Gregory's Serverπ https://www.OpenStreetMap.org is now also available in #DarkMode πΆοΈ π¦ π€ #Black #OpenStreetMap #UI
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@InsertUser Not currently. It is detected from Operating System setting. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/@media/prefers-color-scheme  @osm_tech isn't that a global setting though. I generally prefer dark mode but not if it's going to reduce contrast on all the map tiles. @InsertUser Yes global setting. A compromise had to be made. Best route is likely to help create a dark theme style for our vector tiles. @osm_tech I guess I'll have to choose a dedicated browser for browsing OSM.org and disable dark mode in that browser. @InsertUser @osm_tech Same. I just opened the site and even though I like dark theme in many websites and platforms, in the main OSM site currently it just doesn't look great, especially when it darkens the map tiles. It makes it difficult to use. @jimkats @InsertUser Incremental improvements will be made over time. OpenStreetMap.org is built by volunteers. @osm_tech @InsertUser I know that very well, don't worry. I just state my opinion with the first usage of this feature I just had. I'm sure something will come in the future when the availability comes.  @scy There isn't an OSM.org UI option to turn it off yet. Dark Mode is enabled if detected by https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/@media/prefers-color-scheme Our current raster tile infrastructure would not be able to handle another tile style. We have an alpha vector tiles under development, dark mode style would be a nice feature extension. @osm_tech Thanks for the quick and helpful response! β€οΈ I mean, maybe it's just me who's having trouble with how the tiles are looking now. I totally understand that a new style would take a lot of resources, both infrastructure- and effort-wise, and I don't have anything to propose. But for me, the reduced contrast is kind of problematic. A UI to disable _just_ the tile dimming, or configure its amount, would be really useful. Disabling dark mode for the whole browser isn't really an option β¦  @osm_tech did you consider accessibility when you launched this? This made contrast worse across the board. @gustav OSM.org is built by a volunteer team. You can read more here: https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/issues/2332 @InsertUser @osm_tech @gustav Hell yeah, the examples in that GitHub issue look _awesome_. And they don't need separate tilesets or whatever, it's just a filter. Can we have _that_, please? (I also looked for the PR that caused the change that's currently live, but couldn't find it.)  @InsertUser @scy @osm_tech @gustav Is this the PR? https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/pull/4761 I don't think it attempted to implemented any of those filters. But I'm not sure where the dimming or gray overlay comes from. @alan @InsertUser @osm_tech @gustav The dimming is from here: https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/pull/4712 I have created https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/pull/5325 as a possible quick fix, which is imho better than reverting the change. But reverting, on the other hand, would be better than leaving it dimmed like it is now.  @osm_tech I like dark mode sometimes, but I don't want it on OSM maps. Please give me an easy way in the web site to choose whether it's on or off. @wdenton Give us a few days. Currently it is always enabled if Dark Mode is globally enabled on your device/computer.   |
@osm_tech Is there a button to toggle between light and dark somewhere?