New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Why don't mobile apps use pure black for dark mode?
Ask HN: Why don't mobile apps use pure black for dark mode?
2 by rahimnathwani | 1 comments on Hacker News.
I know I probably shouldn't read on my smartphone before going to sleep, but I do. My phone (a recent Pixel) has an OLED screen, so black pixels emit no light at all. I would have hoped that dark mode would mean mobile apps for reading (e.g. Substack) would use a black background, but many of them use something almost black. But I don't want my phone to act as a flashlight. Readwise Reader works well, except: - Sometimes I decide I must read the original page (due to some formatting or features that don't work in the Reader view). - (Sometimes only?) articles I sent to reader via email don't show up in Dark Mode, even if I manually select it Firefox with the Dark Reader extension works well, except that the top and bottom bars aren't quite black (even though Dark Reader can make the page background black). Am I doing something wrong? Or is my preference (pure black) unusual?
2 by rahimnathwani | 1 comments on Hacker News.
I know I probably shouldn't read on my smartphone before going to sleep, but I do. My phone (a recent Pixel) has an OLED screen, so black pixels emit no light at all. I would have hoped that dark mode would mean mobile apps for reading (e.g. Substack) would use a black background, but many of them use something almost black. But I don't want my phone to act as a flashlight. Readwise Reader works well, except: - Sometimes I decide I must read the original page (due to some formatting or features that don't work in the Reader view). - (Sometimes only?) articles I sent to reader via email don't show up in Dark Mode, even if I manually select it Firefox with the Dark Reader extension works well, except that the top and bottom bars aren't quite black (even though Dark Reader can make the page background black). Am I doing something wrong? Or is my preference (pure black) unusual?
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