Dark Theme

Dark Theme
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 Feb 07 2020
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Dark theme is spread on many major websites on the web and becoming prebuilt color scheme in Microsoft, Google and Apple operating systems. Many websites have a toggle to enable dark theme across all the content there, since some Microsoft web apps have this: Outlook, To-Do, etc.

 

Please make dark theme available on this website.

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Silver Contributor

These days, the Dark Theme started to spread in many websites and applications.
I think it is time to adopt this approach and support the Dark Theme in this community.

If only not as default one

Silver Contributor

@Sergei Baklan

 

Thank you!

I think the wise approach is to let users choose what the default theme they like!

 

The engineers of this community can easily implement this feature as their colleagues did in Microsoft Docs website!

 

Please see the below screenshots and note the button in the right-hand corner which allows the user to switch to the dark theme.

 

Light.png

 

 

Dark.png

@Haytham Amairah, I have no problems it that will be as an option

Community Manager
Status changed to: Under review

@Haytham Amairah

 

Interesting idea, we would need to look into what this would involve, the community has an awful lot of css styling and the effort required to implement dark and light skin on the community would be significantly higher than, say, on a standard website.

 

I will have a chat with our developers and see how feasible that is. 

Community Manager
Status changed to: New Idea
 
Community Manager
Status changed to: Under Review

As most of your will know by now I am fixing our Idea statuses so forgive this change from one state called Under review to Under Review. 

 

By way of an update, I did speak to our developers and it would be super complex to do. I think its still a great idea though so lets deal with other low hanging fruit such as page load times, navigation and mobile updates a priority.

 

I will come back to this though as I would like to be able to make it dark to. I did see a plug in for one of the browsers somewhere which is supposed to this for you.

Community Manager
Status changed to: New Idea

I like this idea but its not currently on our backlog.

 

If you would like a dark theme then please upvote this idea and help us focus our priorities.

 

The status of this idea has gone back to new only because I am slimming down the number of statuses we have. 

Community Manager
Status changed to: On Hold

Thank you for your feedback, we will consider this in future sprints, its not a easy thing to implement with a site that has user submitted content because you have to consider all potential styles and images that might be submitted.

Personally I love dark theme, I use it everywhere so I am totally on-board with this but I want to manage your expectations that this isn't something we are planning in the short term. 

Steel Contributor

@Allen 

 

Using preview versions of Edge (Beta, Dev or Canary), there is an extension* which applies dark mode to any website, including this one. It works really well here, with the only blemish I've noted being the Microsoft logo at the top of every page. It has a white background instead of the transparent one it should have to work everywhere.

https://gxcuf89792.i.lithium.com/html/assets/Content/Images/GlobalHeader/microsoft.png 


For once, the sister site Microsoft Community (https://answers.microsoft.com) gets this right, using a logo with a transparent background:

https://img-prod-cms-rt-microsoft-com.akamaized.net/cms/api/am/imageFileData/RE1Mu3b?ver=5c31 

 

This is a simple solution to an eyesore for those of us who otherwise enjoy reading TechCommunity in dark mode.

 

* Night Eye, available from the Chrome Webstore.

 

 

PS Long time no see, says ¡Firedog :waving_hand:

Community Manager

Hey @Noel Burgess 

 

Cool I will work this into a future sprint for a fix, obviously our visual assets are based on the website having a white background.

 

Will let you know when its live

Steel Contributor

Thanks! Just so you know what I'm on about, here's a screenshot:

MSFT logo with white backgroundMSFT logo with white background

Community Manager

@Noel Burgess we fixed this.. thanks for flagging

Steel Contributor

I noticed the fix, but not your comment! Thanks for getting it dealt with.

This sounds great. of course browsers like Microsoft Edge has the ability to force dark mode on any website but I'm sure if Microsoft implemented it natively on their end, it would look much better.

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/discussions/latest-edge-canary-build-lets-you-enable-dark-mod...

Copper Contributor

I think dark mode should be added. Light mode is a pain when you read in the dark.

Community Manager

@Theodore_Shih 

 

Oh, I hear you; the problem is it adds allot of technical overhead in a space full of user generated content. i.e. how do you always ensure everything has the right color contrast for accessibility when you can't have two copies of a visual asset uploaded in a user post.

 

I want to be clear I am not saying no here but there are some definite technical challenges. I have used nighteye, suggested above, and it works very well and is available for both Edge and Chrome.

 

Steel Contributor

Dark Mode is well supported at this site. You just need a browser that supports it, like Edge-logo-16-T.png Microsoft Edge

Copper Contributor

I forgot to specify iPhone used.

Copper Contributor

Quickly goto cell  "ba1" Using iPhone excel worksheet?

Steel Contributor

Some websites can detect whether light or dark theme is chosen in Edge settings and display light or dark theme based on that. I would like the Tech Community to do that too.

Community Manager
Status changed to: Planned

@KenyaWest 

Thank you for the feedback, and this isn't the first time we have had this feedback. With the new architecture we will be implementing before the end of 2022 it will be much easier to support multiple skins. We will mark this as planned and I will communicate updates as we continue to build the new Tech Community Experience. 

Gold Contributor

Hi @Allen

We are all waiting for this upgrade - when will it work in MTC?

Dark Mode on bing.com - Microsoft Community Hub

 

Community Manager

@A1

Unfortunately it was delayed, we have only just started to get access to it now. I suspect we will be a position to launch it towards the beginning of next year, partly because it doesn't have all the features it needs to yet i.e. login that Microsoft uses.

 

Will keep you updated.

Gold Contributor

"I suspect we will be a position to launch it towards the beginning of next year,"

This is good information :)

Copper Contributor

The lower brightness and contrast levels of dark themes can be less straining on the eyes, especially in low-light conditions. Dark themes often provide a more immersive experience and can help users focus on the content, particularly when working with media or graphical elements. In devices with OLED or AMOLED screens, dark themes can help conserve battery life as fewer pixels are lit up, reducing power consumption. To enable a dark theme of stumble guys premium apk , you can typically find the option in the settings or preferences menu of the application or device you're using. Dark themes are a matter of personal preference, so you can choose to use them whenever it suits your visual comfort and environment. Regards.

Gold Contributor

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I've been using high contrast for a long time and I have a black background for everything :)

Iron Contributor

Also if needed ad-interim https://darkreader.org/