in reply to Re: Dark Mode for AM?
in thread Dark Mode for AM?

I would, however, vote for a similar proposal where AM has a "Switch to dark theme" (or similar) option.

But again, the users who my suggestion applies to have already expressed their preference for a dark theme by setting their OS and/or browser to a dark theme. Your suggestion is theoretically possible with JavaScript (I've implemented a toggle like that myself), but ignores the aforementioned preference. (Cue the people who browse the web with JS turned off complaining next ;-) )

The point you raise, accidentally posting replies as AM, could easily solved differently by e.g. displaying a clear notice next to the submit button, there is no need for the entire site to be a relative retina-burning white when just about every other site and app respects the dark mode option.

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Re^3: Dark Mode for AM?
by kcott (Archbishop) on Oct 18, 2023 at 18:29 UTC

    I was simply expressing my opinion in a polite, even-tempered manner. I'm somewhat surprised at the tone of your response.

    "... the users who my suggestion applies to have already expressed their preference for a dark theme ..."

    I did write: 'I see my preferred "dark theme".'; so I'm one of those users.

    "Your suggestion is theoretically possible ..."

    I made no suggestion. I merely stated an alternative proposal that I would support.

    "... there is no need for the entire site ..."

    I would rarely browse more that one node as an AM.

    "... to be a relative retina-burning white when just about every other site and app respects the dark mode option."

    See https://www.perl.org/, https://www.perl.com/, anything linked from the newly added Slashdot & HackerNews nodelets, and many, many more that do not use a dark theme (which both my O/S and browser settings indicate).

    Anyway, as I said, I'm just giving my opinion. I am not attempting to champion a cause. If you don't like my opinion, that's OK.

    — Ken

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      I'm somewhat surprised at the tone of your response.

      I re-read my node and am not really sure what you mean; I highlighted what I felt to be an important point in bold. The comment about complaining users was meant to be tounge-in-cheek, I've added a smiley to hopefully clarify.

      I made no suggestion. I merely stated an alternative proposal that I would support.

      I don't really see the difference between the two terms "suggestion" and "alternative proposal". But anyway:

      I did write: 'I see my preferred "dark theme".'; so I'm one of those users.

      I'm still not sure if we're talking about the same thing here. PerlMonks has a theme selection in the Display Settings, but that's not the preference I'm talking about, because it requires both a login and a page reload when changing the setting. Instead, in the Windows color settings, in the Firefox theme preferences, in the Android display settings, and I assume in other places in Linux and iOS, there is a system-wide dark mode setting that requests from all apps, and all sites in the browser, to display a dark mode theme if they are capable of displaying it.

      If you have this setting turned off, then my suggestion does not affect you at all.

      If you have this setting turned on, then sorry, but your points in your node above still don't make sense to me as to why PerlMonks should intentionally ignore the "system-wide dark mode setting" (assuming it is capable of supporting it).

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