[SeeDave]

Perhaps I'm missing something here, or may be an arrogant internet neckbeard, but I'm always confused as to why people are often so eager/excited by dark mode (e.g. Slack around a year ago, or GitHub today)

Isn't the implementation of 'Dark Mode' little more than a CSS Color palette and a toggle switch nested somewhere in user settings?

Are people celebrating the usability over the technical feat?

Seems like much ado about nothing :/

[gedy]

Yes it should be, but seems the reality is many sites and apps hardcode colors and don't have great separation of presentation from color. Many designers and product people have a hard time getting their head around views that might not look the same and to design for the content, not the picture, etc.

[DoreenMichele]

Some people are photophobic and some people use dark mode because of migraines. Some people avoid bright screens after a certain hour for various reasons.

And dark mode is often done poorly. If you could just flip the colors, you could use that phone feature that does that to get the same result but you can't. That typically looks like crap and works poorly.

[npteljes]

I completely agree, not to mention the questionable merits of dark mode in general. There are numerous third party solutions too, if someone really wanted them.

I wish open standards were this popular.

[Can_Not]

> questionable merits of dark mode in general

I'm confused about what you find questionable about this, are you saying we shouldn't accommodate people with disabilities?

[npteljes]

Dark mode, besides looking cool, is sometimes promoted as healthier to the eyes, or using less energy to display the same content. These are the claims I think are questionable. The accessible color features will be cool.

[spicybright]

I like dark mode because it looks better, health claims or not.