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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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HELP! Man trapped in a human body!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 14 2021, @02:22PM (1 child)
I know you post was a funny, I chuckled, but it wasn't a good comparison.
The heyday of blink lasted six months, most websites never used it and ones that did quickly realized how obnoxious it is and restricted or eliminated it's use. Of course there were some websites that went blink-crazy and overused it, but soon they were on everyone's don't-go-there list. "That generation" self-corrected a bad idea.
blink may have irritated the user, but it didn't affect usability of the website. Besides it only worked on Netscape, and soon the majority of users would soon turn to IE.
Compare that to "my generation's" Grey Plague of grey-on-grey text & toolbars & sidebars full of all grey icons that are geometrically similar or worse, indistinct wireframes.
Grey-on-grey has been around for a decade and shows no sign of stopping (e.g. Big Sh*t, I mean Big Sur). Most websites use it, most apps and applications implement it, everyone hates reading it due to the low contrast, but "my generation" has gone grey-on-grey insane, insists on using it and when asked why we give the lame excuse of This is the way Google does it or This is the way Apple does it.
The Grey Plague doesn't just irritate the user, it tremendously affects usability.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 14 2021, @02:37PM
No, I can use it just fine. I just find it irritating.