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by eikenberry 965 days ago
Welcome to the club. So many things still don't support a dark theme either. Why aren't dark/light modes standard these days? Super annoying to have to hide a bunch of light mode windows when I'm in a meeting as they reflect brightly off my glasses.
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1997: Now you can completely customize the window UI with any colors you like!

2023: We have no plans to have our UI not blind you past 8pm.

That's because before Mac OS X theming was nearly free for apps, so long as they didn't override colors from the OS widgets.

Once Apple started dictating UI fashion you'll take it as is or inverted. If you have different needs then go pound sand. After a decade or so they suddenly discovered dark modes are a thing.

The move to the web also took some pressure off because you can override colors in your browser ... Unless you have a per-app browser locked inside Electron or similar.

Thank god some (native desktop) software is still sane about this. Look at Blender's granularity! https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/142666/how-can-i...
Windows 3.1 had Hot Dog Stand and was very configurable. ~1991.
A very Hacker-News complaint, if I’ve ever seen one.