Dark theme (working)

mrjeeves

giffgaff Dark Theme

I've finished making a dark theme for the forums (as far as I know).

Follow the instructions here to download it: https://github.com/davwheat/giffgaff-flarum-dark-mode/blob/master/readme.md

Reply here if you find any issues!

Known Issues

~~Search results are light~~
~~Inline monospace doesn't work~~
~~Broken user page~~
~~Code blocks are light~~
~~Tags page is white~~
~~Tables are invisible~~

Please note that this project is no longer supported, in favour of a soon-to-be-released official dark mode.

The extension will continue working until further notice, but future forum updates may render it useless (so use the built in dark mode when it's released).

benjamin567

mrjeeves congrats, hopefully, giffgaff will be able to implement this into the platform as some point

ianmorland

mrjeeves

How about a little teaser of something I'm cooking up, based on your excellent work here?

I've just sent you a PD, with some more details 😉

tradertall

mrjeeves i love the dark theme

mrjeeves

benjamin567

It will likely have to be re-done and edited to implement it into their systems. This is just temporary for the moment.

majorincident

Doesn't work for me since I am using a version of firefox beyond which I cannot go. On Lithium 'Dark background an light text' worked without issue and still does on the rest of the internet.

The move to Flarum is leaving a lot of people behind through no fault of theirs, and I am reaching the limit of my tolerance.

mrjeeves

majorincident It's not our fault that you're stuck on an old system with an outdated and vulnerable operating system while running a browser without the latest features and security updates.

The internet and technology are moving more rapidly than ever before. You can either keep up or get left behind. That's the reason that so many sites don't support Internet Explorer.

i_am_sy

majorincident

The more you say this, the more I'll tell you that you need a new computer!

You said to me before that it does everything you want and that there's no need to change it. From your many posts I can understand that it really doesn't do what you want and there is a real need to change it to something more modern.

alex_w

majorincident would help us a lot to know what system you are using, if you are happy to share that.

majorincident

You want me to buy a new computer to solve the problem of ONE site? I don't need to be here and will just stop posting if the crap doesn't get sorted.

i_am_sy

majorincident You want me to buy a new computer to solve the problem of ONE site? I don't need to be here and will just stop posting if the crap doesn't get sorted.

It's entirety down to you, want you do, it is somthing though that is not going to change, so being vocal about it doesn't make any difference in this case because nothing can or should be done to change it, you will probably just find you hear the same over and over from us reminding you of why you should upgrade, I'm afraid.

davidevans0000

That's great new cheers.

majorincident

davidevans0000, I'm still waiting for the ignore feature, but that's another thing that is apparently in the works.

Those of you telling me to upgrade refuse to see that the problem is specific and not the whole of the internet, which works fine with my set up. Still if any of you care to stump up for the cost of a new computer, I'll upgrade. Otherwise keep your unhelpful comments to yourself.

extreme_one

majorincident refuse to see that the problem is specific and not the whole of the internet

Unfortunately, the problem is very specific, to you and anyone else that's chosen to continue using outdated hardware or software.

You are in a very small minority and you can't really expect any developer to spend resources trying to fix a problem inherently caused by using an old non-compliant browser. The time and effort required to make things work for you, and the other tiny minority, would be better spent improving things for the majority.

This isn't personal, and I'm sorry if you end up taking it that way, it's certainly not my intention to upset or annoy you further, I'm simply explaining how this kind of project management must work.

You have only 2 choices with regards the giffgaff forum, either learn to use it as is, with your aging hardware and software, learning how to overcome or ignore the incompatibilities, or gain access to a device which will work fully.

Any mobile device, such as a cheap Android phone or tablet of less than 3 or so years old ought to render this site fine, alternatively Chromebooks are relatively inexpensive, or even a cheap 2nd hand laptop running Windows 7 or later ...

If you decide not to upgrade, you must expect more and more websites to become unusable, or unstable, over time as web technology moves forward.

I hope you find a solution that works for you.

davidevans0000

majorincident treat yourself take your pick. https://www.argos.co.uk/search/chromebook/category:36478534/opt/sort:price/

peterhall0012

majorincident you've had plenty to say in other threads can't see how you have a problem.

pw6049

@majorincident what's up you are posting plenty.

majorincident

Yeah, there's a lot you don't see.

gizzblue

Personally I've been using the dark theme since the test site ...its way to bright any other way .

z201205

ianmorland how about a better use of screen real estate mode? IE one with less whitespace so more threads appear on the various boards and more posts within each thread. It'd mean less scrolling. Instead of 2 or 3 thread titles, I'd see 4, 5 or even more on my mobile.

z201205

z201205 scrolling through this thread gives 17 full screens. With better use of screen real estate that reduces to 10 or less.

i_am_sy

alex_w

@majorincident is running a 2012 or 2013 version of Firefox on Mac OS X 10.5.8

Quite a few of us have explained the drawbacks of that both in security and compatibility, and recommend newer hardware and software.