How to Get Dark Mode on Websites Built in 2010
Patrick Bushe · May 1, 2026
Old websites with table layouts and inline styles can trip up dark mode tools that rewrite a site's styles.
Modern Dark Mode works on the drawn page rather than the site's code, so <font> tags and inline styles don't get in its way: it flips the colors of whatever the page shows, then flips images back to normal. Old sites often use background images for headers and buttons, and those can come out inverted. If a site looks wrong, exclude it in the popup.
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