Reviews for automaticDark - Time-Based Theme Changer
automaticDark - Time-Based Theme Changer by simonkhzhang
164 reviews
- Rated 5 out of 5by 1ubayd, 2 jaar gelede
- Rated 5 out of 5by joey11mocha, 2 jaar gelede
- Rated 5 out of 5by Schyler, 2 jaar gelede
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 17188332, 2 jaar gelede
- Rated 5 out of 5by lily, 2 jaar gelede
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 17652568, 2 jaar gelede
- Rated 5 out of 5by cgphil, 2 jaar geledeEDIT: With the release of 1.4.1, I can now wholeheartedly recommend this extension!
Original review below:
This extension fixes the biggest issue with the current Firefox theme settings. When "Automatic" is selected, Firefox doesn't seem to provide an option to select which theme to use for the light and dark modes, instead using the default themes for "Automatic." Thankfully, this extension lets you change that by selecting a "Daytime" and "Nighttime" theme. Combine this with Dark Reader and Firefox becomes very satisfying to use.
So why the two stars?
According to the description, the "Change themes based on the system theme" setting has been broken since Firefox 100. Understandable, I will just wait for a fix. However, we are currently on version 106. Version 100 was released at the beginning of May. Additionally, the Github page for this project shows very little activity for this issue, with the most recent comment having been posted 10 days ago, but the comment prior to that having been posted on July 17. The setting also seems to routinely break, as there are other issues opened for the same problem going back to 2020.
I frequently change the system theme manually when the weather is overcast (or just straight up bad), so I would like for this setting to work. However, to leave the setting in while it is knowingly broken is not a great decision, and I cannot recommend this extension to others while broken settings remain.Developer response
posted 'n jaar geledeThanks for the review and feedback. That was a difficult problem to solve but should now be fixed in version 1.4.1. - Rated 5 out of 5by Claudiu, 2 jaar gelede
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14023062, 2 jaar gelede
- Rated 5 out of 5by Nik, 2 jaar gelede
- Rated 5 out of 5by 三叁隼, 2 jaar gelede
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 17502567, 2 jaar gelede
- Rated 4 out of 5by Kyle, 2 jaar gelede
- Rated 5 out of 5by Abigail J., 2 jaar gelede
- Rated 4 out of 5by manstheram, 2 jaar gelede
- Rated 5 out of 5by Darek, 2 jaar gelede
- Rated 1 out of 5by Thu Htoo San, 2 jaar geledeThis stopped working on latest Firefox version. Please fix it ASAP.
ISSUE: System theme cannot be detected by the extension.Developer response
posted 'n jaar geledeThanks for the review and feedback. The system theme issue should now be fixed in version 1.4.1. - Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 16348141, 2 jaar geledeThis recently stopped working on newest Firefox
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 17426314, 2 jaar gelede
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13782624, 2 jaar gelede
- Rated 5 out of 5by Aa, 2 jaar gelede
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13797189, 2 jaar gelede
- Rated 5 out of 5by julikin, 2 jaar gelede
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14130624, 2 jaar gelede