# Nighttime mode on the Boards?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nighttime-mode-on-the-boards/824710
**Category:** About This Message Board
**Created:** [November 17, 2018, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nighttime-mode-on-the-boards/824710 "2018-11-17T22:59:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2018, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nighttime-mode-on-the-boards/824710/1 "2018-11-17T22:59:00Z")
I didn’t see a thread on this, so wanted to ask: Is nighttime mode something that could ever be offered on the SDMB?
I say ‘ever’ because it might require a significant cash outlay, something that may not be possible. Or, I suppose it might depend on the software the Dope uses (?rents).
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### Author:  [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2018, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nighttime-mode-on-the-boards/824710/2 "2018-11-17T23:21:43Z")
What is “nighttime mode”?
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### Author:  [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2018, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nighttime-mode-on-the-boards/824710/3 "2018-11-17T23:24:18Z")
Black background with white text. Saves your night vision and battery charge on devices with OLED screens.
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### Author:  [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2018, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nighttime-mode-on-the-boards/824710/4 "2018-11-18T00:01:27Z")
> [@voltaire](#):
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> Black background with white text. Saves your night vision and battery charge on devices with OLED screens.
Not necessarily black and white. [THIS\*](https://elsmar.com/elsmarqualityforum/) is more my style.
ETA: \*You may need to turn ‘nighttime mode’ on
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### Author:  [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2018, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nighttime-mode-on-the-boards/824710/5 "2018-11-18T00:35:36Z")
Its available on Tapatalk.
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### Author:  [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2018, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nighttime-mode-on-the-boards/824710/6 "2018-11-18T01:16:09Z")
> [@voltaire](#):
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> Black background with white text. Saves your night vision and battery charge on devices with OLED screens.
So, basically you’re asking if the SDMB could offer a different color scheme?
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### Author:  [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2018, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nighttime-mode-on-the-boards/824710/7 "2018-11-18T02:33:37Z")
> [@madsircool](#):
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> Its available on Tapatalk.
And automatically on my iPhone.
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### Author:  [@mistymage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mistymage)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2018, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nighttime-mode-on-the-boards/824710/8 "2018-11-18T03:07:04Z")
Oh. I was hoping it was an allusion to “drunks can’t post when enabled”. I’d use it.
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### Author:  [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2018, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nighttime-mode-on-the-boards/824710/9 "2018-11-18T03:16:56Z")
> [@mistymage](#):
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> Oh. I was hoping it was an allusion to “drunks can’t post when enabled”. I’d use it.
Then you’ll never get anyone to Mod.
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### Author:  [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2018, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nighttime-mode-on-the-boards/824710/10 "2018-11-18T04:05:04Z")
Some third-party browsers have a nighttime mode. Download one from your device’s app store.
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### Author:  [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2018, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nighttime-mode-on-the-boards/824710/11 "2018-11-18T04:09:10Z")
Seeing as we can’t get the current mobile style fixed, I doubt we can offer another style natively on the site. In theory I could make a userscript, but I’m not an actual designer, and it seems apps exist that have night mode offerings.
And if someone else can actually design a new style, then it’d probably easier to use a user styler (like Stylish) than for me to convert it to a userscript.