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Dark Mode Overlay (DMO) #35568

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MachineCod opened this issue Oct 24, 2024 · 1 comment
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Dark Mode Overlay (DMO) #35568

MachineCod opened this issue Oct 24, 2024 · 1 comment
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MachineCod commented Oct 24, 2024

Description of the new feature / enhancement

  1. Shall detect the current active window /app and invert colours for those apps that does not provide any dark mode feature by default and can be toggled on or off by shortcut keys combination.
  2. A later version might be smarter (detects icons and images and does not apply the filter on them)
  3. It should be lightweight as much as possible inorder not to impact the performance of the affected apps similar to the Windows current feature color invert which by experience, has a little to no impact on performance , however it should also work on individual windows
  4. Feature can be extended to record user preferences per process name and remember the last decision taken by the user so if the app was overlayed by Night OWL , then windows was restarted , When the app is opened again it should be in dark/inverted colour mode
  5. Feature can be further extended to allow the user to select a color pallete for the colors used for overlaying (It shouldn't be Black or White but can be grey for example )
  6. Feature should provide the option to be automatically started up upon booting of windows similar to Powertoys Awake feature

Scenario when this would be used?

  1. I am an Embedded software developer with such a bad luck that my toolchain is 99% white and since I am a night OWL , I don't like the Idea of shining white light while working on my poor eyes (shout out to all apps that implement a native dark mode or theming options!)
  2. Since these tools have no intention to implement dark mode feature soon , I have been relying on other 3rd party tools that kinnda do the job , but always have a missing piece (app performance is affected , license is costly especially for coroprate environments , does not detect icons or images , Kinnda force u to subscribe or use other utilities that are actually not needed and their functionality is not related to dark mode ,... )
  3. Windows deserve a smarter opensource tool for Night OWLs like me

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@MachineCod MachineCod added the Needs-Triage For issues raised to be triaged and prioritized by internal Microsoft teams label Oct 24, 2024
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I need this very badly!

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