Reviews for Dark Reader
Dark Reader by Dark Reader Ltd
5,901 reviews
- Rated 4 out of 5by yoshi314, 7 years agoPretty cool, needs some time to adjust to it. Some shortcuts are not working on my setup
- Rated 3 out of 5by Satish P, 7 years agoThis add-on is really great for people like me who prefer to use dark mode/themes all over. My OS is also always on High Contrast with White text on Black backgrounds. Firefox's Colors doesn't help much because most websites are simply useless when viewed with overridden dark colors and High Contrast. So I thank the developer for really good and useful work!
However there seem to be issues with some sites (bugzilla.mozilla.org is completely dark with nothing visible; GitHub fares a little better but still unusable). Performance is also a big hindrance - page loads and scrolling are completely off with this extension enabled. I presume the Chrome version may not have these issues but I prefer Firefox and would like to see this extension working well with it.Developer response
posted 6 years agoJust published Dynamic Theme mode, which should have no blank screen and performance bugs. If some website is displayed wrong, you can send a link to darkreaderapp@gmail.com - Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 13903605, 7 years agoI can't help but assume there is a bug, but while Dark Reader works as advertised, it completely destroys performance. I'm using a 2017 Macbook Pro and viewing even the simplest pages result in extremely laggy scrolling, page load, and even closing Firefox sometimes hangs. I initially assumed it was a problem with Firefox, but as soon as I removed Dark Reader, everything was fine again.
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 13903167, 7 years agoThis is a great extension that makes websites look great, but on Filter+, I can't see anything on sites like GitHub and with Static Theme, some input boxes, like on Google and DuckDuckGo have strange formats.
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 12670934, 7 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13902317, 7 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13897714, 7 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 13892005, 7 years ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 13596010, 7 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 6593742, 7 years agoWOW! This extension makes viewing like, no pun intended, night and day. I have some vision issues and read a great deal of text on line. This makes everything so much more readable. Thank you.
- Rated 4 out of 5by dregatar, 7 years agoFound a ? bug
this addon conflicts with scroll to to addon
tested both
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/top-and-bottom-scroll-buttons/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/scroll-to-top/
this addon caused the top bottom button to follow the page when scrolled up/down
kindly fix if possible. Otherwise its a great addon. - Rated 3 out of 5by Arnolduz, 7 years agoKheb de add-on er nèt in gehangen, dus om dan nu al bebedeld te worden voor een daverende staande ovatie...
- Rated 4 out of 5by The Cypher, 7 years agoThank you for porting. Slight problem with Facebook Chat windows though. They bounce to the bottom of the page, and I can't catch up with them no matter how far down I scroll. Facebook also has numerous other problems related to scrolling (for example, chat options on the bottom right corner bounce to the bottom with the chat windows) and Facebook posts tend to bounce up and down too. Would be great if this could be fixed!
EDIT: Oh, and Outlook is completely unusable. - Rated 4 out of 5by Estecka, 7 years agoDark Reader was already my favorite dark theme on Chrome.
Though the firefox version is a little more buggy, It's still superior to the other I've found. - Rated 5 out of 5by Alireza A. A., 7 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13333736, 7 years agoNo other dark reader holds a candle to this. OWL etc are awful and so user unfriendly compared. The color inversion is also vastly superior to it's alternatives.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13804932, 7 years agoworks pretty flawlessly, makes pages read so much easier, and if i need to it's super-easy to turn off
- Rated 5 out of 5by kondor, 7 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13850603, 7 years agoI think this extension is beautiful!! Ever since we lost all of the complete themes ( Dark Fox, V2, Red Shift, etc.), from Firefox, I have been seriously missing the dark background themes I liked soooo much!
This takes it all back, and even goes one better, I think.....Very Nice work!
Thank You!!! - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13842395, 7 years agoBrilliant!! Wonderful!
Just what I wanted / needed. What else can I say. The optional light vs dark themes and built in adjustments really are just what you need.
The night shift thanks you!