There are many Firefox plugins for showing web pages in dark mode, but initially I wasn’t able to find one that does the opposite. That’s apparently because it’s only able to handle individual posts/articles, not other types of pages. Sadly, the Reader View button, which normally appears at the right end of the address bar, doesn’t always show up. Firefox has Reader View, which reformats a web page to show it like a book, with less clutter and - more importantly - dark text on a light background. Some browsers have built-in features that allow viewing dark sites in light mode. ![]() Here are a couple of links to web sites that default to dark mode:Ī request to web designers and developers: if you can’t resist making your web site dark mode by default, please, please at least provide some method for viewing it in light mode. For the record, I’ve had my eyes checked, and aside from needing to update the prescription for my reading glasses, my eyes are fine. If I persist, I just end up with a headache. When I look at white text on a dark background, after about five seconds, all the lines start to blur together (see image above), and I’m unable to continue. ![]() So now we have a ton of web sites, apps, and other assorted crap showing up on our computer screens that is almost entirely illegible to a large proportion of the population (well, me for sure, and I’m guessing I’m not the only one). And, to be fair, some people claim that using dark view is easier on their eyes. Which is reminiscent of something… (checks notes)… that’s right, books! Why change something that’s worked fine for literally millennia? Apparently because a lot of people think light text on a dark background looks cool. Web sites are traditionally shown with dark text on a light background. What you see above is what I see after a few seconds of viewing a web site in ‘dark mode’.
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