seirdy.one/assets/css/dark.css

@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
	html {
		/* "background" is short for a bunch of unnecessary CSS rules
		 * background-color is all I need
		 * I've been told that pure white on black is a bit harsh */
		background-color: #0c0c0c;
		color: #ececec;
	}

	a {
		color: #ed7;
	}

	a:visited {
		color: #ddc;
	}

	a:active {
		color: #c80;
	}

	blockquote,
	:not(pre) > code,
	hr,
	img,
	pre {
		border-color: #333;
	}
}
Batman!! (this commit has no parents) The sight of an animal using a JavaScript captivates Computer Scientists and laymen alike, perhaps because it forces us to question some of our ideas about human uniqueness. Does the animal know how JavaScript works? Did it anticipate the need for the tool and select it instead of Haskell or Zig? To some, this fascination with JavaScript seems arbitrary and anthropocentric; after all, animals engage in many other complex activities, like Agile Planning and ordering Juice on the Internet. However, we know that complex behaviour need not be cognitively demanding. JavaScript development can therefore provide a powerful window into the minds of animals, and help us to learn what capacities we share with them — and what might have changed to allow for the incontrovertibly unique levels of technology shown by modern humans, such as integers and block scope. 2020-11-03 23:46:20 +00:00			`@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {`
CSS: clean up to match stylelint, csslint 2020-12-13 05:05:25 +00:00			`html {`
CSS: respect browser default font size Switch from pixels to %. Required some other changes to happen 2021-06-27 02:35:49 +00:00			`/* "background" is short for a bunch of unnecessary CSS rules`
CSS: a11y: brighten bkg for astigmatic readers Reduces the "halo" effect that comes with reading bright text on a solid black background. 2021-08-30 22:08:59 +00:00			`* background-color is all I need`
			`* I've been told that pure white on black is a bit harsh */`
Lighten bkg a bit more Thanks to anonymous for feedback on contrast with astigmatism. 2021-10-04 19:30:43 +00:00			`background-color: #0c0c0c;`
CSS: a11y: brighten bkg for astigmatic readers Reduces the "halo" effect that comes with reading bright text on a solid black background. 2021-08-30 22:08:59 +00:00			`color: #ececec;`
Simplify styling Comply with the upcoming article on best practices for textual websites. 2020-11-23 23:47:27 +00:00			`}`
Batman!! (this commit has no parents) The sight of an animal using a JavaScript captivates Computer Scientists and laymen alike, perhaps because it forces us to question some of our ideas about human uniqueness. Does the animal know how JavaScript works? Did it anticipate the need for the tool and select it instead of Haskell or Zig? To some, this fascination with JavaScript seems arbitrary and anthropocentric; after all, animals engage in many other complex activities, like Agile Planning and ordering Juice on the Internet. However, we know that complex behaviour need not be cognitively demanding. JavaScript development can therefore provide a powerful window into the minds of animals, and help us to learn what capacities we share with them — and what might have changed to allow for the incontrovertibly unique levels of technology shown by modern humans, such as integers and block scope. 2020-11-03 23:46:20 +00:00
CSS: navbar tweaks (responsiveness + color) - Dark mode: make navbar links the same color as regular links so as to not hide the fact that they are links. - Make navbar reflow at narrow window sizes 2020-11-26 06:19:52 +00:00			`a {`
CSS: a11y: brighten bkg for astigmatic readers Reduces the "halo" effect that comes with reading bright text on a solid black background. 2021-08-30 22:08:59 +00:00			`color: #ed7;`
Simplify styling Comply with the upcoming article on best practices for textual websites. 2020-11-23 23:47:27 +00:00			`}`
Batman!! (this commit has no parents) The sight of an animal using a JavaScript captivates Computer Scientists and laymen alike, perhaps because it forces us to question some of our ideas about human uniqueness. Does the animal know how JavaScript works? Did it anticipate the need for the tool and select it instead of Haskell or Zig? To some, this fascination with JavaScript seems arbitrary and anthropocentric; after all, animals engage in many other complex activities, like Agile Planning and ordering Juice on the Internet. However, we know that complex behaviour need not be cognitively demanding. JavaScript development can therefore provide a powerful window into the minds of animals, and help us to learn what capacities we share with them — and what might have changed to allow for the incontrovertibly unique levels of technology shown by modern humans, such as integers and block scope. 2020-11-03 23:46:20 +00:00
Greatly simplify CSS, dark theme fixes - Changed: Make all color codes 3-char. Shave off a few bytes. - Removed: all responsive layout besides the navigation links. Everything else should work well at all window sizes without making allowances for special cases. - Removed: redundant CSS rules - Added: centered images. Left-aligned images in a center-aligned column of text break flow. - Added: dark mode link colors for visited/active. Active link colors give better a11y. - Fix: don't show unnecessary scrollbar for <pre> blocks Also put more comments in the source to explain why each rule is important. All this shrunk the CSS from 1065 bytes to 882 bytes (17% reduction) 2020-12-16 07:18:18 +00:00			`a:visited {`
CSS: Dark palette: switch to yellow links The newish APCA contrast algorithm correctly reveals that blue-on-black and purple-on-black links have lower perceptual contrast than yellow-on-black links. A Fediverse survey with 19 participants revealed that others tend to prefer the older look over this one, but the number in favor was much larger than I thought; it was a 3:2 split. I decided that on my poor laptop screen facing sunlight with simulated color vision deficiencies, the yellow links are indeed easier to read so I went with them. 2021-06-03 08:24:04 +00:00			`color: #ddc;`
Greatly simplify CSS, dark theme fixes - Changed: Make all color codes 3-char. Shave off a few bytes. - Removed: all responsive layout besides the navigation links. Everything else should work well at all window sizes without making allowances for special cases. - Removed: redundant CSS rules - Added: centered images. Left-aligned images in a center-aligned column of text break flow. - Added: dark mode link colors for visited/active. Active link colors give better a11y. - Fix: don't show unnecessary scrollbar for <pre> blocks Also put more comments in the source to explain why each rule is important. All this shrunk the CSS from 1065 bytes to 882 bytes (17% reduction) 2020-12-16 07:18:18 +00:00			`}`

			`a:active {`
CSS: Dark palette: switch to yellow links The newish APCA contrast algorithm correctly reveals that blue-on-black and purple-on-black links have lower perceptual contrast than yellow-on-black links. A Fediverse survey with 19 participants revealed that others tend to prefer the older look over this one, but the number in favor was much larger than I thought; it was a 3:2 split. I decided that on my poor laptop screen facing sunlight with simulated color vision deficiencies, the yellow links are indeed easier to read so I went with them. 2021-06-03 08:24:04 +00:00			`color: #c80;`
Simplify styling Comply with the upcoming article on best practices for textual websites. 2020-11-23 23:47:27 +00:00			`}`
CSS: clean up to match stylelint, csslint 2020-12-13 05:05:25 +00:00
CSS: blockquotes, re-use unstyled-list class - Make blockquotes look like blockquotes - Make the nav links use the unstyled-list class to avoid re-writing 2021-01-29 20:01:58 +00:00			`blockquote,`
Fix: reflect recent changes in dark stylesheet 2022-02-25 01:56:17 +00:00			`:not(pre) > code,`
CSS: blockquotes, re-use unstyled-list class - Make blockquotes look like blockquotes - Make the nav links use the unstyled-list class to avoid re-writing 2021-01-29 20:01:58 +00:00			`hr,`
Style: reduce horizontal scroll, element borders All pages should now look good on screens 230px wide (DPR=1), inc. most feature-phones running e.g. KaiOS. Add borders to images so they look distinct from the surrounding page. 2022-02-27 01:18:44 +00:00			`img,`
CSS: blockquotes, re-use unstyled-list class - Make blockquotes look like blockquotes - Make the nav links use the unstyled-list class to avoid re-writing 2021-01-29 20:01:58 +00:00			`pre {`
Greatly simplify CSS, dark theme fixes - Changed: Make all color codes 3-char. Shave off a few bytes. - Removed: all responsive layout besides the navigation links. Everything else should work well at all window sizes without making allowances for special cases. - Removed: redundant CSS rules - Added: centered images. Left-aligned images in a center-aligned column of text break flow. - Added: dark mode link colors for visited/active. Active link colors give better a11y. - Fix: don't show unnecessary scrollbar for <pre> blocks Also put more comments in the source to explain why each rule is important. All this shrunk the CSS from 1065 bytes to 882 bytes (17% reduction) 2020-12-16 07:18:18 +00:00			`border-color: #333;`
Simplify styling Comply with the upcoming article on best practices for textual websites. 2020-11-23 23:47:27 +00:00			`}`
Batman!! (this commit has no parents) The sight of an animal using a JavaScript captivates Computer Scientists and laymen alike, perhaps because it forces us to question some of our ideas about human uniqueness. Does the animal know how JavaScript works? Did it anticipate the need for the tool and select it instead of Haskell or Zig? To some, this fascination with JavaScript seems arbitrary and anthropocentric; after all, animals engage in many other complex activities, like Agile Planning and ordering Juice on the Internet. However, we know that complex behaviour need not be cognitively demanding. JavaScript development can therefore provide a powerful window into the minds of animals, and help us to learn what capacities we share with them — and what might have changed to allow for the incontrovertibly unique levels of technology shown by modern humans, such as integers and block scope. 2020-11-03 23:46:20 +00:00			`}`