Show HN: Monchromate – Smart greyscale browser extension
monochromate.lirena.in4 months back I started making an extension named monochromate which was basically a greyscale extension, I realised power of them when I turned it on my phone and the thing is being a programmer most of my time is spent on browsers ... and that's where it don't exist (at least not the perfect solution for my needs).
That's how I came up with it, made it open source, recently passed 100 users over chrome webstore and it have 5-star rating as of now.
and yes you might say that why would I need it when I can do this with filters that can be toggled via settings, thing is I didn't wanted to greyscale my work sites as well and thus I made site exclusion, also have scheduler, intensity control and above that all it supports all the browsers including Firefox providing same experience.
Would love any kind of feedback over this!!
I use the built in accessibility "Color Filters" in Mac with the Menu Bar shortcut to toggle it on/off
* https://support.apple.com/en-jo/guide/mac-help/mchlp2975/mac
* https://discussions.apple.com/thread/252274205?sortBy=rank
Somewhat related: I really like f.lux's "Darkroom" feature. Although I no longer use the app to reduce blue light after the advent of macOS's Night Shift, Darkroom mode tints the screen completely red (like a red version of Color Filters). It's great for working during the wee hours.
https://justgetflux.com/
yes, definitely I am with you at that point, they are a great way to do this without a doubt although I am a windows user (lol) and also even if it's very fast to toggle the color filters via shortcut keys. I don't think so that I will be willing to toggle it off when I visit any work-related website like GitHub, Figma and such so site exclusion of this extension works really great for me in that perspective.
Very nice extension! Sometimes the first image on a page is briefly displayed in color, maybe it's my computer (Firefox under Linux). Is something like this also possible for Android?
it takes a bit of time to put filters over website so it is normal to have that but I will see what I can do with it
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androids do usually have a greyscale mode on the devices preinstalled, I can work around a bit to make it compatible with firefox android as well but I think an app is what you are looking for? greyscaling particular apps right?
This is cool lol. Something Ill definitely use for working into the evenings.
;)
Just downloaded it. UI looks very nice.
Glad you liked it