Compare Chrome extensions: Better Dark Mode vs Special Dark

Stats Better Dark Mode Better Dark Mode Special Dark Special Dark
User count 5,000+ 636
Average rating 3.46 3.72
Rating count 26 25
Last updated 2017-09-23 2019-09-22
Size 32.82K 101.56K
Version 0.9.4 1.8.0
Short description
Give pages a better dark mode by avoiding things like full white text on full black background. Darkens bright pages. Love your eyes and your power bill.
Full summary
  • Creates a dark mode of any page by inverting the original colors, background-colors, border-colors.
  • Unlike most "dark modes," Better Dark Mode reduces eye-strain by not allowing any RGB values below 50 or above 200 by default. Darkness and brightness limits can be customized by user.

Potential updates:

  • Find a way to avoid flash of non-darkened page before extension runs on page load
  • Store the active/inactive state as well as darkness/brightness limit variables Chrome-wide (currently using localStorage)

##Changes 1.8.0

  • Fixed issue with github comment text.
  • Replace github styles without backgrounnd image and a more updated sheet.
  • Dropped Twitter styles since Twitter now has a dark theme.

Features:

  • Includes a few special site specific styles such as:
    • Facebook
    • Amazon
    • Github
    • Stack Exchange

I realize that Stylish exists and is useful for styling individual sites, however I think that Special Dark works well for most sites with a few exceptions.