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Matthias 1d ago

Hallo,
https://blog.selfhtml.org/2026/may/31/die-dunkle-seite-des-webs

Dark Mode kennt bestimmt jeder, einfacher geht es mit zwei CSS-Funktionen:

light-dark( navy, white) ist eine Farbangabe, die für hellen und dunklen Modus je einen Farbwert liefert.
einfacher als lange Listen im :root-Selektor!
contrast-color() berechnet automatisch eine kontrastreiche Textfarbe aus einem Hintergrund

#css #selfhtml #darkmode @selfhtml

Die dunkle Seite des Webs von Matthias Scharwies, 31.05.2026 22:31 – SELFHTML Weblog

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Parth Parikh 6d ago

using #googledocs at night is the worst thing

we need #darkmode

Dan Keck 6d ago

I was just doing some Mojeeking on dark mode and light mode and accessibility, and ran across this "light mode" bookmarklet shared by @glaforge . Thank you! I tried the bookmarklet on https://open.spotify.com and instantly I found things more pleasant to read.

Here's a link if this would be your jam: https://glaforge.dev/posts/2024/01/18/light-mode-bookmarlet/

#Accessibility #AssistiveTechnology #DarkMode #LightMode

Spotify - Web Player: Music for everyone

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Hilary Palmén May 25

Counterpunch
Darkmode
Illegible contrast
Consistent with AI slop unchecked by human review. Consistent with lack of software design good practice - by humans.

Profoundly disappointing.

Given that its failed several other fairly fundamental usability problems I'm wondering whether to invest time in reporting these to try and move on. I did not want to aide in basic design software practice. I started this project to understand type design. One thing I've learned is that these 2 cannot be distinguished for a non patriarchal inclined person. Thats what is profoundly disappoinring.

#Illegible
#DarkMode
#PoorLuminanceContrast

Frontend Dogma May 24

A Few Ways of Specifying Per-Theme Colours in Only CSS, by (not on Mastodon or Bluesky):

https://chrismorgan.info/css-themed-colours?ref=frontenddogma.com

#html #css #darkmode #colors #techniques

Simon Deutschl May 24

Der DarkMode von GNOME ist echt schön. Damit habe ich die dunkle Seite lieben gelernt. Die Dunkelheit unter Windows hingegen finde ich schrecklich. Damit kann ich mich einfach nicht anfreunden.

#DarkMode #GNOME #Linux #Windows

Lauma Pret ♡ ᪲᪲᪲🌈May 22

I wish it was more widely acknowledged that contrastive light text on intensly dark background is convenient only for some people. And for some people it is itense eyestrain, mild headache or jittery feeling in the field of vision afterwards. #Accessibility #DarkMode #eyestrain
/This toot was brought to you by the incredibly nasty feeling I got by spending 20 minutes reading Secret Histories fandom wiki./

Irvirty May 21

Automatically change the theme in Ubuntu depending on the time of day

Steps: Download the Gnome extension: Night Theme Switcher - https://nightthemeswitcher.romainvigier.fr/ or https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/2236/night-theme-switcher/ Create 2 bash scripts: day.sh with this code to change the theme:gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-theme 'Adwaita-lgiht';gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface color-scheme 'prefer-light'; night.sh:gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-theme 'Adwaita-dark';gsettings set […]

https://irvirty.wordpress.com/2026/05/21/automatically-change-the-theme-in-ubuntu-depending-on-the-time-of-day/

Automatically change the theme in Ubuntu depending on the time of day

Steps: Download the Gnome extension: Night Theme Switcher – or Create 2 bash scripts: day.sh with this code to change the theme:gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-theme ‘Adwa…

Irvirty

Keith Soltys May 20

I use dark mode as much as possible on my Windows PC, Pixel phone, and iPads because of vision problems that make viewing a white screen difficult. Some apps make using dark mode easy; some don't. Acrobat Reader is one of the latter.

In this blog post, I explain how to set up Acrobat Reader to display PDFs with white text on a black background.

https://coredump3.blogspot.com/2026/05/getting-dark-mode-in-acrobat-reader.html

#Accessibility #DarkMode #Acrobat

Getting Dark Mode in Acrobat Reader

Here's a tip for fans of dark mode: how to get white text on a black background in Acrobat Reader. These instructions are for the latest (a...

BarkerJr May 20

I spent a few hours making my website stylesheets support dark and light themes as requested by the browser. I'm not sure why more sites don't support it - it's not that hard!

First you define your colours as variables:

@media (prefers-color-scheme: light) {
    :root {
        --background: rgb(98%, 98%, 98%);
        --text: rgb(10%, 10%, 10%);
    }
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
    :root {
        --background: rgb(10%, 10%, 10%);
        --text: rgb(90%, 90%, 90%);
    }
    img { filter: brightness(85%) }
}

And then you use them in your stylesheet:

html {
    background-color: var(--background);
    color: var(--text);
}

#WebDev #DarkMode #Accessibility