• deranger@sh.itjust.works
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      Native dark modes are better and have much less of a performance impact. It’s good as a stop gap though.

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        Maybe. Does it make a big performance difference which css (dark reader or delivered by wiki) is used?

        Is it known how the default to dark mode setting is persisted if let’s say a plugin removed all the Wikipedia cookies on window close? A get or post parameter?

        Either way it’s a good thing that wiki offers a dark mode.

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          Dark reader is one of the heaviest extensions you use, lots of dom modifications. It also passes around far too much data between processes.

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            lots of dom modifications

            That’s good to know. These modifications are needed to replace the style sheet details, I guess?

            passes around far too much data between processes.

            What does this mean? Do you have a link where I could read up on the details? Thanks.

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              Webextensions get their own webprocess as well as running in the website. I don’t have a link but if you read their source they just pass a lot of data to their process to determine things (last i looked some years ago).

              There is a trade off of executing more things on the site vs transferring a lot of data. Either way it’s a heavy extension.

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        “Native”. That every webpage has to implement it themselves is sad. Could be a browser feature that overrides some colors on dark.
        Then again, with webapps, probably not.

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          This is sorta how dark reader and such works. It turns out that implementing dark mode for most websites is more complicated than inverting all the css colors. For example, some gray on white text might have enough contrast to be easily read, but when inverted the text is hard to discern or nearly invisible. Images too, they might have a white background but not look good when inverted. Native support is better

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          Funny enough they do. Before Dark Reader on Firefox on Android I had a Chrome flag that did the same thing. But Dark Reader does a better job IMO.

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            Chrome flag works on some websites, but makes others completely unreadable. Do not recommend unless you can’t use dark reader

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      Yeah, Dark Reader is a godsend. I just got tired of all the light mode webpages and took matters into my own hands.

    • /home/pineapplelover@lemm.ee
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      Not a fan of dark reader. It has a weird blue tint to things. I much prefer Dark Background and Light Text. That extensions has a true black background.