Wikipedia? White. eBay? White. Google? White. Facebook? White and light gray for the most part. Instagram? Same. The Web maintains a sort of addiction to white. It is often necessary to achieve good contrast with text, but there is a significant number of users who want the so-called "dark mode." Some platforms already offer it natively, but if you want to force dark mode on the rest of the sites, you’ll need to download a copy of the Dark Reader extension, compatible with the main browsers.
A couple of years ago we talked about how difficult it is to read some portions of text on several portals and services due to the reduction of contrast between fonts and background. It is supposed that "white background and black text" causes no problems, but in practice letters tend to lean toward gray, and that complicates everything. In addition, there is another drawback: the lack of the so-called "dark mode" across the Web. Windows 10 offers it, but it was already announced that it will receive adjustments because the final result is "too black." YouTube also enabled it in its new interface, and according to Discord users, dark mode is invaluable. If you want to extend the virtues of dark mode to the entire network, you will need the help of an extension: Dark Reader.
Enable dark mode on every site with Dark Reader
The extension is very easy to use. Once installed you can click on its icon and change at will the four main parameters: Contrast, brightness, sepia, and grayscale. Contrast and brightness have the most influence. Everything will depend on your preferences, but I have noticed that it is convenient to place brightness one step ahead of contrast to better define the grays. Sepia tends to apply an extra touch of "warmth" to the image, and grayscale removes color from texts, links, and icons. Dark Reader allows us to limit dark mode to a single site, and if you encounter many errors in the conversion, all you have to do to return to the original light mode is press Shift+Alt+D.
Now, Dark Reader also includes its own light mode, which is affected by the parameters mentioned above. This gives us greater flexibility, since sometimes we don't need a deep dark mode, but light adjustments that cut a bit of brightness. Beyond these advantages, the truth is that Dark Reader cannot avoid making some errors. Hidden icons, search boxes that disappear, and slightly corrupted fonts are quite common symptoms. It's a matter of experimenting and discovering the exact configuration for ourselves. Dark Reader is compatible with Chrome, Firefox, and Safari.
