Dark Mode for Chrome

The dark mode (generically named) is a very important feature in today’s world as it allows us to change the background color of an app’s GUI or window to black or a dark shade.

It has a lot of practical, style, as well as health and well-being benefits as it can prolong the battery life of various devices, it arguably looks sleeker than its “light” counterpart, and, by reducing the light emitted by the screen while maintaining a minimum contrast ratio, it can decrease eye strain and even suppress the secretion of melatonin, a hormone needed for sleep.

Today, most apps feature a dark mode, but what about the good old webpages? Well, there’s an extension for that, and it’s appropriately called Dark Mode for Chrome. In short, it helps you turn your browser screen (or the webpage’s GUI, to be more precise) to dark mode during night time. Think of it as a global dark theme for the web.

One of the best aspects of Dark Mode for Chrome is just how easy it can be toggled on or off by simply clicking its icon that acts as a virtual switch. The extension provides users with over 20 dark theme options, making it useful for a broad range of users.

The theme options are organized in three main sections: General Dark Styles Class A, General Dark Styles Class B, and Custom Dark Styles (for some of the most popular web apps out there such as YouTube, Twitch, Twitter, Gmail, and so forth).

Of course, there’s a slight chance that the extension won’t work perfectly with all webpages out there. Still, the fact that it provides so many dark themes, support for the most popular web apps out there, and, ultimately, a very easy way of turning it on or off should make up for this possible inconvenience.

Taking everything into account, Dark Mode for Chrome is one of those extensions that fall in the “must-have” category. Again, it may struggle to deliver top-notch results on a small number of weird websites, but it has so much going for it that it basically doesn’t even matter.