The Original Linux Fan via Dng said on Sun, 21 Dec 2025 18:05:49 -0800

>Hi all,
>
>Can anybody tell me how to enable dark-
>mode on Devuan's homepage?
>
>I get so frustrated, nowadays.  The user
>should be 100% in control of themes, but
>most softwares ignores, or, over-rides the
>user.  I have dry-eye syndrome, and the
>white/blue light emissions from white pages
>is actually painful, after several moments.
>It is similar to staring at a 60W light-bulb,
>at 10 feet.
>
>Is there any way around this?  I've been
>suffering from these effects, for decades.
>
>It was great, when all we had was VT-100s!
>
>Shalom,
>(original) Linuxfan.

Shalom Original Linux Fan,

Why didn't you tell me this in 1996? Unlike most dark-theme advocates,
you've described this as a real workflow issue, rather than "I think
it's prettier" or the generic "White background gives me a headache"
uttered by many self-styled artiste`s, usually the ones who use 7 point
purple on dark blue. You bring up a real issue.

I just pulled up several Troubleshooters.Com pages, including several
I've authored in the past 5 years, and even with Firefox set to dark
mode, they come out with a #ffffff white background.

You should write a HOWTO on how to make one's site switchable. I can
help to the extent of representing those with 20/60 corrected vision
who need big, heavy print having a huge contrast with the background.

For the last 5 years, Troubleshooters.Com has been authored with a CSS
file that I can change. Maybe, just maybe, I can change this CSS file
to accommodate a dark theme. However, the current CSS file has #ffffff
hard coded in about 7 places. Because Troubleshooters.Com has about
1000 HTML files, I'd need to to do *a lot* of testing before
implementation.

Anyway, if you decide to write this HOWTO, I'll give you input from the
point of view of somebody with bad visual acuity.

SteveT

Steve Litt

http://444domains.com