From unknown Thu Jun 19 14:09:11 2025 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.509 (Entity 5.509) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 From: bug#60668 <60668@debbugs.gnu.org> To: bug#60668 <60668@debbugs.gnu.org> Subject: Status: IceCatMobile: Dark mode? Reply-To: bug#60668 <60668@debbugs.gnu.org> Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2025 21:09:11 +0000 retitle 60668 IceCatMobile: Dark mode? reassign 60668 gnuzilla submitter 60668 "Mr. T" severity 60668 normal thanks From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sun Jan 08 18:39:08 2023 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 8 Jan 2023 23:39:08 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:34979 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1pEfFr-0000F3-Vq for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 08 Jan 2023 18:39:08 -0500 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]:59288) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1pEdGC-0000to-33 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 08 Jan 2023 16:31:23 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pEdGB-00086Y-3E for bug-gnuzilla@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Jan 2023 16:31:19 -0500 Received: from treaki.tk ([51.68.229.44]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pEdG9-000185-CA for bug-gnuzilla@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Jan 2023 16:31:18 -0500 Received: from i59f6c249.versanet.de ([89.246.194.73] helo=[192.168.178.64]) by treaki.tk with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1pEdFy-0002dN-AF for bug-gnuzilla@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Jan 2023 22:31:06 +0100 Message-ID: <2940aef7-71cd-2154-4218-ef607e0f4e36@treaki.tk> Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2023 22:31:05 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:102.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/102.6.0 To: bug-gnuzilla@gnu.org Content-Language: en-US From: "Mr. T" Subject: IceCatMobile: Dark mode? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Received-SPF: none client-ip=51.68.229.44; envelope-from=t@treaki.tk; helo=treaki.tk X-Spam_score_int: -18 X-Spam_score: -1.9 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_NONE=0.001, T_HK_NAME_MR_MRS=0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sun, 08 Jan 2023 18:39:03 -0500 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -3.3 (---) Hi, thanks a lot, finally a mobile browser that allows all addons like the old firefox versions and not just a hand full of selected add-ons that are not quite enough. I hate mozilla for always trashing good stuff like rss support, ftp support and now mobile addon support, thankfully there are people who care about real free software ;) but there is one thing i miss on the installed icecat mobile version 68.4.2 (is this really the latest version, fdroid dosnt provide a later one but release date 2020 seams a bit old) and that is dark mode, there is no way to set it and its also not enabled when enabled system wide, i like to browse in the evening before sleeping in while lying in bed so its a must have for me to have a dark as possible UI, dark reader could be installed successfully but the url bar is much to bright. Also its nice to save battery with my amoled device. So please add a dark mode. thanks and keep up the good work. 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Message-ID: <20230108211843.3ce421b5@parabola.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <2940aef7-71cd-2154-4218-ef607e0f4e36@treaki.tk> References: <2940aef7-71cd-2154-4218-ef607e0f4e36@treaki.tk> Organization: parabola gnu/linux X-Mailer: Claws Mail 4.1.1 (GTK 3.24.35; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -0.0 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 60668 Cc: 60668@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -1.0 (-) On Sun, 8 Jan 2023 22:31:05 +0100 Mr. wrote: > I hate mozilla for always trashing good stuff like rss support, ftp > support and now mobile addon support, thankfully there are people who > care about real free software ;) they also removed support for the irc:// and ircs:// protocols recently - ive been patching it back in icecat and iceweasel From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Tue Feb 14 10:07:53 2023 Received: (at 60668) by debbugs.gnu.org; 14 Feb 2023 15:07:53 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56716 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1pRwuP-0004OB-75 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 14 Feb 2023 10:07:53 -0500 Received: from mail-yb1-f175.google.com ([209.85.219.175]:38598) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1pRwuN-0004Nx-Dz for 60668@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 14 Feb 2023 10:07:52 -0500 Received: by mail-yb1-f175.google.com with SMTP id 81so7977937ybp.5 for <60668@debbugs.gnu.org>; Tue, 14 Feb 2023 07:07:51 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20210112; h=content-transfer-encoding:cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from :references:in-reply-to:mime-version:from:to:cc:subject:date :message-id:reply-to; bh=lsfqRaFHEFPD8dVoB2jlv/L1Z8I6Aj7QoCOM1n8jZqY=; b=mxFML0kVlvo2qfv5CuOHjtZWMxho2X/l4QX9Ls9ttp/EnlBbBDYukBKx31CVyTijEo K/dh3DT0rVkUMgAk2XwaPsS6CwUtIn30rveUCDFWFzk7UjZDsF8Rl1m/Y9a7XT5lwvqB cfjtrh00Lx3w3Yn6o/YEGikiNDyHv6mgr+otBDwmLf/orMsOIY4Cbmi01okblt2SZE3t UKYsGVYd5m6uEAbpehOfntJ/sKQGZK3+9PVF0sLaXDy62JnchCaYHleDDHFxfebXVV2c gsA8oqqG9xcrFujLxJ1Xqsy/pnLiTqN347cLEtBRCSWSkk1MffMYRLuJWvMNQ3F+2Z8c fFMA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=content-transfer-encoding:cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from :references:in-reply-to:mime-version:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc :subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=lsfqRaFHEFPD8dVoB2jlv/L1Z8I6Aj7QoCOM1n8jZqY=; b=KYNeAiwA1/ifHMlFgTOAZbiOeL5skzxbj89niIQHt8AikNep1blOAMk+kGXm/ZO83k bV5d4sluAFHaJxjE7oeYjrh5R7PGZ5jL48zJ8GyWbclVcaOL42bcLAPdAoEjel8fiMSP AJs5uToXxBmiS82ELyDN2BKL1rHZXxUXkIKPQRH8x51iQGyvpeswsdYQXLcXEGNbTvZD xkYzgt9EPUtUVKrFPa9uv4qHNzvZ4lEtOTuuLJnQQSmPCtDhEV/o5YBlZy1ceJYs31RZ XbpZbZ8iqqMQ1HelfqGZ41FCH3QU10FlL7nYAA1sMeg8JV06cuvR4xRoAXmEv2yJIq3W z3jg== X-Gm-Message-State: AO0yUKVIWIExi/IJ2TEAQ2dqQvsW1tBXM66zX9j6rLW8nZjrLWfUtXRP VDzG6w6r8IEnPFOQE/gBSYsLy7AJtCyCmbqWjYWEQADq X-Google-Smtp-Source: AK7set+pyXl/m2C7jgHPI7Ta/4JIHh/UWSbRNQAqjlZpi1/cITQvoaFIiB0ZZVZEjx7GDF7yEtV1vSC0CBN5/6IpqEU= X-Received: by 2002:a5b:5d2:0:b0:8de:45c4:6cd with SMTP id w18-20020a5b05d2000000b008de45c406cdmr356475ybp.95.1676387265668; Tue, 14 Feb 2023 07:07:45 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 2002:a05:7110:434e:b0:1bd:a582:c2e7 with HTTP; Tue, 14 Feb 2023 07:07:45 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <2940aef7-71cd-2154-4218-ef607e0f4e36@treaki.tk> References: <2940aef7-71cd-2154-4218-ef607e0f4e36@treaki.tk> From: Mart Rootamm Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2023 17:07:45 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: bug#60668: IceCatMobile: Dark mode? To: 60668@debbugs.gnu.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 60668 Cc: "Mr. T" X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -1.0 (-) Hi, Mr. T. I couldn't find the perfect theme extension for IceCat Mobile from Mozilla Addons, but there is only one that does work for me, though it only paints the address bar gray, but not the menus or settings pages: Dark Theme for Android & PC https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/android/addon/dark-theme-android-pc/ Version 68.4.2 of IceCatMobile is old, and its rendering engine is much slower than that of the latest version of Firefox, and some sites no longer support it: For example, the "more extensions by user" section at Mozilla Addons won't load information, and the placeholder spans continue to animate; GitHub always supports the very latest version of Firefox, and relies on the latest functionality; the desktop version of YouTube has a somewhat mangled design, which loads slowly anyway. The saving grace of IceCat Mobile 68.x is the support of a greater number of WebExtensions, the presence of about:config, and maybe a few other things. With regard to the possibility of enabling dark mode on sites by default and in the browser UI, I've added the following settings in about:config =E2=80=94 Integers: ui.systemUsesDarkTheme;1 widget.non-native-theme.scrollbar.style;4 Booleans: userChrome.theme.fully_dark;true userContent.page.dark_mode;true widget.content.allow-gtk-dark-theme;true widget.disable-dark-scrollbar;false widget.gtk.alt-theme.dark;true widget.non-native-theme.scrollbar.active-always-themed;true widget.non-native-theme.scrollbar.dark-themed;true The above settings for UI in about:config don't seem to work, as they are far too new for IceCat Mobile 68.4. Neither is there any guarantee, that IceCat 68 will be able to make these site-oriented settings work, or that sites that use conditional dark mode in CSS, would be able to detect browser-based dark mode settings in this version of IceCat. I've kept the settings anyway. Other dark extensions do not work in this browser version: the "Native Dark" extension, and some themes, such as Dark Theme for Firefox, Arc Dark Theme, and a number of others. Interestingly enough, "Dark Mysterious Forest" works in Fennec F-Droid 68.12.0esr. Most other "dark theme" extensions paint individual websites. Global Dark Style paints all sites dark, and one can disable certain domains. There is also Dark Reader. I haven't tried those out. Some individual extensions, such as NoScript and uBlock Origin, have dark theme support for themselves. Here's a list of extensions that I use: NoScript Stylus uBlock Origin I've added links for all the other WebExtensions, because Mozilla's own search facility does not display them. Custom UserAgent String (clunky UI, but works) https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/android/addon/custom-user-agent-revived/ MobiDevTools (vaguely similar to FireBug, and to Firefox developer tools) https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/android/addon/mobidevtools/ Privacy Settings https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/android/addon/privacy-settings/ Work with URLs (urls paths opener obfuscate decode) [sic] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/workwithurls/ Video Background Play Fix =E2=80=94 this is important when playing YouTube = and switching to other apps, or when the lock screen appears. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/video-background-play-fix/ View Page Source Mobile https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/view-page-source-mobile/ I can also suggest CleanLinks, which cleans up URLs of tracking codes when copying them, but I haven't tried it out. Return YouTube Dislike =E2=80=94 While this extension will install in mobil= e IceCat 68.x, and while it may have worked there at one time or another, then it no longer seems to work in that version of IceCat, either with mobile YouTube, or with the desktop version of YouTube. This extension works only in desktop Firefox or derivatives. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/return-youtube-dislikes/ A note about Fennec F-Droid 68.12.0esr and IceCatMobile 68.4: Besides version differences, Fennec F-Droid, while newer, uses an animated progress bar, which slows down rendering in really old smartphones, while I haven't noticed progress bar animations in IceCat Mobile. -M. 2023-01-08 23:31 GMT +02:00, Mr. T : > Hi, > > thanks a lot, finally a mobile browser that allows all addons like the > old firefox versions and not just a hand full of selected add-ons that > are not quite enough. > > > I hate mozilla for always trashing good stuff like rss support, ftp > support and now mobile addon support, thankfully there are people who > care about real free software ;) > > > but there is one thing i miss on the installed icecat mobile version > 68.4.2 (is this really the latest version, fdroid dosnt provide a later > one but release date 2020 seams a bit old) > > and that is dark mode, there is no way to set it and its also not > enabled when enabled system wide, i like to browse in the evening before > sleeping in while lying in bed so its a must have for me to have a dark > as possible UI, dark reader could be installed successfully but the url > bar is much to bright. Also its nice to save battery with my amoled devic= e. > > So please add a dark mode. > > > thanks and keep up the good work. > > Mr. T > > > > >