Google is Chrome 78 Canary version to test a new feature that will provide dark mode any website, whether or not they themselves support.
A new feature called "mandatory Web content dark mode" (Force Dark Mode for Web Contents), can be reversed by applying various filters and image, convert any website into dark mode.
When you enable this feature, Chrome will let users select various settings to determine how to enforce the use of the dark mode browser theme on the site.
Various settings as follows:
- Enabled (enabled)
- Enabled with simple HSL-based inversion (using a simple reversal based HSL)
- Enabled with simple CIELAB-based inversion (using a simple reversal based CIELAB)
- Enabled with selective image inversion (selective image reversal)
- Enabled with selective inversion of non-image elements (picture elements of the non-selective inversion)
- Enabled with selective inversion of everything (selectively inverting all)
HSL and CIELAB settings use different algorithms to display color, which test results on some sites does not look too good, the color is slightly worse. Test results showed: the effect of reversing the non-selective picture elements looks best.
If you want the mandatory use of Chrome 78 dark pattern on the site you visit, you need to enable this new feature by following these steps:
- Download and install Chrome Canary version
- Go to chrome: // flags
- Search enable-force-dark (dark Forced enable mode), marking a test titled "Force Dark Mode for Web Contents" will appear
- Be enabled settings as needed, and then restart Chrome
Disable this feature may likewise follow the steps above.
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