on my laptop because without it I am unable to use the laptp the bluelight is too hard and I set the level to around 49.

If you are not using that feature, then I prefer to give it a try but it will become an addiction for you haha as without it I can't even spend 30 seconds on my laptops. Overall with plugin like dark reader but I assume you already gave it a try as you did not specifically mentioned which plug in and that's the famous one.

There is another way to make the content dark on chrome I used to do it but I did not find it comfiy but maybe you do, open chrome://flags/ and type in the search bar Auto Dark Mode for Web Contents and enable it with the setting you want or you find best by giving try.

[Aanuoluwatofunmi]

The use of dark mode is essential especially for those having light issues with their eyes, we should be able to control the effects of this brightness entering into our eyes on a daily basis, we shouldn't just wait and watch it as it happens, instead we should be more focused on how we could use any means of seeing this not turning into a defect on us if the necessary action were not taken now.

[joniboini]

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Have you tried tinkering with the settings, especially the theme generation mode? I used Filter+ for this website and it looks good. It applies to every part of the website including the ones unchanged on your image. You can modify settings for each website so it is a good extension to have especially when one filter doesn't work for another website. IIRC Dynamic is the default option and it works fine on most websites.

[PX-Z]

I can't help but to dim my light for websites that don't have dark mode, this includes bitcointalk too. I used reading mode when using mobile and i guess its called night light in windows desktop, or just using eye glasses with anti rad and blue light.

[Husna QA]

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It seems like it's hard to find the perfect one, considering that each plugin will still give some shortcomings such as colors that don't even match in some parts,

Thank you for suggesting the plugin, I've tried it and it does make some parts dark... but the head and buttons are not completely dark... do we really need a dark mode button for this forum? so that the appearance will be really more perfect than using a plugin..

I just tried the Dark Reader plugin in the Firefox browser. The display you get above still uses the default theme mode from Dark Reader (Dynamic Mode). To make a dark appearance on the header of the Altcounstalks website, try using filter or filter+ mode. Here is an example of the results:

-snip- I used reading mode when using mobile and i guess its called night light in windows desktop, or just using eye glasses with anti rad and blue light.

Or you can also add a LED Light bar monitor.

[bayu7adi]

I just tried the Dark Reader plugin in the Firefox browser. The display you get above still uses the default theme mode from Dark Reader (Dynamic Mode). To make a dark appearance on the header of the Altcounstalks website, try using filter or filter+ mode. Here is an example of the results:

i don't have Firefox browser... just chrome, and i  try using extension from google chrome by applying filter... it works well when i apply filter for extension in google chrome too... in head section, it looks neater now and it's more comfortable for my eyes when the room light is darker...
even when writing before posting looks so light now... it's better than before, ... thank you for this good tips..  , ++ Karma for you


link to extension that i use in Chrome : Dark Reader
- https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/dark-reader/eimadpbcbfnmbkopoojfekhnkhdbieeh

[TryNinja]

Have you tried tinkering with the settings, especially the theme generation mode? I used Filter+ for this website and it looks good. It applies to every part of the website including the ones unchanged on your image.

Didn't know about this option, amazing. Thanks.

Dark mode didn't look that great with the Dark Reader extension and some parts were still light for me. Turns out the filter mod is required to make it all dark (still, it's not perfect and makes some fonts hard to read, like the "Post reply" title while I'm reading this). I'll try to thinker it a bit more.

[joniboini]

Glad it helps you. Based on my experience changing the theme generation is an easy fix for most websites, but sometimes it doesn't work well depending on images, font choices, etc. Most SMF-based forums should work the same way so that's that. Maybe we can add more customization through the dev tools (available in the options) but I never try it myself. Lokos like we need to have a basic knowledge of CSS to use it at least. CMIIW.