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NicolSD
Iron Contributor
Apr 25, 2019

Dark mode -- ok for a first step

Dark mode has been enabled. However, the top bar with the tabs doesn't go dark except for the active tab, and that looks weird. It happens because it doesn't override the taskbar setting like the old...
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tomscharbach
Bronze Contributor
Apr 25, 2019

NicolSD  Thanks.  Other than the method in set the browser in Dark Mode, does it look like Dark Mode as enabled through edge://flags (see below)?

 

 

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    NicolSD
    Iron Contributor
    Apr 26, 2019

    tomscharbach -- Sorry, I should have mentioned it right at the start. It is indeed in edge://flags. Enable the one called Microsoft Edge theme.

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      tomscharbach
      Bronze Contributor
      Apr 26, 2019

      NicolSD   "Sorry, I should have mentioned it right at the start. It is indeed in edge://flags. Enable the one called Microsoft Edge theme."

       

      Thank you.  I did that as soon as I installed Edge Chromium and have been running that theme "enabled" since the first day, as you can see from the screenshot in the comment above. 

       

      I agree with your comments and submitted a request (through the Feedback smiley, some days ago) to have Edge Chromium's dark mode follow the visual style of Edge Classic's dark mode (see below for the comparison).   Edge Chromium's dark mode is not sufficient, because it does not differentiate the various working areas of the primary controls at the top of the page. 

       

      We will see what comes of it.  

       

       

       

       

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        Drew1903
        Silver Contributor
        Apr 26, 2019

        tomscharbach 

        "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder"   "Everything is subjective"

        I use Dark everywhere I can, all the time.  The Snip below is full Dark, (OS, browser) & ONE (OS) Accent colour... that shows in Edge C.  Also, if one hovers a tab, they 'shadow' well in Edge C, helping to making it obvious & easy to see, to tell, which tab one is pointing at, at that moment.

        Tom, personally, I beg to differ.  One thing which caught my eye at the onset with Edge C was the top bar.  It seemed to take the (chosen) Accent colour better & do more with it, the tab design looked more realistic, more like an actual tangible folder tab AND the Active tab, easy to see, nicely noticable, stood out well.  Anyway, here are 2 'idendical' top bars; Edge C on top. For me, I suggest the top one 'pops' more & better including the Active tab immediately & blatantly discernable.

        So, just my particular view on the matter.  Different eyes, different perception, is all.

        NB: Myself, I don't show the Favs Bar except, while opening something from it; then, it's rehidden. 

         

        Cheers,
        Drew 

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