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I am begging website owners to always provide a light mode.

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  • drahardja@sfba.socialD drahardja@sfba.social

    @dannyman HTML *can* be semantic, but only if the web developer cared. Many websites now use an intermediary framework like React that renders everything as divs, without any further meaning.

    Some websites are considerate enough to use semantic tags like <article> but this is by no means universal, or even widespread in my experience.

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    @drahardja

    Nah, that's not React's fault. That's developer's. You can use semantic HTML in react as well.

    @dannyman

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    • drahardja@sfba.socialD drahardja@sfba.social

      I am begging website owners to always provide a light mode. It’s an accessibility issue for me: my aging eyes are no longer able to view light-on-dark text for extended periods without severe ghosting/afterimages.

      #accessibility #website #design

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      @drahardja
      I'm far from expert at web stuff. But I will try to implement this on my sites.

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      • drahardja@sfba.socialD drahardja@sfba.social

        I am begging website owners to always provide a light mode. It’s an accessibility issue for me: my aging eyes are no longer able to view light-on-dark text for extended periods without severe ghosting/afterimages.

        #accessibility #website #design

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        @drahardja and also light-on-dark because some folk have so many floaters it's not worth the effort of reading in light mode.

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        • drahardja@sfba.socialD drahardja@sfba.social

          I am begging website owners to always provide a light mode. It’s an accessibility issue for me: my aging eyes are no longer able to view light-on-dark text for extended periods without severe ghosting/afterimages.

          #accessibility #website #design

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          @drahardja@sfba.social

          I will always loudly advocate for every site to support both, default to the user's setting, and have a prominent control to switch theme.

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          • reddog@syzito.xyzR reddog@syzito.xyz

            @drahardja
            I'm far from expert at web stuff. But I will try to implement this on my sites.

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            @Reddog 🙌

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            • drahardja@sfba.socialD drahardja@sfba.social

              I am begging website owners to always provide a light mode. It’s an accessibility issue for me: my aging eyes are no longer able to view light-on-dark text for extended periods without severe ghosting/afterimages.

              #accessibility #website #design

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              @drahardja

              And not just dark mode/light mode. Some folks build their sites with light gray on dark gray or the reverse. Cataracts reduce one's ability to decode low contrast; before I had my cataract surgery I could not read sites with gray on gray text, whether light or dark mode.

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              • drahardja@sfba.socialD drahardja@sfba.social

                I am begging website owners to always provide a light mode. It’s an accessibility issue for me: my aging eyes are no longer able to view light-on-dark text for extended periods without severe ghosting/afterimages.

                #accessibility #website #design

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                @drahardja

                You should try the Dark Reader plugin

                Despite the name, you can compel it to make sites light.

                Link Preview Image
                Dark Reader — dark theme for every website

                Enable dark mode (night mode) on all websites

                favicon

                Dark Reader (darkreader.org)

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                • dr_barnowl@topspicy.socialD dr_barnowl@topspicy.social

                  @drahardja

                  You should try the Dark Reader plugin

                  Despite the name, you can compel it to make sites light.

                  Link Preview Image
                  Dark Reader — dark theme for every website

                  Enable dark mode (night mode) on all websites

                  favicon

                  Dark Reader (darkreader.org)

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                  @dr_barnowl I’ll give it a try!

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                  • drahardja@sfba.socialD drahardja@sfba.social

                    I am begging website owners to always provide a light mode. It’s an accessibility issue for me: my aging eyes are no longer able to view light-on-dark text for extended periods without severe ghosting/afterimages.

                    #accessibility #website #design

                    daj@gofer.socialD This user is from outside of this forum
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                    @drahardja I completely agree. If a site is dark only I just leave. I can't be bothered with it.

                    I've moaned a few times.
                    https://forkingmad.blog/dark-web-sites/

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                    • drahardja@sfba.socialD drahardja@sfba.social

                      I am begging website owners to always provide a light mode. It’s an accessibility issue for me: my aging eyes are no longer able to view light-on-dark text for extended periods without severe ghosting/afterimages.

                      #accessibility #website #design

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                      @drahardja Better yet, have them honor the browser foreground and background colors (which follow the system theme) and font selection. That would simplify a lot of accessibility issues.

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