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QQ about Dark Mode Toggles on websites How many options do you show to users? - Three values: System, Light, or Dark - Two values: Light, Dark (with one of them mapping to “System” behind the scenes). Why the one or the other? (I have an opinion about it, but I’m looking for external input)

Donnie D'Amato

@donnie.damato.design

5 Aug

I wanted to make "system" and "opposite or system" but communicating that isn't easy. blog.damato.design/posts/tiny-t...

blog.damato.designTiny toggleSwitching between light and dark as lazily as possible.

Bramus

@bram.us

How do you deal with operating systems that automatically adjust their light/dark appearance based on the time of day?

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Donnie D'Amato

@donnie.damato.design

5 Aug

If you're asking what happens when the OS changes from light to dark but the user specifically wants to keep a particular site on dark no matter what, the answer is I don't. I do a light/dark instead. But I do believe this is important and I'm working on something for this. standard.mode.place

standard.mode.placestandard.mode.place: carry your look from app to appAn open style standard on AT Protocol. Make a theme, save it to your account, and any app that speaks it renders it your way.