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Not as efficient as some extensions (some icons are displayed badly), but it's possible to set a dark mode by default in chrome://flags and enable"auto dark mode for web contents".

    matchboxbananasynergy This is realistically something that should be supported by sites and not forced by the browser

    Very unlikely to happen soon, if at all. There are tons of sites out there that do not support dark mode at all or you need to log in just to read to enable dark mode, so you are now tracked.

    A browser on a Pixel with a LED display should be conveniently supporting, easy user-switchable, lifetime-preserving (for both battery and screen) dark mode in 2023. (I realize that it won't be perfect in some sites.)

    Have a look at the general way that IETF standards are mostly developed, and the excellent approach that a receiver should gracefully accommodate flaws in a sender's transmission / protocol sequence.

      [deleted] it's possible to set a dark mode by default in chrome://flags and enable"auto dark mode for web contents".

      Fantastic - thanks! I had no idea about this (or the chrome://flags) being a longtime FF user. This will be very useful.

        matchboxbananasynergy In Vanadium's settings > privacy and security, there is an option called "open external links in incognito".

        Users should be aware this incognito mode disables screenshots (apparently).

        I was trying to make a screenshot today and received the notice "Disabled by admin". I was looking all over my current profile and owner settings to see what I had accidentally changed. I finally clued in that I was in an incognito tab (opened from another app IIRC).

        It is a time-wasting, unhelpful message, and the behaviour is not helpful. I use the mode to help protect my privacy, not protect others from my saving of their web page.

        Is this configuration part of Vanadium or Chromium?

            ve3jlg In my experience, there hasn't even been any noticeable slowness, really, except for some websites. In those cases, JIT can be selectively enabled for that site on Vanadium.

            I've also heard the same about people using Apple's Lockdown Mode which also disables JIT for Safari; you mostly don't notice it, but the benefit in security is significant.

              ve3jlg I believe that screenshots being disabled on Vanadium is part of Chromium, not something that Vanadium explicitly added.

                Where is the screenshot setting in Vanadium ? I can take screenshots and can't find a setting that enables or disables it ?

                  billinmtl I don't believe it is a setting. If you're in incognito mode, it prevents screenshot. If you're not, you should be able to take a screenshot normally.