darkreader VS Lunar

change to light mode, and try out https://darkreader.org/

I was able to reproduce and reported this to Dark Reader https://github.com/darkreader/darkreader/issues/11952

I highly recommend utilizing a dark reader.

I totally forgot about the atrocious default HN theme. Yeah that's unreasonable, unreadable. A low-contrast light theme is literally equivalent to shining a flashlight in your eyes. Only unreasonable people do that to others (e.g. the police).

If you use Firefox, I recommend the Dark Reader[1] extension for taking care of all the websites that insist on destroying your eyes.

[1]: https://darkreader.org

i use https://darkreader.org/ for chrome and don't see flies 99% of the time

- very efficient to navigate(shortcuts, quick tab navigation, etc.) - Shortcuts - Terminal for easy to type commands - Tab Management - Quick Tab Navigation - Search Bar Integration - Bookmark Management - History Management - Smart Address Bar - Speed Dial - Back and forward Navigation - WM like behaviour for tabs - Floating search bar for quick searches - Powerful autocomplete in address bar(stored in-browser to avoid privacy issues) - privacy focus - Use of Duck Duck Go when privacy-focus is on - Built in Powerful Adblocker - Avoids the use of trackers - Possibility to block Trackers - Possibility to search with TOR - Option to enable or disable JS fully - Option to Disable Cookies - Encrypted DNS - Auto HTTPS upgrade - DNT(Do Not Track) by default - Adoption of G-Hacks - Built in Temp-mail for not frequently visited addresses - A slider for the amount of privacy-conviniency - Whilst doing so it selects and unselects some packages - History as a Module - Don't log certain websites to History - Creation of fake entries on History - Delete History tabs easily - By name - By category - open source - decentralized - compatible all OS - consumes low resources - minimalist - highly customizable - Dark Mode by Default - Characteristics of [Dark Reader](https://darkreader.org/) - Predefined Themes - Community Themes - Support for Wallpapers - Also the ability to configure it via .config files that can be edite - Ability to make the tabs semitransparent and either show the background or a custom wallpaper - fast - Modules - Written in almighty RUST - light - easy to use - Unbloated - Modern UI - advanced users characteristics -The option to cache websites so you can access them when you don't have internet connection, they would be stored locally (might not work on all websites) -Reader Mode: Selects only the text and offers the ability to speed read(maybe through the integration of Swift read) - Vertical Tabs Option - Using commands for faster navigation - Ability to open multiple tabs at once using a shortcut - Workspace Switching - Heavy Local Focus - Modular - Rename Downloads to something meaningful - Download folder differentiation

Pretty sure Lunar [0] can do this for you, and you can buy a lifetime license.

[0]: https://lunar.fyi/

I've had good luck with the Lunar app - it manages my Dell and LG monitors on an M2. (No affiliation) https://lunar.fyi

Wild! I am working on exactly the same thing now for Lunar (https://lunar.fyi), and I'm also calling it Night Mode ^_^ what a coincidence

I've been trying to make "white regions in dark backgrounds" less painful for months, but doing that at the system level on macOS is incredibly hard. I see you're doing it with CSS filters, which make sense in the limited scope of an article. But applying something like that on the whole macOS UI would cause confusion.

I already use something similar on the iPhone: I read on the Kindle app which has white text on black background, then I have a full red Color Tint filter on the Triple Back Tap shortcut which I use before reading. Very similar effect to your solution, although I don't have images in my books.

I was comparing anti-piracy measures with DRM, I don't have actual DRM in my app. I can't block users that really bought the app from using it (which is what DRM is notorious for).

But I do have a license verification for the Pro features (https://lunar.fyi/#pro), and that is what people are cracking in the app. I only added more protection around this verification.

Lunar

There's no Reduce White Point on Mac as far as I am aware. However, you can use the fantastic Lunar [0] app to achieve this, as it supports "Sub-Zero Dimming".

To use it, I think you just need to start Lunar, and then press the Reduce Brightness button on your keyboard until it goes below the minimum Mac allows.

[0] https://lunar.fyi

As the dev of a macOS app that breaks all the time because of external hardware, the tone of the article hits close to home. (I’m talking about https://lunar.fyi/ whose brightness control commands can be blocked by USB-C hubs, “smart” monitors, too long cables etc.)

I had to disable public GitHub issues on the app repo [1] because people seemed to fuel each other with spiteful comments and “why can’t you just!!” sentences.

The contact form still attracts many such “entitled” people and it hurts to wake up to such messages, but at least I can choose to ignore those if I can’t bring anything to the discussion. There’s no peer pressure.

These people are expecting too much from a handful of developers who are sharing a lot of free work and time that could have been spent better than hunting new IDs in URLs and updating regular expressions.

[1] https://github.com/alin23/Lunar

Last year I bought a second computer for my music studio. I wanted to use the same set of 2 monitors and wired keyboard + trackpad on both machines.

I wrote simple scripts to switch my monitor inputs with keyboard shortcuts (even simpler with Lunar, amazing new Mac app — https://lunar.fyi), which saved me from having to press annoying input-source buttons.

But I couldn't for the life of me find a simple, suitable software controllable KVM switch. That still requires the hardware button to be controlled, so frustrating.

Some people like the process of writing code, more than the end result. I had a few months of that feeling, but nowadays it’s rarely about writing for me.

Just the other day I used Copilot to explain the disassembly of macOS KeyboardBacklight code, so that I can turn off the keyboard lights when using Lunar’s Blackout (https://lunar.fyi/#blackout)

It even helped me generate the ObjC function signatures from assembly and use the right calling convention in Swift afterwards. It really feels like magic.

I would have no joy in writing that code, it’s mostly bridging and translation anyway. I just need it to do this thing so that people can take advantage of it.

Lunar - Price: Free (optional premium one-time purchase) Menu bar app for macOS that allows you to adjust your display's brightness and color temperature. (Pro version also available.)