Ask HN: Will HN ever have a dark mode?

anthropodie | 13 points

I prefer sites not to implement a custom dark mode and instead to make sure their styles invert well, less work for devs, more consistency for me.

https://darkreader.org/

https://www.howtogeek.com/446198/how-to-force-dark-mode-on-e...

greentea23 | 24 days ago

Doubtful. There'll be the answers as 2024 and the years before: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40706570 (I used a browser extension, works fine)

mtmail | 24 days ago

Have used HN Enhance with Firefox for years. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/hn-enhance/?u...

helph67 | 24 days ago

I think the idea is that it’s a forum for programmers and you can probably self serve some solution (whether that’s using a plugin, custom style sheet, making your own, etc).

dyeje | 21 days ago

This extension is one my favorites, cant browse HN without it. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/hacker-news-n...

hknws2023saio | 23 days ago

People have been asking about/for this for years. Hasn't happened yet, and I doubt it ever will. Doesn't seem to be a priority to HN.

jethronethro | 24 days ago

Native dark mode is not worth the effort in most cases. There are extensions that you can use to do it yourself if you want.

rednafi | 23 days ago

There's perhaps no better site than HN to be open source and allow community improvements. Why isn't it?

pants2 | 24 days ago

dang mentioned HN would rather implement full custom CSS first, which I strongly disagree with. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41105794

minimaxir | 24 days ago

Dark Reader for Firefox desktop works for me.

I use Dark Night on Safari, mobile and desktop.

k310 | 24 days ago

never gonna happen lol

dang always get a chuckle when you get the flashbang

uncomplexity_ | 22 days ago

No.

bjourne | 23 days ago