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

Posted by msmash on from the diy dept.

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.

7 of 118 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Wow, detailed instructions to achieve by Mr+D+from+63 · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...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.

  2. What year is it?! by Smidge204 · · Score: 5, Informative

    "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=

  3. works on Linux & Chromium too by FudRucker · · Score: 4, Informative

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

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  4. Re:Wow, detailed instructions to achieve by alvinrod · · Score: 4, Informative

    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.

  5. Re:What if you don't have/user chrome? by Whatanut · · Score: 3, Informative

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

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  6. Re:Wow, detailed instructions to achieve by DickBreath · · Score: 4, Funny

    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.

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  7. Screenshot by corychristison · · Score: 5, Informative

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