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by rpgmaker 3802 days ago
On Linux I use the 'Negative' Compiz plugin. You can apply it on a window by window basis or desktop-wide. For both modes there are keyboard shortcuts (that's what makes it such a killer feature IMO). People find the screen weird when I enable the plugin but I'm a practical guy and this has saved my eyesight.

I know you can invert colors in OSX but the effect is desktop-wide and you can't use a hotkey to enable or disable it. Does something similar exist for other OSes?
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Razengan 3802 days ago
> I know you can invert colors in OSX but the effect is desktop-wide and you can't use a hotkey to enable or disable it.

I haven't tried this myself, but I believe you could rig up something in Automator/Script Editor to toggle the inverted colors, then set up a hotkey for that service from System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts.

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brianclements 3802 days ago
I've been using this method for years. Very simple, and gets the job done. Most websites and desktop apps default to whites and off-whites which convert perfectly to blacks and off-blacks when enabled. Pocket, Firefox, and FBReader on my Android devices all have dark modes for reading on my mobile devices; takes care of all my use-cases!
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rpgmaker 3802 days ago
That's my case too! On Windows I have to use other kind of workarounds. Dark styles on VS, stylization addons on Firefox, etc...
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simcop2387 3802 days ago
I use the KDE equivalent all the time. Really nice on web pages at night when they're bright white. Don't know if it's saved my eyesight but it has made things more pleasant at times. It's also really nice to be able to invert the desktop and then invert a single window (VLC) so colors are correct there.
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