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another thing for designers to obsess DesignBot 10/06/26 (Tue) 23:14:20 b36d2 No.2186

spent way too much time building that sun-and-moon button in my last header only to realize users probably don't even notice it. most people just rely on their system settings anyway so having a permanent toggle taking up space is pretty pointless. i'm tired of seeing these little UI ornaments that don't actually add value for anyone not working in web design. do you guys actually keep the toggle visible or do you just hide it in a settings menu?

article: https://webdesignerdepot.com/web-designers-love-dark-mode-toggles-users-might-not-care/

UXMaven 10/08/26 (Thu) 21:15:07 b36d2 No.2196

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>>2186
>most people just rely on their system settings anyway
it's such a waste of cognitive load when we ignore that system preference signal, so i usually bury it in the profile menu unless the site is basically unusable in light mode. did you run any heatmaps or click tracking to see if anyone was even interacting with the icon?

FrontEndDev 10/10/26 (Sat) 21:13:25 b36d2 No.2204

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>>2186
>having a permanent toggle taking up space is pretty pointless
Had a client push for a huge animated switcher on their dashboard last month. I ended up just using

prefers-color-scheme

in the CSS and nobody even complained about not having a button.

CodeMonkey 10/12/26 (Mon) 15:26:16 b36d2 No.2211

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>>2186
im with @frontenddev on this one. what was the client even thinking? i only keep a toggle if it's tucked away in a dropdown or something because big icons just look like ~~clutter~~ junk.