Well, I'll say one thing about Chrome. It's more compatible with Facebook than Safari, even keeps your chats up after quitting and rebooting. Neither Firefox or Safari do that. But otherwise I hate Google and clear the cookies/history constantly.
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Google Chrome Will Support Dark Mode in macOS Mojave by Early 2019
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I've been using dark mode for MR for over 18 months. Use Dark Reader. QED. Can't live without it, using it now.
I agree. Ever since Safari got beefed up with stronger privacy and anti-ads features, I stopped using Google Chrome and switched to Safari 100% of the time. It's like night and day (pun intended) compared to using both browsers.
Spot on!! Browsing MacRumors at night, or in a dark office is horrible. I always have to invert the screen illumination, which then also inverts everything else (that should stay as it is) too.
Come on Mac Rumors. Give us a Dark mode too, pretty please. This isn't the 90s anymore.
I've never had a problem with Firefox rendering incorrectly. What website was it in particular? How regularly did Firefox render a page incorrectly?
I think they used this tutorial to run a dark mode in chrome - https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/9jr2zy/how_to_enable_mojave_dark_mode_for_applications/
I tried on Plantronics app - changed only menu bar to black
I tried on Plantronics app - changed only menu bar to black
I think you left out Safari.
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You have powerful eyes to view contents higher than 1080p.
Hopefully this will give us a dark mode for Windows as well? I have to rely on custom skins but they don't affect menus and the like so it looks somewhat disconnected but it's the best I can do with Chrome currently.
I'm no huge fan of Google Chrome, but it's overall the most capable browser and it has the best extension/add-on library of them all. I tried to use Microsoft Edge with every new version of Windows 10 and the extension library is a joke, and even the extensions that exist works poorly. Take 1Password for instance, the extension of Microsoft Edge is so unreliable... The browser itself is okay, but it lock's up every now and then.
On my Apple devices I tend to prefer Safari, but on macOS it feels like Safari has started to fall behind. When you have a lot of tabs running it starts to feel somewhat slow and sluggish in situations where Google Chrome is still going unaffected. The extension library for Safari is also really limited. And one thing I do prefer with Google Chrome is the support for VPN/Proxy extensions so I can run NordVPN on my browser traffic without having to run a full VPN on my entire system. With Chrome I can ensure that my web-traffic is hidden and encrypted all the time without push all my traffic through a VPN-tunnel 24/7.
On mobile I feel Safari is still the best browser, and it supports ad-blockers etc..
I'm no huge fan of Google Chrome, but it's overall the most capable browser and it has the best extension/add-on library of them all. I tried to use Microsoft Edge with every new version of Windows 10 and the extension library is a joke, and even the extensions that exist works poorly. Take 1Password for instance, the extension of Microsoft Edge is so unreliable... The browser itself is okay, but it lock's up every now and then.
On my Apple devices I tend to prefer Safari, but on macOS it feels like Safari has started to fall behind. When you have a lot of tabs running it starts to feel somewhat slow and sluggish in situations where Google Chrome is still going unaffected. The extension library for Safari is also really limited. And one thing I do prefer with Google Chrome is the support for VPN/Proxy extensions so I can run NordVPN on my browser traffic without having to run a full VPN on my entire system. With Chrome I can ensure that my web-traffic is hidden and encrypted all the time without push all my traffic through a VPN-tunnel 24/7.
On mobile I feel Safari is still the best browser, and it supports ad-blockers etc..
Google released Chrome 71 earlier this week, but the latest version of the web browser still lacks support for Dark Mode on macOS Mojave. Fortunately, it appears that will change by early next year.
Dark Mode in Canary, a developer build of Chrome
As mentioned on Reddit, a Google developer recently submitted a code change that implements system-level Dark Mode in Chromium, the open source web browser that serves as the foundation of Chrome. The code change passed the review process and will make its way into a future release of Chrome.
For those unaware, there are several different builds of Chrome that Google uses to slowly test and roll out new features. All code changes begin in Chromium and then work their way from Canary to Chrome Dev to Chrome Beta to Chrome, the stable version released to all users roughly every six weeks.
Dark Mode in Canary, a developer build of Chrome
Dark Mode in Chromium remains hidden behind feature flags, which are essentially code-level toggle switches, but we were able to run a Terminal command to force the darker appearance into action and took screenshots.
The system-level Dark Mode applies a dark appearance to much of the Chrome interface, including the omnibox, tabs, menus, bookmark bar, status bar, and dialog boxes. The startup page with Google search and shortcuts will also have a black background when the Dark appearance is enabled in System Preferences.
Most of the current Dark Mode colors in Chromium are placeholders, according to one developer working on the project, so there may be slight changes to come. One challenge the developers face is ensuring that the Dark Mode is distinguishable from Chrome's private-browsing Incognito Mode, which is also dark.
Incognito Mode in Canary, a developer build of Chrome
We're not entirely sure if Dark Mode will make the cut for Chrome 72, which has already been branched and will likely be released in mid-to-late January. Chrome 73 will likely follow in March, so it looks like early 2019 either way.
In the meantime, a variety of third-party dark themes are available for Chrome, but the omnibox always remains white since it is not allowed to be themed. Third-party dark themes are also available for websites such as Facebook, Google, YouTube, Gmail, Reddit, and Twitter to complete the experience.
Article Link: Google Chrome Will Support Dark Mode in macOS Mojave by Early 2019
I. m. h. o, Dark Mode for a desktop is merely silly. But I can see a potential benefit for laptop owners. If you are working in a text document with black letters on a white background, the black of your letters probably takes up a lot less then ten percent of your screen, which means you are lighting up a lot of pixels to provide that white background. Flip it to white letters on a black background and the energy consumption needed to draw that page goes down by ninety percent. If you spend enough time on that job, going into Dark Mode might be a significant energy-saver which would pay off in longer battery life.
Google released Chrome 71 earlier this week, but the latest version of the web browser still lacks support for Dark Mode on macOS Mojave. Fortunately, it appears that will change by early next year.
Dark Mode in Canary, a developer build of Chrome
As mentioned on Reddit, a Google developer recently submitted a code change that implements system-level Dark Mode in Chromium, the open source web browser that serves as the foundation of Chrome. The code change passed the review process and will make its way into a future release of Chrome.
For those unaware, there are several different builds of Chrome that Google uses to slowly test and roll out new features. All code changes begin in Chromium and then work their way from Canary to Chrome Dev to Chrome Beta to Chrome, the stable version released to all users roughly every six weeks.
Dark Mode in Canary, a developer build of Chrome
Dark Mode in Chromium remains hidden behind feature flags, which are essentially code-level toggle switches, but we were able to run a Terminal command to force the darker appearance into action and took screenshots.
The system-level Dark Mode applies a dark appearance to much of the Chrome interface, including the omnibox, tabs, menus, bookmark bar, status bar, and dialog boxes. The startup page with Google search and shortcuts will also have a black background when the Dark appearance is enabled in System Preferences.
Most of the current Dark Mode colors in Chromium are placeholders, according to one developer working on the project, so there may be slight changes to come. One challenge the developers face is ensuring that the Dark Mode is distinguishable from Chrome's private-browsing Incognito Mode, which is also dark.
Incognito Mode in Canary, a developer build of Chrome
We're not entirely sure if Dark Mode will make the cut for Chrome 72, which has already been branched and will likely be released in mid-to-late January. Chrome 73 will likely follow in March, so it looks like early 2019 either way.
In the meantime, a variety of third-party dark themes are available for Chrome, but the omnibox always remains white since it is not allowed to be themed. Third-party dark themes are also available for websites such as Facebook, Google, YouTube, Gmail, Reddit, and Twitter to complete the experience.
Article Link: Google Chrome Will Support Dark Mode in macOS Mojave by Early 2019
Not sure why people still use this data hoarding privacy invading service when there is perfect alternatives that does that same exact thing. I understand there was a time where Explorer sucked and FireFox was slow(maybe) and Chrome was like light weight and fast and people were not aware of privacy invading tactics.
But now I use Safari on MacOS, FireFox is very good and open source, and there is a new browser called Brave which is OpenSource and based on Chromium... so you have ZERO reason to use Chrome.
But now I use Safari on MacOS, FireFox is very good and open source, and there is a new browser called Brave which is OpenSource and based on Chromium... so you have ZERO reason to use Chrome.
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It’s not only tracking you have to worry about, The notification engine appears easy to hack allowing malicious code to be run. It’s been the vector to infecting a few clients systems recently, so much so that we moved them to Firefox and blocked chrome from running.
It’s not only tracking you have to worry about, The notification engine appears easy to hack allowing malicious code to be run. It’s been the vector to infecting a few clients systems recently, so much so that we moved them to Firefox and blocked chrome from running.
Web development tools on Chrome are unmatched, best in the industry by far. Chrome is also usually the fastest browser to implement new features (such as for Javascript). Firefox is good too but I can't stand that it doesn't have a smooth zoom in/out future.
I personally don't like gmail accounts or google chrome
that is just me
I don't like the promotions or unnecessary ads that you get on gmail
and I don't like google chrome because it spies on your web searches
to then report back to headquarters, in other words, data collecting
I do not critized who ever use it or like but me personally I just don't like it for those reasons
that is just me
I don't like the promotions or unnecessary ads that you get on gmail
and I don't like google chrome because it spies on your web searches
to then report back to headquarters, in other words, data collecting
I do not critized who ever use it or like but me personally I just don't like it for those reasons
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They used the same engine once, but it's been forked for many years now.
As much as I love Apple products, people are right when they say that Safari is the new IE when it comes to implementing web standards.
Even IE/Edge is giving up now and will be using Chromium as their base.
Chrome plugins are pretty healthy compared to Safaris. As others have mentioned Chrome is also great for web development.
Also "non-native so it's slower" isn't technically true but that's a technical semantics argument. I'd have to agree that Apple being able to optimise exclusively for Apple would be a big bonus, but Chrome has one of the most efficient JavaScript interpreting libraries so it can be faster in some scenarios even if it's probably not using the most up to date Metal 2 integration for rendering.
By all means, I've got nothing against Safari users, I wish they'd keep the rendering up to standards, but the whole app and package is pretty nice. Just not the best for my use case.
Because you can install proper and free adblockers instead of the crippled and overpriced mac app store pendants for safari.
shame on apple they had to build a cage around their browser. makes safari on desktop kinda useless for me.
1) from 2018 macs you have high pitch sound in youtube etc, google chrome doesnt
2) on safari you dont have more than fullHD videos, google chrome has
try FirefoxI tried many time to switch to Safari and every time came back to Chrome((
What about Firefox? Firefox has its own dark mode themes but none of them are a perfect match for the macOS native dark mode.
Would also be nice to have Firefox use dark mode automatically if it’s enabled in macOS rather than having to configure it separately.
Would also be nice to have Firefox use dark mode automatically if it’s enabled in macOS rather than having to configure it separately.
It allows offline use of google docs (handy if that's how you need to collaborate with people). It also gives me a "sacrificial" browser that I can use where sites insist on ad unblocking, or where I'm using a different account from my usual one
(and need two windows open) or if I'm accessing an unstable web page (so only Chrome crashes).
I tend to quit it once I'm done though - it's a resource hog. I do use Firefox as well.
guess everyone except you know it
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The search bar is darker when using a private window:
Normal window:
Private window:
[doublepost=1544411518][/doublepost]Like I mentioned in another thread on here: Use Firefox and support Mozilla's efforts to build an open source and free browser. Firefox is as fast as Chrome and wayyyyy more secure. Whatever you do, don't install the Chrome botnet.
firefox is so save that even things you would expect to work, dont work - simple copy paste of mentions in confluence for example does not work
