“Solving a largely imaginary user goal” – Unsung
- On her blog, Lea Verou makes a case that each user-facing website dark-mode toggle should only ever show two options, but in a smart way.
- The challenge is that any dark mode toggle needs to actually accommodate three options: dark, light, and the default “whatever the system says” (which can be always dark, always light, or change with the time of day).
- Many toggles simply pass that complexity onto the user: I want to get something out of the way: I don’t think Verou’s article as an article is fully successful.
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- On her blog, Lea Verou makes a case that each user-facing website dark-mode toggle should only ever show two options, but in a smart way.
- The challenge is that any dark mode toggle needs to actually accommodate three options: dark, light, and the default “whatever the system says” (which can be always dark, always light, or change with the time of day).
- Many toggles simply pass that complexity onto the user: I want to get something out of the way: I don’t think Verou’s article as an article is fully successful.
Sources: Aresluna