Read the rest of this article for more on Dark Reader.īut the fact remains that not all websites offer this, and many will probably never offer it. It seems to work just as well on Windows as it does on Mac. UPDATE: Dark Reader is now available on Chrome and Firefox as extensions. Facebook, Twitter, MeWe, and even Google are all rolling out their dark mode versions. Many mainstream websites are starting to offer a dark mode or dark theme now.
#Night eye vs dark reader mod#
If this were disclosed before purchase, it would be a 5 star app.For some, dark mode is fairly new, but for many dark mode has been around for a while and was actually a popular mod implemented in Android custom ROMs back when I lived in that world.
#Night eye vs dark reader full#
Dark Reader works beautifully, but requires full access to webpage contents ("Can read sensitive information from webpages, including passwords, phone numbers, and credit cards on all webpages") and browsing history ("Can see when you visit all webpages"). Original review: The Mac App Store should really list the required permissions for apps.
#Night eye vs dark reader update#
The developer's contention that "Every update passes manual review by Apple" is hardly adequate assuagement here are a few headlines from September 2018 that a quick search turned up: "Mac App Store apps are stealing user data", "More malicious apps found in Mac App Store that are stealing user data", and "Top-grossing Mac App Store app steals users’ browser histories". The issue is not whether or not the developer is currently exploiting these permissions, but that they *can* be exploited, unlike Content Blocker extensions (e.g., Wipr, whose preference pane reports that it "does not have permission to read or transmit content from any webpages."
The warning text I quoted in my original review below comes from Dark Reader's own preferences pane in Safari! Update: Have removed another star in light of the developer's disingenuous response. I'm just tired of having a bunch applications for extensions that don't do much cluttering up my applications folder. In an ideal world, users should barely have to touch the Dark Reader options.Īdditionally, I wish the settings were adjustable from within the mac app, rather than just in the toolbar. I'm not sure if it'd raise a security issue to have an extension sending browsing information back to the extension's developers, but it would definitely make the extension a lot more seamless, or if it's possible to anonymize that data. I wish, though, that the community of users could submit the custom theme to a list of websites that benefit from a settings change, so that over time Dark Reader could adjust the settings on behalf of users. Obviously, that's why they added the "set up a custom theme for current website" option. For those that don't look great, often times, switching from dynamic to filter mode fixes everything. Dark Reader in dynamic mode works great for about 9 out of 10 websites.
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