YouTube Has a Secret 'Dark Mode' (thenextweb.com)

It appears Google has quietly introduced a new "dark mode" for its video portal YouTube, several people are reporting. Here's how to activate it, via The Next Web:
1. Open the Chrome developer tools tab.
2. Windows users can do this by pressing Ctrl + Shift + I.
3. Mac users can do this by pressing Option + Cmd + I.
4. Select the Console tab.
5. Once in Console, paste the following text: document.cookie="VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE=fPQ4jCL6EiE"
6. Hit enter.
7. Close the developer tools tab and refresh the page. Just a little heads-up: YouTube might look slightly different -- though still in white.
8. Click the main settings menu in the top right and find the 'Dark Mode' section.
9. Toggle 'Dark Mode' on and you're settled.

Comments

Sure...

[freeze128]

Hey, how about a screenshot of what it looks like before I try it?

Re:Wow, detailed instructions to achieve

[Mr D from 63]

...what? No one told us what "dark mode" is supposed to MEAN. Autism, much, subby?

Its to view videos from the dark web, of course.

What year is it?!

[Smidge204]

"Dark Mode" has been around for about a year now, at least, and I've gotten prompts to turn it on a few times... no arcane bullshit required.

Just change any "www.youtube.com" URL to "gaming.youtube.com" and presto - Dark theme!

Tune in next week when we discover, again, that some 9-volt batteries have six AAAA-sized cells in them!
=Smidge=

works on Linux & Chromium too

[FudRucker]

screenshot
http://i.imgur.com/60yed59.jpg

this has been around for a while.

[nimbius]

the dark mode extension for firefox has taken care of this for me.

Re:Wow, detailed instructions to achieve

[alvinrod]

It just changes the white background black, presumably reducing the amount of light that your screen is throwing out which in a dark room or early in the morning when your eyes are just adjusting less pleasant to deal with. It's the same kind of mode a lot of readers have where it inverts the color scheme so you end up with white text on a black background which makes night reading easier.

Re:What if you don't have/user chrome?

[Whatanut]

Same way in Firefox. F12 for developer mode. Probably the same for IE.

Re:Wow, detailed instructions to achieve

[DickBreath]

Dark Mode is something you see in more and more software that causes the software to behave in an evil manner. Microsoft users find this helps give the familiar feeling that it is genuine Microsoft software they are using rather than third party software.

Screenshot

[corychristison]

Screenshot I just made in Firefox: http://i.imgur.com/orIZxEf.png

Re: Screenshot

[mnemotronic]

NSFW!

At least where I work.
Used to work until just recently.

Re:is this a life hack?

[Anonymous Coward]

Dice hasn't owned /. in quite a while now.

Re:Wow, detailed instructions to achieve

[PPH]

early in the morning

I thought we all agreed not to get up until 11 AM

Re: Wow, detailed instructions to achieve

[easyTree]

It only plays videos during the hours of darkness.

Re:Wow, detailed instructions to achieve

[jellomizer]

I find it funny that Slashdot just couldn't mention what it meant by Dark Mode. I was hoping that it being posted as a main article, that Dark mode would actually be a useful feature, such as watching videos without being tracked, or access to particular videos, or a way to avoid adds.