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User style: Dark mode for Stylus

Creating a user style for an application that is used to create user styles in, feels a bit like creating a circular reference. In Excel that would be like entering the function =if(A1="";"empty cell";A1) in cell A1. Simple dark mode for Stylus, edit screen However, it turns out that Stylus doesn't care about circular references, so I created a Dark Mode user style for Stylus. This style also includes a Dark Mode for the user styles management page. Simple dark mode for Stylus, user styles management screen If there is anything I overlooked, please let me know by leaving a comment below. Edit : In the meantime I wrote a more complete dark theme for Stylus that you can read about in ' User style: 1973 prism, the Dark Side of Stylus '. Dark mode user style for Stylus:

Tutorial: how to display icons for external links using CSS only

In this tutorial you will learn a neat trick that allows you to display an icon after each external link with CSS only. Use case In this blog every external link is followed by an icon that indicates that it is an external link . In WordPress this is often accomplished by installing a plugin. In Blogger or other platforms admins don't get spoiled with plugins so much as in WordPress. While getting spoiled with plugins sounds nice, it has some distinct disadvantages: you tend to just search for an appropriate plugin and not consider other possibilities that may be better or faster, the more plugins you install, the more maintenance you will need to do (install security updates and check if the plugin is still maintained and does not conflict with other plugins), the more plugins you install, the slower your website will eventually get, you make your website or blog dependent on code that you have no control over other than disabling it. Don't get me wrong: plugins are a...

The Story of Ms. C and Mr. H

Mr. H and Ms. C are the heroes of this short tale. People the world over know their stories, whether they are aware of it or not. It’s a story of vision, hurt and perseverance. At the end of the tale everyone lives happily ever after. It started in Switzerland Mr. H (1991) and Ms. C (1994) were both born in Geneva, Switzerland. Their fathers knew each other well as they both worked at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research. And so, the young H and C played together from an early age. H was a happy little fellow, exploring the world around him. He was greatly encouraged by his father to go out and about. As he grew up he started to travel and meet new people and challenges. He started to get interested in other cultures and languages. And since H was a handsome fellow, this resulted in quite a few romances. ...as a handsome fellow, Mr. H had quite a few romances... This made his father worry a little. He liked how his son was developing into a bright young man w...

User style: Gmail Tabs by cloudHQ

CloudHQ is the champion of Gmail add-ons. In the past years they created a bunch of smart little browser extensions in rapid succession. Have you always wanted to be able to rename an email subject? Scribble down a note on an e-mail (short of printing it and writing your note on paper)? Forward multiple emails in one go, instead of forwarding them one by one? Well, CloudHQ has got you covered. And this is just the tip of the iceberg. They have loads of browser extensions that turn Gmail into your daily email power house. Gmail Tabs is another one of CloudHQ's little diamonds that is brilliant and elegant in its simplicity. Suppose you have a list of projects you are working on. You want to have each of those projects' emails just a click away. Still, you like your screen estate to be uncluttered by Gmail's label list. That's were Gmail Tabs comes in: Gmail Tabs before Stylus Remember Quick Links? If you've been using Gmail as long as I have, you will certainly ...

User style: Sortd

Sortd gave me inner peace. I'm not exaggerating. Sortd is beautiful. Sortd is genius. Sortd is what's missing in Gmail. Its logo is a squirrel, but its software is so smart, it could just as well have been the owl of Minerva. Sortd currently works in Gmail only. For Outlook users this has to be the best reason yet to change to the bright side! I'm usually not the most organized person. And email doesn't help. Even Google's greatest invention, labels , won't change that. So, I've always looked for ways to keep me organized. Not anymore: Sortd has made it its mission to get me organized. Did it succeed? The answer is a resounding 'yes'! Sortd Sortd is an extension for your browser that adds functionality, in this case to Gmail. To understand what Sortd is all about, it's best to go to their website and view their short video explanation. In a nutshell though: Sortd turns Gmail into a to do list, Kanban-style. According to Wikipedia, Kanban (s...