Re: [csswg-drafts] [mediaqueries-5] UA guidance on light vs no-preference (#3857) from Myles C. Maxfield via GitHub on 2019-06-18 (public-css-archive@w3.org from June 2019)

From: Myles C. Maxfield via GitHub <sysbot+gh@w3.org>
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2019 00:29:46 +0000
To: public-css-archive@w3.org
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![Screenshot_20190617-170617](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/918903/59645021-763bee00-9124-11e9-9da5-9863c907b779.png)
![Mode](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/918903/59645022-76d48480-9124-11e9-8fcf-d8bff2bc0361.PNG)
![Screen Shot 2019-06-15 at 8 52 17 AM](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/918903/59645023-76d48480-9124-11e9-980a-89e8797608db.png)

Honestly, I don't quite understand why this issue is so contentious. Three major operating systems (four if you count iOS betas) all have the same concept: light vs dark. Android (and future versions of Windows?) have an in-between setting. This seems to map very naturally to the existing spec.

Expecting every web author to create a light mode and a dark mode of their entire site is unreasonable. Instead, this media query simply exposes a choice that the user has made. The page author can choose to incorporate that, or not incorporate that, into their design. We're not trying to (indeed: *can't*) make an alternative "dark mode" or "light mode" universe where every web page is dark or light.

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