Dark Reader Pro seems to be the best but I feel it slows down page load time. Is there a better alternative?
Dark Reader is what I use. I rarely notice it slowing down page load times, and it hasn’t been enough to bother me so far. The thing about it that does bother me is the rare occasion when specific websites look weird with it, but I can just turn it off for those specific sites and it’s fine.
If you like to manually write custom CSS rules for every website that you visit, you could use
Stylus
. That would be fast.Additionally, websites that use
Bootstrap >=5.3
actually do have adaptive dark/light mode that gets set automatically as long as your browser communicates that to the website in question. So this isn’t universal, or even well adapted, but this is also fast.I only use Dark Reader on my mobile (Pixel 7), and I don’t really notice slowdowns enough that they bother me.
You can set different types of filters on Dark Reader. The default, Dynamic, tends to be the slower, but it gives you a better experience. Static is faster, but with a more blunt approach.
I use dark reader but people say this one has better performance.
Downvote target comment, however light mode has been studied to be clearly superior to dark mode - so I just use that
Benefit of that is that there are very few websites that have only dark mode available, while most content that has the dark mode option looks more consistent with only white mode on
I think it might depend on your user case. This study seems to suggest dark mode can reduce eye strain and fatigue in certain conditions. I personally like dark mode while programming because I can retain focus for longer. But when I am in a bright environment or I have to proofread I occasionally switch themes.
Maybe it’s also subjective - I feel my focus drifts way quicker using dark mode than light mode, especially since I have to focus much harder with my eyes on the writing that I am looking at.
From the practical perspective of websites, there is a lot of inconsistency between sites. Some are well made with some “darker” shade, but I completely can’t stand the sites that just go all in OLED black with pure white letters - makes my head hurt hard. Light mode seems to work generally well everywhere