948437 - On certain monitors the light, grayscale MDN site can be quite hard to read; it would be best to have a darker theme available or use a thicker typeface.

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 924767

(developer.mozilla.org Graveyard :: Design, defect)

Description

[andrew.e.mauney]

What feature should be changed? Please provide the URL of the feature if possible.
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The new MDN pages are harder to read on certain monitors due to the color palette and thinner typeface choices. This could be remedied through having a darker theme available

What problems would this solve?
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Issues being viewed on monitors with varying contrast. It would also reduce eyestrain if a dev is working at night or in a poorly light area.

Who would use this?
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Especially people coding at night or who have a sensitivity to brighter colors/light.

What would users see?
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Some kind of light/dark toggle in the top utility bar or as a setting in their user/persona preferences.

What would users do? What would happen as a result?
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For logged in users, it would stay this way until otherwise changed. For non-logged in users it would more than likely need to be a cookie that would persist for roughly a month.

Is there anything else we should know?
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I have noticed this problem on my DELL and Samsung monitors along with a coworker's Apple 30' Cinema display. When I viewed the site it was quite a shock to my eyes.