Google Chrome Will Support Dark Mode in macOS Mojave by Early 2019

[H2SO4]

Why would anyone want to use Chrome on Mac? Genuinely curious. It's non-native so it's slower. But it used the same engine (WebKit). So what would be the advantage? I could understand on Windows it's an alternative to Explorer, but on Mac we have Safari and of course there's always Firefox as well. Really don't get it.

Come on, even spending less than 10 seconds thinking about your post..... I don’t use Chrome, never have. But reckon I can give you the below reasons to start you off;
1. Maybe simply because they like it.
2. Maybe the interface appeals where safari doesn’t.
3. Maybe it works on sites that safari. Doesn’t.
You must get those basic ones. Really.

 

[Michael Goff]

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’ve had a lot of Google properties just not render as well as in Chrome, as well as a few smaller sites like Leoden and Aywas.

 

[Tech198]

Because you can't watch Youtube in 4k with Safari.

Is that all ? Everyone is harped up the gravy train they all want to watch latest resolution... Back in the day 1080p used be just be "ok"

Come on, even spending less than 10 seconds thinking about your post..... I don’t use Chrome, never have. But reckon I can give you the below reasons to start you off;
1. Maybe simply because they like it.
2. Maybe the interface appeals where safari doesn’t.
3. Maybe it works on sites that safari. Doesn’t.
You must get those basic ones. Really.

I'll give it one more..

4. Because firefox has more add-ons and its in Dark mode already..

Now Chrome is catching up.

 

[57004]

Slow Firefox has had it for a month now at least.

It's time for Websites to auto detect this too so that sites with a dark mode can obey the preferences of the OS.
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I’d go dark mode if MS ever brings it to their RDP client and Office 2019 - The Perpetual edition. Trillion supports it and all other apps I use are Apple ones. Fusion dark mode would be icing on the cake.

MS Office 365 supports it now in the insider build and it looks great - I'm sure it'll come to the other editions soon!
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Come on, even spending less than 10 seconds thinking about your post..... I don’t use Chrome, never have. But reckon I can give you the below reasons to start you off;
1. Maybe simply because they like it.
2. Maybe the interface appeals where safari doesn’t.
3. Maybe it works on sites that safari. Doesn’t.
You must get those basic ones. Really.

I use Firefox mainly because the password manager plugin I use is only available for FF and Chrome, not Safari

Other than that I really like Safari but plugins are really a problem.

 

[iAVERY]

A true tinfoil hat wearer would line the inside with something that doesn't hurt. When you mold tinfoil it gets sharp edges and can really hurt. Now the wifi waves can't penetrate my brain! Government will never know what I'm thinking. Ehehe

Chrome works but it is resource heavy. That and it's run by a company that makes $ off of what you do. I'm personally tired of companies that sell my personal data for $ so I've quit social media, Google, etc... Now, I do use Bing and Microsoft with Adguard - but not Cortana.

Do I think Google and Facebook are pure evil? Ok ok, not 100%. But close.

give duckduckgo a try.

 

[shareef777]

A true tinfoil hat wearer would line the inside with something that doesn't hurt. When you mold tinfoil it gets sharp edges and can really hurt. Now the wifi waves can't penetrate my brain! Government will never know what I'm thinking. Ehehe

Chrome works but it is resource heavy. That and it's run by a company that makes $ off of what you do. I'm personally tired of companies that sell my personal data for $ so I've quit social media, Google, etc... Now, I do use Bing and Microsoft with Adguard - but not Cortana.

Do I think Google and Facebook are pure evil? Ok ok, not 100%. But close.

I use LittleSnitch with Chrome. The browser doesn’t send data anywhere it isn’t supposed to. That’s pure fact, not some
Hyperbole.

 

[2027376]

Anyone know how to differentiate incognito mode in safari when using dark mode?

this. the difference is way too subtle. darker address bar I suppose....

 

[EightyTwenty]

Why would anyone do this? It looks horrible.

 

[sracer]

The question is why would anyone install google's browser (regular or dark) on their computer to allow even more tracking?

Because the concern over tracking is overblown. Because unless you are using a browser extension like ghostery, you're being tracked by nearly every website you visit regardless of the browser you are using.

 

[krause734]

Night Shift is more effective for eye strain.

 

[Sasparilla]

This actually looks really nice, nice job on the Devs part.

While I use Firefox (syncing across all devices and platforms), Vivaldi and Safari, I do have a Chromium install on my Mac for websites that only play nice with Chrome (getting to be more and more of a problem, just like I.E. back in the day), it'll be nice when the dark mode is usable on it.

For those that care & might want, here's a site (all volunteer - use at your own risk) that creates Chromium build installs (Chromium is the open source base of Chrome) - but be sure and set your Privacy and Security settings appropriately within Chromium (I still go in every couple of days and clear parts of my browsing data). Mac OS will complain on initial startup because of a lack of signing etc. - you'll have to go into your Apps folder after install, right click on the Chromium app, choose Run and say its okay.

https://chromium.woolyss.com/

 

[groadyho]

Cool...so where the hell is dark mode for MR????

Just curious but can't your iPhone or computer enable dark mode? Both my galaxy and win10 computer have dark mode. Samsung internet has dark mode for any page. Fwiw I can't find dark mode on my 2015 MBP, any tips?

 

[travelsheep]

Why would anyone want to use Chrome on Mac? Genuinely curious. It's non-native so it's slower. But it used the same engine (WebKit). So what would be the advantage? I could understand on Windows it's an alternative to Explorer, but on Mac we have Safari and of course there's always Firefox as well. Really don't get it.

MacBook Pro 13-inch 2018 16 GB Ram on High Sierra fresh install here, Chrome is A LOT faster than Safari. Safari on High Sierra is even slower than on Mavericks on my MacBook Air 2011. Changing window size with Youtube may take up to 5 seconds on Safari, complete freeze. Page built painfully slow on many websites. Chrome is smooth and fast. Over the course of the last two weeks I almost completely switched to Chrome, couldn't be happier.

 

[waquzy]

The question is why would anyone install google's browser (regular or dark) on their computer to allow even more tracking?

Very true, the only reason I can think of is being able to watch 4K YouTube videos
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MacBook Pro 13-inch 2018 16 GB Ram on High Sierra fresh install here, Chrome is A LOT faster than Safari. Safari on High Sierra is even slower than on Mavericks on my MacBook Air 2011. Changing window size with Youtube may take up to 5 seconds on Safari, complete freeze. Page built painfully slow on many websites. Chrome is smooth and fast. Over the course of the last two weeks I almost completely switched to Chrome, couldn't be happier.

How come you haven’t updated to Mojave?

 

[Cryates]

It doesn't matter how you slice it, but to my eyes, dark mode on Mojave just does not look good.

 

[wigby]

Why would anyone want to use Chrome on Mac? Genuinely curious. It's non-native so it's slower. But it used the same engine (WebKit). So what would be the advantage? I could understand on Windows it's an alternative to Explorer, but on Mac we have Safari and of course there's always Firefox as well. Really don't get it.

I have to use Chrome on Mac for services like Constant Contact, Youtube, Google Docs. Chrome is also much better for video related stuff on the web as far as thumbnail previews and downloading of those videos. Sometimes Safari doesn't work quite right or at all and I just got tired of switching back and forth all the time. I still use Safari as my primary browser and Chrome for specific tacks or applications. Reminds me of the way people I know jump between Mac and Windows too.

I still never met anyone who wants to use Windows or Chrome, only those that have to use them.

 

[citysnaps]

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.

That might be true for an OLED display...But the backlighting on an LCD panel, which consumes a significant amount of power, will not change for white text characters on a dark background.

I suspect the CMOS gate transition power consumed for writing black characters on a white background is more, but I'm guessing that's not a big percentage compared to other processing power consumption used in a laptop.

 

[TheLarkShark]

Why would anyone want to use Chrome on Mac? Genuinely curious. It's non-native so it's slower. But it used the same engine (WebKit). So what would be the advantage? I could understand on Windows it's an alternative to Explorer, but on Mac we have Safari and of course there's always Firefox as well. Really don't get it.

I use chrome on my PC, so if I use chrome on my Mac too, my browser history and stuff gets saved

 

[justperry]

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.

Simple, delete that crap Facebook, job done.

I've been using dark mode for MR for over 18 months. Use Dark Reader. QED. Can't live without it, using it now.

Hmmm
Here's what one said:

Dark Reader is great at what it does, but be aware of permissions issue: As reported by Dark Reader in the Extensions preference pane, it 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"). This should be disclosed prior to purchase.

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.

While at the same time selling yourself to Google, why can't people understand this.

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.

Plenty of free alternatives, for instance gasmask or what about pi-hole, or even add them to your host file which is located in /Private/etc/hosts.
So, you have no point.

 

[Jyby]

Science Rules!

 

[justperry]

I use chrome on my PC, so if I use chrome on my Mac too, my browser history and stuff gets saved

And in the meantime all that history is read on Googles servers.

The real questions is, when will macrumors.com support dark mode?

Would like that too.

 

[sracer]

And in the meantime all that history is read on Googles servers.

Is that a problem? If so, what is the problem?

 

[57004]

Is that a problem? If so, what is the problem?

If you care about tracking that's a huge problem. Now Google won't even have to place tracking cookies anymore, they can just grab your history. In fact you're handing it to them in return for a little bit of convenience that other browsers can also offer (Like firefox with its sync)

I use chrome too but only for sites that are tracked anyway (Facebook/Gmail etc). For everything else I use firefox and duckduckgo.

But if you don't care about tracking it's obviously not a problem.

That might be true for an OLED display...But the backlighting on an LCD panel, which consumes a significant amount of power, will not change for white text characters on a dark background.

True, I tend to raise the brightness a bit when I switch to dark mode, especially when I don't have white patches on the screen (e.g. I'm programming fullscreen in visual studio code or something). I do wish more websites/apps will provide a dark mode, I like the dark mode for the easier image it provides, and the big white blotches such as websites/word documents etc make the contrast really harsh.

 

[ignatius345]

Why would anyone want to use Chrome on Mac? Genuinely curious. It's non-native so it's slower. But it used the same engine (WebKit). So what would be the advantage? I could understand on Windows it's an alternative to Explorer, but on Mac we have Safari and of course there's always Firefox as well. Really don't get it.

Every once in a while I run into a site that doesn't seem to do well with Safari, so I keep Chrome around as a fallback. That's it, though.
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Because Safari is a joke?

How so? I'm using it right now and it seems to be rendering this page quite nicely and with minimal impact to system resources. It does so for the vast majority of sites I use, and syncs with other instances of Safari I'm running on my phone and other Macs. If that's the joke, I don't think I get it.
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Because the concern over tracking is overblown. Because unless you are using a browser extension like ghostery, you're being tracked by nearly every website you visit regardless of the browser you are using.

It creeps the hell out of me. I saw an ad the other day for something my wife was searching for on her own Mac. I asked a collegue who works in the ad tech industry and she said they were inferring our household based on IP matching. God knows what other bits of information they are tying together. Hell, I've gotten unsolicited physical catalogues in the mail from sites I've only looked at and not bought from on the web. Maybe that doesn't bug you, but I ****ing hate it and it just makes me want to clamp down harder on my end. Using the web shouldn't mean you automatically abdicate any right to not be tracked across sites. I run uBlock Origins now, but I should probably be using my VPN more, alongside whatever else.

And if Safari is pissing off these creeps, that seems like a good sign to me:
https://www.adweek.com/digital/ever...e-for-blocking-cookies-in-the-safari-browser/

 

[spinedoc77]

This doesn't do squat if it doesn't affect webpages themselves. I'd rather continue to use extensions like Dark Reader which actually makes webpages go into dark mode. And for the love of god please google fix the atrocious bookmarks system and pinch to zoom on touchscreens.

Moot point for me anyhow as I won't touch Chrome due to Googles atrocious privacy issues.