What is the purpose of "Night Mode"?

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Just curiosity on my part, not a problem or complaint.

What's the advantage in using "Night Mode" for one particular web site, rather than using the dark/night mode option(s) in the browser or OS?

It seems to me that it would be a lot easier to set it in the browser or OS than have to set it on individual web sites, if even offered as an option on the web site.

What am I missing? Does the DU (or other site) version offer better/different options?

[BlueTsunami2018]

1. It's easier on the eyes.

Mine anyway. And it looks way cooler.

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11. How so?

I understand how darker display themes might be easier on the eyes, but why not use the dark/night mode display options in the OS or browser? That way it applies to all apps and web sites, rather than having to set it individually for each different app or web site.

Or, are you saying that you've tried the browser/OS options and found that the DU version works better in some way?

[BlueTsunami2018]

20. No, I wasn't aware there was a browser option.

I do use it for my basic phone settings and when I saw it was an option here, I immediately switched to it.

I like it.

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23. Ah, got it.

Your browser might not have the option.

Android & Windows have the option, not sure about Apple.

[JohnSJ]

2. YAWN...............

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6. I don't get it.

Has this question already been asked a lot?

[JohnSJ]

19. No, night mode, sleep. I guess not very funny

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21. No, no, it was good.

I was just on a different wavelength or something.

Thanks!

[JohnSJ]

22. Thanks

[SleeplessinSoCal]

3. it doesn't cast as much light.

Sometimes that's preferable.

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4. I understand that part.

But why not use the dark/night mode display options in the OS or browser? That way it applies to all apps and web sites, rather than having to set it individually for each different app or web site.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

8. I think it's just a benefit for people like me.

I'm trying that mode only here on DU. It's an experiment for me. I appreciate the option.

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9. OK, thank you. nt

[intrepidity]

5. Lol

Isn't it frustrating when you take the time and effort to ask an explicit question, yet get replies that make it clear that your efforts were to no avail?

Happens to me *all* the time.

I don't know the answer, but it is a great question. Hopefully someone will know.

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7. Thanks.

[intrepidity]

10. I wonder if maybe certain sites benefit more from it

Like, on my device with my settings, DU has a lot of white space, so maybe I'd want to deal with that locally, rather than use a global setting that affects all other sites that may not really benefit from it?

That's my best guess. Plus, it gives the site creator, perhaps, more control over which elements work best aesthetically?

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12. I could see that, thanks.

There's definitely a pun in there somewhere, but I will refrain.

You're welcome, everybody.

[Yonnie3]

13. To answer your specific query ...

I've tried night mode globally on both an Android phone and my PC and it totally screws up a few websites.

Having it as an option only for this site that I use a lot is helpful.

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14. Thank you, that makes sense. nt

[ZoltarSpeaks]

15. Not everyone has a global dark/light browser mode, and it may not always render correctly if you do

I use the Dark Reader add-on for Firefox because I generally like everything in dark mode. But admittedly some sites do not convert correctly resulting in black text on a gray background or something like that. In those cases I have to have the add-on disabled for the problematic website and either live with the light screen or make use of the site's own night mode, if it has one.

More and more websites are now incorporating dark mode themes of their own, but I still find it easier to use the browser add-on to globally change everything.

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16. Thank you. nt

[Wonder Why]

17. I like the night mode because it helps me sleep while reading DU. Otherwise, I'd have to hide my desktop monitor under my pillow while I sleep.

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18. Sleeping while *reading* DU is fine, but sleeping while *posting* on DU can be problematic.

I understand how darker display themes might be easier on the eyes, but why not use the dark/night mode display options in the OS or browser? That way it applies to all apps and web sites, rather than having to set it individually for each different app or web site.

[SpankMe]

24. Night mode is for Gen-Z and Gen-Alpha

(Includes everyone born after 1997.)

Baby Boomers through Millennials may not use it.

I'm not kidding. Everyone in my office under 26 or so uses night mode, or dark mode, in all applications and with the OS itself. Everyone older than that uses standard light/day mode. This is one of the more bizarre generational differences that I can't explain.