dark mode
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dark mode is a feature of websites and apps that change the color scheme to be easier to read at night or in low light settings.
Why
You should support Dark Mode on your website so when readers choose to use Dark Mode in their OS or browser, your website restyles accordingly and handles images and other resources better than any default color transformations would.
A few more reasons why you might want to add a dark mode include:
- dark mode can be less intense on one’s eyes, thus providing a better UX to those who struggle with bright colors on screen.
- add more reasons
How to
(this section is a stub, please help expand it with specific steps!)
See 
Jeremy Keith’s article Dark Mode for an introduction and step by step description of how it works and what he had to do to add Dark Mode support to his website.
IndieWeb Examples
Jeremy Keith
Jeremy Keith has supported dark mode on his website adactio.com since 2019-09-29.
See Also
- https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/@media/prefers-color-scheme
- https://css-tricks.com/dark-modes-with-css/
- whitehouse.gov has a dark mode as of 2021: https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/20/22240864/new-white-house-website-dark-mode-accessibility
- https://infosec.exchange/@catsalad/109910417804717204 and possible page-cartoon:
- "*Hacker Noises*" @catsalad February 22, 2023