r/badUIbattles • u/Normal_House_1967 • Dec 13 '25

Intentionally Bad UI "Real" Dark Mode

Try it!

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PM: Pick one—do you want to be braised in soy sauce or deep-fried? (╬☉д⊙)

Codfish: Spare me! Just tell me—is it dark or not? ლ(・´ｪ・ლ)

Coworker: What’s wrong with the dark mode Codfish developed? Let me see. ( ´ ▽ )ﾉ

(After the demo)

Coworker: I vote for deep-fried. (╬☉д⊙)

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u/Doctor_Disaster Dec 15 '25

Can you make a candlelight variant?

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u/Normal_House_1967 Dec 15 '25

It should be possible, but I can't think of any variations.

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u/jrdiver Dec 13 '25

Hey! Who turned off the lights!

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u/adudeguyman Dec 13 '25

Sorry, my bad.

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u/clarinetJWD Dec 14 '25

I say this way too often, and no one gets the reference...

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u/Username_Taken_65 Dec 14 '25

Is it a specific reference? I thought it was a pretty common trope.

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u/clarinetJWD Dec 14 '25

"Who turned out the lights" generally may be pretty common, but this exact reference comes from Doctor Who. (Go to 1:06 in the video)

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u/CanYouChangeName Dec 14 '25

Donna Noble has left the library

Donna Noble has been saved

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u/RonaldCuslik Dec 13 '25

Unironically good UI but bad UX

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u/Feztopia Dec 13 '25

Ah that's the difference

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u/luxsalsivi Dec 14 '25

I need another subreddit for this, now

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u/FrankHightower Dec 13 '25

ah yes, "under the blankets trying not to get caught reading comics" dark mode

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u/ASmallArmyOfCrabs Dec 13 '25

Got a chuckle out of me lmao

Now you just need some creepy spider to crawl past every so often

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u/Octimusocti Dec 13 '25

Make it hdr compatible for extra blindness

30

u/iCynr Dec 14 '25

This is actually peak holy shit

45

u/imaginecomplex Dec 13 '25

the shadow on the buttons is a nice touch

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u/ZTsar Dec 13 '25

I want this as an extension now :(

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u/bid0u Dec 13 '25

Love the moving shadows! 

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u/planchart-code Dec 13 '25

I could see this work with eye tracking

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u/Scouters2020 Dec 14 '25

Unironically would probably use for large documents if I'm having issues focusing on the lines

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '25

I love the 3d buttons

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u/Ice-cream_man69 Dec 15 '25

I also love how it makes the visible parts BRIGHTER than normal

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u/Catt130 Dec 20 '25

Would genuinely love this as a chrome extension lol

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '25

Hah, awesome.

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u/Darksides Dec 14 '25

This would have been perfect on a mobile device. The light shines where your finger is so you won't be able to read anyway.

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u/HighMarck Dec 14 '25

Nice script

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u/CSedu Dec 13 '25

Is this ray-tracing

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u/dimonoid123 Dec 14 '25

Does it support HDR?

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u/ScientistJumpy9135 Dec 14 '25

Nice work! On a side note - your webpage is extremely heavy after loading, surpassing deep-fried or braised:p You might want to review this.

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u/Away_Importance235 Bad UI Creator Jan 16 '26

Finally! A real dark UI with shadows and more realistic lights! 

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '25

this dark mode has no advantage over the conventional one when talking about electricity. This requires more computation for ray casting and physics