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• #4
I installed the Dolphin browser on Android and run in night mode for this exact purpose.
Native chrome dark mode would be nicer
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Thanks, will have a look at that. Apparently there is a native dark mode coming for Android sometime.
Maybe in The Future we'll look back at these overly-bright screen days as ancient history... -
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interestingly there is research that suggests the night mode thing offers little to no benefit.
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In what sense of benefit? I like the darker look as it (maybe via placebo effect I admit) feels less 'strainy' - that's a medical word - on my eyes, and I can believe it drains the battery less than lighting up all the white pixels? Willing to learn/be corrected though...
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• #8
https://www.howtogeek.com/423717/dark-mode-isn’t-better-for-you-but-we-love-it-anyway/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/brookecrothers/2019/06/16/dark-mode-and-battery-life-lcds-vs-oleds-ios-13-iphone-google-android-the-facts/#6f71609a6c93I cant find the report re: comprehension, but it seems that comprehension and absorption are aided by black on white. I use mostly normal with the warmth turned up, feels better to me.
after all its personal preference, its just that the marketing around it is just that, marketing
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• #9
I like dark mode because it doesn't illuminate the whole room at night!
I have most of my interfaces set to dark, much easier to read, maybe I should get an kindle/ePaper screen
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• #10
Interesting, thanks. Looks like battery life at least is likely to be a bit of an urban legend. Never mind.
I'm trying to get my phone and most apps into dark mode/dark theme, for my eyes/phone battery, and have enabled both Chrome UI dark mode and Android web content dark mode on the chrome://flags list of options. It's changed BBC news for example, now dark with light/white text, but LFGSS is still white with black text. Is this a LFGSS-specific setting, and one I therefore wouldn't be able to change? No problem if so, I'm more intrigued/learning about geeky Android stuff.
Thanks for any answers...