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HN should be dark mode by default

5 points by busters4 19 days ago · 5 comments · 1 min read


QED

jayknight 19 days ago

If there was a dark mode, it should use the `prefers-color-scheme` css media query[1] to detect user preferences.

[1] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Reference/A...

susam 19 days ago

I have written a little userscript to do this:

https://github.com/susam/userscript/blob/main/darkhn.user.js

Additionally, I have another userscript to increase the font size:

https://github.com/susam/userscript/blob/main/bighn.user.js

Together, this is how my HN pages look:

https://susam.github.io/blob/img/misc/2026-01-19-custom-hn.p...

bigyabai 19 days ago

If you can't override CSS, you aren't a hacker.

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