Edge on iOS has the best force Dark mode implementation on pages
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Why does edge have the best implementation of this on iOS? It is nearly as good as the Dark reader add-on in terms of not breaking non dark websites. Vivaldi should aim for same quality of possible.
The images speak for themselves.
Vivaldi stable on android 14 one ui 6.1.1
Vivaldi snapshot on Android 13 Motog23
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@Veddu Being a much newer browser, I'm guessing it will just take a little time for Vivaldi to catch up. Overall the dark mode on Vivaldi works decently for having been just rolled out. I've just had to learn to be patient for some features on some apps, and usually I'm impressed with the improvements over time.
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@Veddu
None of those examples look like real “dark mode/theme” imho. The amazon captions still have black on white scheme. This whole topic of dark webpages seems to be a big issue, but apparently, criteria indicative of “dark” is not any kind of set standard and varies greatly with subjective opinion. I don’t really get any dark webpage results (other than app frame, tabs, search/address bar of UI) when toggling on the “force dark mode on all websites”. What does happen is Vivaldi system pages (as in content of the page but not the UI objects i just listed) turn white instead of being dark (dark them enabled for app UI AND iOS). These pages are dark —as they should be— withOUT “force dark mode….” toggled on. What exactly does the “force dark..” setting do? Or what is it supposed to do? I feel like the latter should be the appropriate question and hoping im getting unsuccessful results bc im not doing something right (but that someone will kindly inform me of the magic element I have overlooked
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@emerjensea Not certain which is Edge; I'll presume the leftmost since it is the only one where the page header is dark.
On desktop versions you can go to
vivaldi://flags/#enable-force-darkto tweak how "Force dark mode" works, not sure iOS (or Android) has a similar option - but can't hurt to try.
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it is what it sounds like, it forces non-dark webpages to become dark by inverting the non dark elements on the page. The problem is that on ios when this setting is active it also inverts already dark pages which has a reverse effect and makes the page almost white instead as you see in the pictures. You can also test it on google.
The same setting on android is much better implemented. It only forces dark mode on pages that dont have a dark mode theme, by inverting the color on the page, and doesn't apply dark mode on pages that have a native dark mode theme e.g. google, reddit and amazon.
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Thanks for clarifying. So this basically renders the ios force dark toggle useless bc turning it on and off after hunting through to settings doesn’t make anything dark that should be w just native dark mode on. And turning that off just for periodic inversion is not helpful. I hope this is just the first stab at this bc im not going to use vivaldi until i can avoid being blinded. My eyes are sensitive and i keep backlighting low, night/redshift on 24/7, etc. White screens actually trigger defensive anger in me bc my eyes are so violated. Just not worth all that when trying to use a browser for work or fun. Really bummed. It is possible on iOS, though. Brave is better than Edge, imho. I like Brave’s “night mode” toggle (“on” in amazon page screenshot)+ dark mode/theme for best all-around darkness options for iOS browser.
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Yeah they should add a per site toggle where the force dark mode can be enabled/disabled. Or it should detect that the page is already dark mode and dont apply any inversion.
I just checked brave browser beta on ios and indeed they have implemented a much better dark mode than before and almost as good as the desktop dark reader extension which is in my opinion the best.
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Any of you try playing with the flags setting? It may not be immediately obvious, but the dropdown lists about 10 different strategies for darkening a page. I presume the HSL one might try to keep the same colors but invert the brightness, while the RGB one should be a photo negative. That last option sounds good - only invert images if they use few colors and transparency (so that images used as emoji get inverted, but not other images).
Or is this not on iOS? I just checked and it is on Android, so it isn't just a desktop thing.
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There are no such flag in ios.
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@Veddu said in Edge on iOS has the best force Dark mode implementation on pages:
There are no such flag in ios.
Yeah.
But thanks for the suggestion anyway. Thanks to both of you. Definitely keeping an eye out for the new and improved darkness you mentioned @Veddu (but only one eye. bright exposure still too rampant to risk keeping both eyes peeled…ugh. That was funny before i tried to type it. Sorry)
