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[–] sanpo@sopuli.xyz 44 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Did anyone actually test how fast it is compared to Dark Reader?

Calling yourself "the fastest" is all nice and good, but some benchmarks would be nice.

[–] jangdonggun@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

Yep, people have benchmarked:

  • Firefox without any Dark Mode addon = 27 points Speedometer
  • With Dark Reader = about 11 points
  • With UltimaDark = 25-26 points
[–] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 29 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Ah it doesn't work on Android? A pity, that's where I need dark mode the most.

[–] Schorsch@feddit.org 17 points 2 months ago

Dark Reader works a charm on Android.

[–] rockhandle@lemm.ee 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It works but it's config interface looks borked

Edit: NVM, it also breaks some sites

[–] Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

I just tried it on a Firefox fork and it works fine.

Just go to the link in OP, then enable Desktop Mode in Firefox. That will let you install it.

[–] sag@lemm.ee -3 points 2 months ago

Didn't tried on android.

[–] JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world 22 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Pro tip: Firefox can do dark mode natively, if you're ready to accept some ugly websites.

Settings > Manage colors > then set your preferred hues and Override to Always.

It's blazing fast with zero white flash, and most sites are perfectly legible.

[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

While I'm glad they're trying this, it has the same problem as Brave, no configuration. Dark Reader lets you configure individual site profiles via a toggle of static/dynamic/etc to fix ones that don't work well. Without that, nothing will compare.

[–] Achyu@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Is there a way for the same on Firefox on Android, Fenix?

[–] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Although it works well, this is so experimental, it makes lab rats look like seasoned professionals.

Looks good, but I wait until its proven and stable.

[–] sag@lemm.ee -4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

It's been in development for 4 years.

[–] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

That doesn't mean it's stable. From his own description:

This is still highly experimental so it can also ruin your internet experience

[–] sag@lemm.ee -1 points 2 months ago

Yea, I mean it will take eternity(not really) to become stable. xD

[–] jangdonggun@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

Because of the fact that UltimaDark is going the hardest route, using a totally different API, unlike Dark Reader

[–] rbesfe@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 months ago

Dark Reader has been in development since 2014 and is much more polished

[–] Tejas@floss.social 8 points 2 months ago

@sag
Unfortunately, it is not available on #Firefox mobile.

[–] Bogasse@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 months ago

On my rather old FP3 it spares me a few seconds per page load and the result seems quite comparable to dark reader.

[–] mrvictory1@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Dark Reader is intensive, I will give this a shot. So far so good on FF mobile.

[–] sag@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago

Yea, It uses native features of Gecko engines that's why it's faster than Dark Reader.

[–] Bogasse@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

How did you install it on mobile? Do you need to use the nightly?

[–] mrvictory1@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Nope, you can install extensions to regular FF for a while on Android. Go to addons.mozilla.org and install like how you would do it on desktop. Request desktop site if extension claims to be incompatible.

[–] Bogasse@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

Thanks! I was missing the desktop site trick 👍

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Maybe I'm an idiot, but I can't find a source link. Is this open source? I was curious about finding information comparing it to darkreader

[–] scorp@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago

thanks for the suggestion

[–] karashta@fedia.io 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Anyone tried this with twitch? I just get a gray screen instead of video. Anyone else? Really like this extension otherwise

[–] dr_jekell@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Twitch already has a dark mode available in the settings.

[–] karashta@fedia.io 2 points 2 months ago

The issue is more that the extension doesn't seem to properly let sites bypass or something. I have to turn the extension off and refresh to get picture back.

[–] Mwa@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

yoo this works with resist fingerprinting