I’m gonna play devil’s advocate here…
they probably require an account because they have a system set up in a way where it’s mostly a server-side app and ui settings are only stored on the server;
and they need to differentiate users somehow…?
like i know a lot of websites where the dark mode is a per-profile setting rather than per device (including great open source and otherwise lightweight non-enshittified projects, like principia-web etc)
I just want them to follow system default for guest user(s).
they probably require an account because they have a system set up in a way where it’s mostly a server-side app and ui settings are only stored on the server
This makes more sense for signed in user(s).
No dark mode unless you register an account is what I consider asshole design choice.
Ok, made an account(used a temp email). Nothing exquisite, just being able to switch between light and dark mode. I expected an option to set the toggle to follow device default after making an account and signing in.
Doesn’t even remember which mode was toggled during the previous sign in.
making it a per-profile settings does not exclude making it available per-device or per-visit. it’s not especially difficult to store a flag in localStorage or a cookie. hell, you can even use CSS to detect OS dark mode preference settings and have it change automatically with no user input at all.
I’m gonna play devil’s advocate here…
they probably require an account because they have a system set up in a way where it’s mostly a server-side app and ui settings are only stored on the server;
and they need to differentiate users somehow…?
like i know a lot of websites where the dark mode is a per-profile setting rather than per device (including great open source and otherwise lightweight non-enshittified projects, like principia-web etc)
I just want them to follow system default for guest user(s).
This makes more sense for signed in user(s).
No dark mode unless you register an account is what I consider asshole design choice.
maybe they have a whole different page for signed in users?
Ok, made an account(used a temp email). Nothing exquisite, just being able to switch between light and dark mode. I expected an option to set the toggle to follow device default after making an account and signing in.
Doesn’t even remember which mode was toggled during the previous sign in.
Doesn’t modern CSS allow you to follow system settings?
yep it does
making it a per-profile settings does not exclude making it available per-device or per-visit. it’s not especially difficult to store a flag in localStorage or a cookie. hell, you can even use CSS to detect OS dark mode preference settings and have it change automatically with no user input at all.