Be it my laptop or my phone, I personally am a dark mode lover. And I am sure, just like me, some of you would also have that extra bias for dark modeš. From laptops/PC to smartphones, majority devices are shipped with software that offers system-wide dark mode theme compatibility these days.But when it comes to some the most frequently used applications such as internet browser, dark mode wasnāt supported until recently.
If youāre a dark mode aficionado, youāve likely already done this. If youāre new to dark mode, just follow the simple steps below to enable Google Chrome dark mode on your Mac computer. Feb 13, 2019 - If you use Chrome on a Mac you might be interested to know that there is now a dark mode that you can use in Mojave. Some reports suggest.
Among the major players, Apple brought the change in Safari with macOS Mojave v10.14.4 and Google did the same for.About a month later, dark mode on Windows 10 (with the April update bearing bulid number 74.0.3729.108). But soon after the release, a Google employee took to the official help forums to the update is available only to a limited number of Chrome M74 users.I can confirm that we are rolling out this feature to a small number of Chrome M74 users now, and that it will become more widely available in the near future.While users who didnāt get a hand on dark mode were sad to hear about limited roll out, those who received it began chiming about download bar unreadable issue due to improper color combination after Chrome 73/74 update. So PiunikaWeb immediately the concern.Hereās glimpse of what the problem looks like. Download bar readability issue in dark modeMoving on, as is usually the case, itās totally a matter of choice as to what changes users find experience enhancing and eye pleasing.
Same is the case with dark mode on Chrome. While some appreciate it, a lot of Mac and Windows users did not like the background change much.In fact, a huge number of users who didnāt like the background change after receiving the update have been routing to different social media platforms inquiring and looking for ways to revert it back.the past few days across the official Google Chrome Help forums with hundreds of users asking for ways to restore the default settings. Hereās what some of the complainants have to say:Recently, My chrome browser just switched to black/dark mode. Idk if it was an update, but I really hate it. And I canāt find any option to go back to the original theme. I tried everything.
Only option I have left now is to download and use that blue theme on the web store which is still not the one that I want.Why the hell is Google forcing these themes on users. Just give me back my original chrome theme.Iām using dark theme of Mac OS Mojave and like many other apps, Iāve just got chromeās dark theme. But I didnāt find it appealing so I wanna move back to default white theme of chrome even while using Mojave dark theme. I tried finding but didnāt get the option to turn off that dark theme on google chrome.Similar reports can be seen posted across micro-blogging site Twitter.
Here for you to take a quick glance:While users are really confused, and looking for a way back, a informed one of the the complainants on Twitter that dark mode canāt be disabled through Chrome as itās a system setting. Hereās what they:Chrome doesnāt offer the option to disable dark mode, as this is a system setting.That means, this being a change thatās implemented at OS level, one canāt disable it through Chrome settings.
Another product expert said something similar while users about the change across the companyās official help forum.This is controlled by the light/dark default app mode setting in Windows settings and there isnāt a separate Chrome setting.Hereās their complete statement. Aparajita1989An adept nitpicker distilling tech-issues to digestible user understanding. I am an investigative-tech-journalist who loves all things technology. My articles have struck chord at some of the top notch news publications like Forbes, The Next Web, The Verge and more (who's bragging? As a founding member of PiunikaWeb, I am nurturing this first born with my journalistic writing, authorship and sharp-eyed expertise.
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Google announced that the latest update to its web browser is already rolling out with a few neat things in store, including a new for Mac users.The tech company said Google Chrome 73 is already available to download for Windows, Mac, and Linux OS users. Not only does it have security fixes, system-level changes, and new tools for developers, but it also has several new features for casual users.However, these additions will be different depending on the platform the new update is installed on. Dark Mode For Mac And WindowsGoogle has finally decided to Chrome users a Dark Mode for their web browsers, packaged with Chrome 73.
While the new feature is currently for m acOS only, it should soon become available for Windows as well.To Chrome's Dark Mode, users first have to enable the macOS' own dark UI mode. This can be found in Apple's system settings. Access the Apple settings and click on 'System Preferences.' . Click on 'General.' .
Look for the 'Appearance' setting, and then choose the option for 'Dark.' After these steps, Chrome will transition to Dark Mode automatically. When in Dark Mode, users may notice that regular and incognito browsing modes look almost alike. To help differentiate between the two, developers have added a prominent incognito icon on the right side of the URL bar when Incognito mode is active.Once the feature becomes available for Windows, users will also have to enable Windows 10's dark theme first, which can be found at the OS' settings itself.This is not the first time Google has with a dark mode for its user interface.Last month, the company released a beta update for Chrome on Android devices. This experimental 'dark mode' was not activated using a hidden toggle, but instead, it worked in conjunction with the 'night mode' within Android Pie.Google tried out the dark mode treatment on its Help Center available on the web. It turned the white background for tutorial and troubleshooting pages on the services into a darker shade of gray.Google Play Games users also had its own dark mode for a time. Its version did not function along with 'night mode' but could be activated by accessing Settings and then turning on Dark Theme.
Other Chrome 73 FeaturesChrome 73 also comes with expanded support for native picture-in-picture (PIP) video. When supported videos are played, they transition to PIP mode automatically whenever users switch to other tabs. It also gives users the ability to skip ads even a video is in PIP and to have the clip return to the tab or app once it is finished playing.The feature is readily available to users without having to access any special settings. However, developers still need to build support into web apps and pages if they want to have the PIP mode enabled.
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This means functionality may be different between apps and web pages.The new also consolidates all Google's sync options. They can now be found under the 'Sync and Google services' section located in the Settings menu.