TechSpot Dark Mode Teaser

Julio Franco · Feb 3, 2020

Believe it or not, the first version of TechSpot's dark mode dates back to mid 2018, as an early internal alpha and has since become a side project we've taken up and left on the back burner twice now.

Content has taken precedence (as it should!) and we've launched other important features that today are integral to the TechSpot experience... anyway, the good news is that we have a near final revision of dark mode that will be available soon. Early access for a few weeks will be limited to Elite contributors, an optional program we've been holding on to for quite some time and plan to launch next week.

In the meantime, here are a few teaser screenshots of dark mode (click to enlarge):

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CharmsD · Feb 3, 2020

This is great! Your stylesheets are so much better than Firefox's dark 'everything'.

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If there are adjustments for this plugin I'm never going to touch them, it's awful on YouTube. Very good job!

m4a4 · Feb 3, 2020

This would certainly be welcome. TS is one of the brighter sites I visit.

Mr Majestyk · Feb 3, 2020

About time, I can't stand bright white web pages.

Hexic · Feb 3, 2020

Sweet! Can't wait.

TheDevopsGuy · Feb 4, 2020

Very Interesting. My eyes will be very thankful

phillai · Feb 4, 2020

Dark mode is gonna be fantastic on my favourite website!! ?

MaXtor · Feb 4, 2020

Yes please.

DelJo63 · Feb 4, 2020

Just remember to make it optional

Julio Franco · Feb 4, 2020

Yes, of course. It will be an option from a drop down menu. It will be available on early access to Elite members. We'll open it up later for everyone else.

newyearoldme · Feb 6, 2020

I use dark mode practically everywhere where I can. Can't wait to have it on Techspot

captaincranky · Feb 12, 2020

@Julio Franco Well, us old fogeys with our old eyes, do better with black type on white pages .

Not trying to rock the boat here, just hoping you'll leave that option available.

One forum I belong to tried caution yellow over jet black, and it was atrocious.

MaXtor · Feb 12, 2020

Loving the new dark mode, much easier on my eyes.

Julio Franco · Feb 12, 2020

It is on!

CharmsD · Feb 12, 2020

I have a question about pagination in Dark Mode. Is the highlighted page number then one we're on?

Julio Franco · Feb 12, 2020

In the forums? Yes, the highlighted number is the current page.

TheDreams · Feb 14, 2020

This dark mode is fantastic, just the right amount of color! My eyes thank you haha

cliffordcooley · Mar 18, 2020

What is the latest news on this? I took a look in settings thinking I would give it a try. Is it still only available to Elite?

Plutoisaplanet · Apr 2, 2020

cliffordcooley said:
What is the latest news on this? I took a look in settings thinking I would give it a try. Is it still only available to Elite?

I’m with you. I need dark mode to brighten up the fact that I’m stuck indoors.

Julio Franco · Apr 2, 2020

We'll make dark mode available to everyone, but it will be later in the year.

ZedRM · Apr 16, 2020

This dark mode looks good. There is an alternative to it though. It's a browser extension called "Dark Reader" which is available for anything based on Firefox or Chromium.

Plutoisaplanet · May 14, 2020

Julio Franco said:
We'll make dark mode available to everyone, but it will be later in the year.

Why, what else is happening later this year to push the rollout that far back? (Assuming it needs more work)

Julio Franco · Jul 3, 2020

TechSpot Dark Mode is now available to everyone

TechSpot Dark Mode is now available to everyone

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