Dark Mode for Forums

[Lutro]

Don't know if this particular forum software supports different themes, but this bright white design is pretty eye-piercing! Would it be possible to incorporate a dark theme at some point? Not a high priority issue of course, but something I'd appreciate!

EDIT: I do have a recourse beyond the site implementing it -- I just think it would be good for the site to natively support it. For those looking for a dark mode, try the Night Eye browser extension. Works pretty well for me.

 

[Mr. Fox]

You'd think with the current trend of dark mode across all platforms the devs would've caught on by now but nooooooo, always stuck in the past!

The same issue has been brought up countless amounts of times and my response usually is use a browser that supports dark mode.

 

[RyuokoWolf]

I think it would be the same reply Dragoneer gave me on signature images. They just brought the forums back, they still probably have plenty of plans to still implement, but wanted to get the forums back up for us as soon as they could.

 

[Monosuki the Aurian]

I honestly think a dark mode would be really nice on this place. I'm not gonna be impatient and rush it, but that would definitely be a welcome addition to the forums for sure! Using this thing in the dead of night with a laptop is almost as harsh as a flash-bang to the eyes, point-blank.

 

[luffy]

Yeah, something we'd like but not something are going to prioritize at the moment. I do recommend the free browser addon "Dark Reader" in the meantime, though!

 

[Monosuki the Aurian]

Interesting! I'll look into that, hopefully have am aid of the sorts to help with the illumination during nightly hours. Thank you sir for the recommendation!

 

[luffy]

Interesting! I'll look into that, hopefully have am aid of the sorts to help with the illumination during nightly hours. Thank you sir for the recommendation!

It's great. It works for almost every site.

 

[Monosuki the Aurian]

Wow, that is effective! I'll look into that right away! Thank you for that little showcase of what it can do sir!

 

[Redlinelies]

I always agree with addition of dark modes, and it doesn't really hurt anyone who prefers the default.

In addition if anyone really needs dark mode and do not wish to install any plugins there's a feature built into Chrome or other chromium based browsers I believe. Slightly hit and miss but might be worth it to some

Just type in this in the url field:
chrome://flags

Locate " Force Dark Mode for Web Contents" and enable it and restart browser, do the same thing to disable it. Not perfect but does the trick to some extent.

 

[Delliot]

I'm surprised that there isn't a dark theme since I use other forums that use XenForo and there are dark themes on it.

 

[volkinaxe]

lol the small furry website i have been using [anthrodex] has dark mode one day one FA needs some outside help
and funding

 

[luffy]

lol the small furry website i have been using [anthrodex] has dark mode one day one FA needs some outside help
and funding

A dark theme would be "easy" to implement, it's just a matter of ensuring all of our xenforo plugins work well with it and taking time away from our coder's already-busy schedule which includes more pertinent updates. Workarounds will have to do for now, unfortunately.

 

[Fallowfox]

Does adjusting your screen brightness help? I usually have my brightness set to low.

 

[luffy]

And use night light (or whatever it may be on your OS). It's such a QOL improvement I can't go back to staring at blue light.

 

[volkinaxe]

A dark theme would be "easy" to implement, it's just a matter of ensuring all of our xenforo plugins work well with it and taking time away from our coder's already-busy schedule which includes more pertinent updates. Workarounds will have to do for now, unfortunately.

all in good time ^w^

 

[luffy]

https://forums.furaffinity.net/threads/forum-dark-theme-feedback-usage.1671144/