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Google.com Dark Mode is Rolling Out to Everyone

posted by janrinok on Monday September 13 2021, @06:15PM   Printer-friendly
from the for-the-night-owls dept.

upstart writes:

Google.com dark mode is rolling out to everyone:

It's finally happening: Google.com is getting a dark mode. What was once the domain of janky site-theming browser extensions can now be enabled right from the Google home page. An official post from the support forums says that dark mode in desktop Google Search is rolling out starting today and will reach every user "over the next few weeks."

After turning on dark mode, you'll get a quick theme switcher in the gear button, allowing you to easily jump between dark and light modes. The dark setting seems to work on all the Google.com sections, like news, shopping, books, images, etc.

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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 13 2021, @08:54PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 13 2021, @08:54PM (#1177499)

    > ... soylentnews.org? - will hopefully follow and deliver white-on-black as the browser requests it.

    Why would I want that? SN gives me lovely green text on black (VT100 mode) all the time (I'm logged in, posting AC). Traditional, and also (for me) a very restful color scheme. It's the comments that get me riled up!

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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 13 2021, @10:48PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 13 2021, @10:48PM (#1177523)

    com ents getting you down, just thell the browser to render text all black on that vt100 scheme, then only the headlines and mods can trigger. comments are for the losers who RTFA/S/C. anyway.

  • (Score: 2) by RamiK on Monday September 13 2021, @11:56PM

    by RamiK (1813) on Monday September 13 2021, @11:56PM (#1177548)

    It's about a site wide default for when users aren't logged in for when their browser is set to a dark theme / their system is set to a dark theme.

    Personal account settings naturally take precedence.

    Otherwise, the issue is that different types of screens are better off with bright, dark or true black backgrounds / color schemes. Moreover, it's an accessibility issue for some people with specific eye-sight conditions.

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