Choice of dark coloured website theme.

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Feb 26, 2015 04:00 pm

For those of us who are visually challenged; a dark coloured website theme would be nice. I am finding it really hard to look at the website now without getting a full on headache because of all the white so would be nice to have a choice.

Vote if you think this would be a nice addition to MDL. :)

265votes

Juniko

Feb 26, 2015 04:45 pm

To me the look of MDL is part of its charm...

yankumicho

Feb 26, 2015 05:34 pm

I'll add a vote for this. I have bad eyesight too, and the white background is making things difficult to read. On mobile, it makes it even harder to read.

ElliShrax

Feb 26, 2015 05:46 pm

Juniko: The look is not the problem. The new design is great. Its the colour scheme. Before the the update while not ideal it was manageable, but now it really isn't at all. So much white on websites like this has adverse affects on a lot of those with vision problems including myself. I have a light sensitivity & struggle with brightness. So much white unfortunately gives me a headache & makes it hard for me to read anything clearly which means I cannot browse MDL comfortably.

Kim-Park-Lee

Feb 26, 2015 06:15 pm

Just a temporary solution for people like you that have vision problems: it seems a lot of people have such problems, so there are apps that fix it. If you google "how make websites dark" for example, you'll find a few solutions. For example, here's a google chrome extension that makes websites dark. Or if you're on a mac, you can use the ctrl + cmd + option + 8 shortcut to invert colors (unless you're on mavericks, for which it's cmd + option + f5)

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ElliShrax

Feb 26, 2015 06:25 pm

Thanks. The extension helps a fair bit for the laptop Not perfect since it doesn't work on my phone which I use a lot to browse MDL but it's better than nothing.

blueaoichan

Mar 10, 2015 03:34 pm

lol i'm on dilemma xD
I think a darker theme would be good to used bcs sometime i browse the page at night (like now) and my sister is sleeping like right next to me, and i know it might bother her somehow
but this blue-ish theme is sooo MDL it would be weird if it was changed :(
nevertheless I gave this a vote lolol

Hessa Volunteer Staff

Nov 28, 2016 08:25 am

I would vote for this but I have no points.
I want to help fellow MDLs. This is just a small change that would make a big difference for some people.
Let's trying sharing this, so more people vote and it gets implemented.
The would not change the white theme, just introduce a new one that is darker.

rainruma

Nov 28, 2016 09:40 am

I'll vote for it! .... I like it now..... but if there's an option that could help others, why not!

ForgeXaprox

Aug 13, 2017 06:15 pm

Bump. Idk but the chrome extension is not free :/, atleast for me

-executedtoperfection-

Aug 21, 2017 05:54 pm

I'd love that!!

seonni

Sep 7, 2017 05:25 am

Dark Reader for Chrome. It's free and inverts brightness values without inverting the colors. You can also adjust brightness and contrast filters and other stuff to make pages more lookable at.

Sunset

Sep 26, 2017 09:44 pm

I do not have vision problems but I hate staring at white screens too in general (like on other websites when they can't load I see a completely blank page and it just annoys me for some reason). This new website layout is more blinding than the previous version >_>

Sunset

Sep 26, 2017 11:57 pm

@ arega yep. also I feel like there's too much space between the names of dramas in the list compared to the old one - making me scroll down longer than usual. I try to set the brightness level of my laptop lower with a well-lit room, that kinda helps but can't do that on my main computer screen (which I use most of the time) maybe some of the white areas should be more of a neutral colour that's easier on the eyes