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Discussion on: Previewing dev.to's Upcoming Night Mode

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Basti Ortiz • Edited

This is great! For one, it does not cause any issues with the server-side caching (as mentioned by Ben here) because the variables are computed client-side. The use of custom properties is also much more maintainable, which is good. 👍

The only problem we face with using CSS Custom Properties is the fact that not all browsers fully support it. As of writing this comment, Can I Use estimates that only 87.6% of global users support this feature. Frankly, it's good enough in my opinion, but I think the dev.to team wants to support as much browsers as possible.

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Andrew Bone

I do agree with keeping it working for as many people as possible but that being said 87% is pretty much everyone and I imagine people that use this site are more likely to have more modern browsers.

@ben anything to add?