@SIMPSONIANTHIELITEDOOMER's comment on 'Lobste.rs users :marseylaptop: take issue with referring to "light mode :marseymayo: as tantumount to flashbanging users" :marseyneon:'

https://lobste.rs/s/sj4nzy/please_don_t_flashbang_me

I could say “please don’t make me turn my screen brightness all the way up” in the same vein - dark-mode only websites are borderline unreadable for some people, and in my experience, about 80% of websites that I visit that don’t respect my browser’s selected color scheme (via prefers-color-scheme) are dark-mode only, with a simple CSS override leaving me with white-on-white text. It goes both ways 🤷

I'm a "light mode during day; dark mode for night" guy so I agree with this.

Turn down your brightness?

:rolleyes: dramaphobic much?

the meat

And so we have moved from ‘no such thing as themes/modes’ to ‘a nice feature some users appreciate’ to ‘not offering this feature is SWATting your users’.

:marseyhesri#ght:

I realise we’re on the internet, but this seems a bit of an uncharitable interpretation?

The author’s offering an actual solution to a problem that some people have. I didn’t see any discussion as to the moral rectitude of dark vs light mode.

I will admit I never really considered dark mode to be an accessibility feature until receiving a request for dark mode on app that was going to be used in darkened industrial control rooms. For some people, it really is important.

More dramaphobia. :marsey!no:

I didn’t see any discussion as to the moral rectitude of dark vs light mode.

Describing sites as ‘flashbanging them’ involves a moral judgement.

Clearly it’s a joke.

:marseyautis#m:

Why is this unhelpful, unproductive, inflammatory troll comment the most highly upvoted comment?

:marseythinkorino#: ....

I've come to the conclusion it's to get me upschizos. :marseymerchant:

Because the title of the post is just as inflammatory (in wording as well) and everyone vibes with this response. If someone doesn’t like how a website looks then I’d suggest using an extension to force it instead of asking politely through a setting that may or may not be supported. dark reader seems decent.

BRB making all my sites even lighter.

Finally, we found a dramanaut

You can take advantage of HDR in Safari: https://kidi.ng/wanna-see-a-whiter-white/

oh god please no

:marseyxd#:

I hope that becomes a thing. rDrama codecels, take note.

Follower of Christ :marseyandjesus: Tech lover, IT Admin, heckin pupper lover and occasionally troll. I hold back feelings or opinions, right or wrong because I dislike conflict.