Account required to use dark mode in 2024. : assholedesign

[-] Moonrise2473@feddit.it 105 points 4 months ago

or... just use darkreader :D

[-] eerongal@ttrpg.network 22 points 4 months ago

Seconding. Can't imagine not using darkreader in this day and age.

[-] BertramDitore@lemmy.world 16 points 4 months ago

Yup yup. Darkreader has improved my entire internet experience, which is a huge accomplishment. Works flawlessly 99% of the time.

[-] KISSmyOSFeddit@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

or... just lower your monitor brightness so you don't feel like you need dark mode, which is actually worse in every way than just using the correct monitor brightness.

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 53 points 4 months ago

With everybody using black pixels, they're becoming more expensive as they rarefy worldwide. This kind of thing was to be expected, really.

[-] kubica@kbin.social 17 points 4 months ago

I've seen this in many places. I don't remember them because I stop caring when I notice the cut of their jib.

[-] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago

Arstechnica does this crap too.

[-] GreenEngineering3475@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Ars dark mode switching is infuriating, not an asshole design choice like Dexerto here

Be me,

Click on an article link in rss feed.Open in browser(in dark mode)
Ars technica doesn't change its theme.
Open the menu to switch theme, click on dark mode.
Goes to the homepage in dark mode.
Go back to rss reader click that link again.

[-] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

That's a lot. I will stick to Dark Reader

[-] Interstellar_1@pawb.social 9 points 4 months ago

Lots of websites do this the other way around, too. It's very annoying.

[-] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 14 points 4 months ago

What, you have to enable dark mode to sign up?

[-] Interstellar_1@pawb.social 10 points 4 months ago

No lol just you need to sign up to enable light mode

[-] mightyfoolish@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Firefox with the extension "Dark Reader" is great. There are some websites I have to disable it, but it's rare. I also recommend uBlock Origin.

Edit: I see someone already recommended dark reader. But it really is a must have extension. It knows if your system theme is set to light or dark and matches it automatically.

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 8 points 4 months ago

CSS is so premium lol

[-] affiliate@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

they won’t even turn off the ads if you pay them. what a joke

edit: oops i just saw that these are the “free benefits”

[-] Num10ck@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

same with news.google.com

[-] Mwa@thelemmy.club 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

there was a android apk site that did that

[+] vox@sopuli.xyz 1 points 4 months ago

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[-] Shimon@slrpnk.net 4 points 4 months ago

I don't think it is a paid account. Or at least not paid with money

[-] vox@sopuli.xyz 1 points 4 months ago

huh i thought i deleted this comment?

[-] Sprokes@jlai.lu 2 points 4 months ago

It is deleted in my instance. Sync take time.

[-] vox@sopuli.xyz 1 points 4 months ago

yeah but why did the comment sync but not the delete, if they're just a couple of seconds apart (I realized that I can't read pretty quickly this time)

[+] vox@sopuli.xyz 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

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[-] Sprokes@jlai.lu 5 points 4 months ago

Doesn't modern CSS allow you to follow system settings?

[-] vox@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 months ago

yep it does

[-] underisk@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 months ago

making it a per-profile settings does not exclude making it available per-device or per-visit. it's not especially difficult to store a flag in localStorage or a cookie. hell, you can even use CSS to detect OS dark mode preference settings and have it change automatically with no user input at all.

[-] GreenEngineering3475@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I just want them to follow system default for guest user(s).

they probably require an account because they have a system set up in a way where it's mostly a server-side app and ui settings are only stored on the server

This makes more sense for signed in user(s).

No dark mode unless you register, is what I consider to be a asshole design choice.

[-] vox@sopuli.xyz 1 points 4 months ago

maybe they have a whole different page for signed in users?

[-] GreenEngineering3475@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Ok, made an account(used a temp email). Nothing exquisite, just being able to switch between light and dark mode. I expected an option to set the toggle to follow device default after making an account and signing in.

Doesn't even remember which mode was toggled during the previous sign in.

[-] vox@sopuli.xyz 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

oof, fuck this shit

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