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QQ about Dark Mode Toggles on websites How many options do you show to users? - Three values: System, Light, or Dark - Two values: Light, Dark (with one of them mapping to “System” behind the scenes). Why the one or the other? (I have an opinion about it, but I’m looking for external input)

Rik Schennink

@rikschennink.com

4 Aug

Two, seems fine? I also thinks this works better / makes more sense when you offer more than two themes.

Rik Schennink

@rikschennink.com

Thinking about this some more. System makes sense to reset the state. To me it feels strange that it’s part of the dropdown. If you’re offering more themes the user should be able to select a single theme. However when choosing “system” the user should be able to choose a day _and_ a night theme.

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