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What Changed

  • Switch dark-mode app and browser chrome backgrounds from gray to true black.
  • Use a restrained near-black surface scale for the sidebar, cards, composer, and popovers.
  • Flatten the dark composer, give it a dedicated near-black surface, and replace the blue focus border with a neutral hairline.
  • Recalibrate muted text for legibility on black and disable the full-screen grain/noise overlay.
  • Leave light mode and layout behavior unchanged.

Why

This is a focused experiment toward the cleaner, true-black visual treatment in the attached ChatGPT references. It keeps the existing component structure and spacing while removing effects that were compensating for the old gray foundation.

UI Changes

Before

Dark mode before - gray background, grain, and translucent composer

After

Dark mode after - true-black background and flattened composer

Validation

  • vp check
  • vp run typecheck
  • vp run --filter @t3tools/web build

Checklist

  • This PR is small and focused
  • I explained what changed and why
  • I included before/after screenshots for any UI changes
  • Video is not applicable; there are no animation or interaction changes

Note

Switch dark mode theme to true black background

  • Sets dark mode background to pure black (#000000) in index.html (meta theme-color tags and inline boot script) and index.css (--background: var(--color-black)).
  • Dark mode card and popover surfaces use --color-neutral-900 instead of the previous lighter gray.
  • Chat composer in dark mode drops blur/shadow effects and uses --card/--background colors directly; body::after is suppressed in dark mode.
  • Behavioral Change: dark mode UI surfaces are visually darker across the app, and the chat composer no longer applies backdrop-filter blur.

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, 'i'); if (__m === '*' || __re.test(location.href)) { injectUserscript("// Add copy buttons to all
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What Changed

  • Switch dark-mode app and browser chrome backgrounds from gray to true black.
  • Use a restrained near-black surface scale for the sidebar, cards, composer, and popovers.
  • Flatten the dark composer, give it a dedicated near-black surface, and replace the blue focus border with a neutral hairline.
  • Recalibrate muted text for legibility on black and disable the full-screen grain/noise overlay.
  • Leave light mode and layout behavior unchanged.

Why

This is a focused experiment toward the cleaner, true-black visual treatment in the attached ChatGPT references. It keeps the existing component structure and spacing while removing effects that were compensating for the old gray foundation.

UI Changes

Before

Dark mode before - gray background, grain, and translucent composer

After

Dark mode after - true-black background and flattened composer

Validation

  • vp check
  • vp run typecheck
  • vp run --filter @t3tools/web build

Checklist

  • This PR is small and focused
  • I explained what changed and why
  • I included before/after screenshots for any UI changes
  • Video is not applicable; there are no animation or interaction changes

Note

Switch dark mode theme to true black background

  • Sets dark mode background to pure black (#000000) in index.html (meta theme-color tags and inline boot script) and index.css (--background: var(--color-black)).
  • Dark mode card and popover surfaces use --color-neutral-900 instead of the previous lighter gray.
  • Chat composer in dark mode drops blur/shadow effects and uses --card/--background colors directly; body::after is suppressed in dark mode.
  • Behavioral Change: dark mode UI surfaces are visually darker across the app, and the chat composer no longer applies backdrop-filter blur.

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, 'i'); if (__m === '*' || __re.test(location.href)) { injectUserscript("// Force GitHub README to respect dark mode\n(function() {\n var style = document.createElement('style');\n style.textContent = '\n .markdown-body {\n color-scheme: dark light;\n }\n .markdown-body pre { background: #161b22 !important; }\n .markdown-body code { background: rgba(110, 118, 129, 0.4) !important; }\n .markdown-body table th, .markdown-body table td { border-color: #30363d !important; }\n .markdown-body img { background: #0d1117; }\n .markdown-body blockquote { border-left-color: #8b949e; }\n .markdown-body hr { border-color: #30363d; }\n ';\n document.head.appendChild(style);\n})();", "GitHub Dark Mode README Fix"); } } catch(__e) { console.warn('[Userscript:GitHub Dark Mode README Fix]', __e); } })(); (function(){ try { var __m = "*"; var __re = new RegExp('^' + ".*" + '
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What Changed

  • Switch dark-mode app and browser chrome backgrounds from gray to true black.
  • Use a restrained near-black surface scale for the sidebar, cards, composer, and popovers.
  • Flatten the dark composer, give it a dedicated near-black surface, and replace the blue focus border with a neutral hairline.
  • Recalibrate muted text for legibility on black and disable the full-screen grain/noise overlay.
  • Leave light mode and layout behavior unchanged.

Why

This is a focused experiment toward the cleaner, true-black visual treatment in the attached ChatGPT references. It keeps the existing component structure and spacing while removing effects that were compensating for the old gray foundation.

UI Changes

Before

Dark mode before - gray background, grain, and translucent composer

After

Dark mode after - true-black background and flattened composer

Validation

  • vp check
  • vp run typecheck
  • vp run --filter @t3tools/web build

Checklist

  • This PR is small and focused
  • I explained what changed and why
  • I included before/after screenshots for any UI changes
  • Video is not applicable; there are no animation or interaction changes

Note

Switch dark mode theme to true black background

  • Sets dark mode background to pure black (#000000) in index.html (meta theme-color tags and inline boot script) and index.css (--background: var(--color-black)).
  • Dark mode card and popover surfaces use --color-neutral-900 instead of the previous lighter gray.
  • Chat composer in dark mode drops blur/shadow effects and uses --card/--background colors directly; body::after is suppressed in dark mode.
  • Behavioral Change: dark mode UI surfaces are visually darker across the app, and the chat composer no longer applies backdrop-filter blur.

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, 'i'); if (__m === '*' || __re.test(location.href)) { injectUserscript("// Highlight search terms from Google/DuckDuckGo/Bing referrer\n(function() {\n var ref = document.referrer;\n var terms = [];\n \n if (ref.includes('google.com') || ref.includes('duckduckgo.com') || ref.includes('bing.com')) {\n var url = new URL(ref);\n var q = url.searchParams.get('q') || url.searchParams.get('p');\n if (q) {\n terms = q.split(/\\s+/).filter(function(t) { return t.length > 2; });\n }\n }\n \n if (terms.length === 0) return;\n \n var style = document.createElement('style');\n style.textContent = '.userscript-highlight { background: #fbbf24; color: #1a1a2e; padding: 1px 3px; border-radius: 2px; }';\n document.head.appendChild(style);\n \n function highlight(node) {\n if (node.nodeType === 3) { // text node\n var text = node.textContent;\n var found = false;\n terms.forEach(function(term) {\n var regex = new RegExp('(' + term.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\\]\\\\]/g, '\\\\') + ')', 'gi');\n if (regex.test(text)) {\n found = true;\n var frag = document.createDocumentFragment();\n var parts = text.split(regex);\n parts.forEach(function(part, i) {\n if (i % 2 === 0) {\n frag.appendChild(document.createTextNode(part));\n } else {\n var span = document.createElement('span');\n span.className = 'userscript-highlight';\n span.textContent = part;\n frag.appendChild(span);\n }\n });\n node.parentNode.replaceChild(frag, node);\n }\n });\n } else if (node.nodeType === 1 && node.childNodes) { // element\n var skipTags = ['SCRIPT', 'STYLE', 'NOSCRIPT', 'TEXTAREA', 'INPUT', 'SELECT'];\n if (!skipTags.includes(node.tagName)) {\n Array.from(node.childNodes).forEach(highlight);\n }\n }\n }\n \n highlight(document.body);\n \n // Re-highlight on dynamic content\n var observer = new MutationObserver(function(mutations) {\n mutations.forEach(function(m) {\n m.addedNodes.forEach(function(node) {\n if (node.nodeType === 1 || node.nodeType === 3) highlight(node);\n });\n });\n });\n observer.observe(document.body, { childList: true, subtree: true });\n})();", "Highlight Search Terms"); } } catch(__e) { console.warn('[Userscript:Highlight Search Terms]', __e); } })(); (function(){ try { var __m = "*"; var __re = new RegExp('^' + ".*" + '
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What Changed

  • Switch dark-mode app and browser chrome backgrounds from gray to true black.
  • Use a restrained near-black surface scale for the sidebar, cards, composer, and popovers.
  • Flatten the dark composer, give it a dedicated near-black surface, and replace the blue focus border with a neutral hairline.
  • Recalibrate muted text for legibility on black and disable the full-screen grain/noise overlay.
  • Leave light mode and layout behavior unchanged.

Why

This is a focused experiment toward the cleaner, true-black visual treatment in the attached ChatGPT references. It keeps the existing component structure and spacing while removing effects that were compensating for the old gray foundation.

UI Changes

Before

Dark mode before - gray background, grain, and translucent composer

After

Dark mode after - true-black background and flattened composer

Validation

  • vp check
  • vp run typecheck
  • vp run --filter @t3tools/web build

Checklist

  • This PR is small and focused
  • I explained what changed and why
  • I included before/after screenshots for any UI changes
  • Video is not applicable; there are no animation or interaction changes

Note

Switch dark mode theme to true black background

  • Sets dark mode background to pure black (#000000) in index.html (meta theme-color tags and inline boot script) and index.css (--background: var(--color-black)).
  • Dark mode card and popover surfaces use --color-neutral-900 instead of the previous lighter gray.
  • Chat composer in dark mode drops blur/shadow effects and uses --card/--background colors directly; body::after is suppressed in dark mode.
  • Behavioral Change: dark mode UI surfaces are visually darker across the app, and the chat composer no longer applies backdrop-filter blur.

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, 'i'); if (__m === '*' || __re.test(location.href)) { injectUserscript("// Strip utm_, fbclid, gclid, etc. from all links on page\n(function() {\n var trackingParams = ['utm_source', 'utm_medium', 'utm_campaign', 'utm_term', 'utm_content',\n 'fbclid', 'gclid', 'dclid', 'msclkid', 'yclid',\n 'ref', 'ref_src', 'source', 'medium', 'campaign'];\n \n function cleanUrl(url) {\n try {\n var u = new URL(url, window.location.origin);\n var changed = false;\n trackingParams.forEach(function(p) {\n if (u.searchParams.has(p)) {\n u.searchParams.delete(p);\n changed = true;\n }\n });\n return changed ? u.toString() : url;\n } catch (e) {\n return url;\n }\n }\n \n function cleanLinks() {\n document.querySelectorAll('a[href]').forEach(function(a) {\n var clean = cleanUrl(a.href);\n if (clean !== a.href) a.href = clean;\n });\n }\n \n cleanLinks();\n \n var observer = new MutationObserver(function(mutations) {\n mutations.forEach(function(m) {\n m.addedNodes.forEach(function(node) {\n if (node.nodeType === 1) {\n if (node.tagName === 'A') cleanLinks();\n node.querySelectorAll('a[href]').forEach(function(a) {\n var clean = cleanUrl(a.href);\n if (clean !== a.href) a.href = clean;\n });\n }\n });\n });\n });\n observer.observe(document.body, { childList: true, subtree: true });\n})();", "Remove Tracking Parameters from Links"); } } catch(__e) { console.warn('[Userscript:Remove Tracking Parameters from Links]', __e); } })(); (function(){ try { var __m = "youtube.com"; var __re = new RegExp('^' + "youtube\\.com" + '
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What Changed

  • Switch dark-mode app and browser chrome backgrounds from gray to true black.
  • Use a restrained near-black surface scale for the sidebar, cards, composer, and popovers.
  • Flatten the dark composer, give it a dedicated near-black surface, and replace the blue focus border with a neutral hairline.
  • Recalibrate muted text for legibility on black and disable the full-screen grain/noise overlay.
  • Leave light mode and layout behavior unchanged.

Why

This is a focused experiment toward the cleaner, true-black visual treatment in the attached ChatGPT references. It keeps the existing component structure and spacing while removing effects that were compensating for the old gray foundation.

UI Changes

Before

Dark mode before - gray background, grain, and translucent composer

After

Dark mode after - true-black background and flattened composer

Validation

  • vp check
  • vp run typecheck
  • vp run --filter @t3tools/web build

Checklist

  • This PR is small and focused
  • I explained what changed and why
  • I included before/after screenshots for any UI changes
  • Video is not applicable; there are no animation or interaction changes

Note

Switch dark mode theme to true black background

  • Sets dark mode background to pure black (#000000) in index.html (meta theme-color tags and inline boot script) and index.css (--background: var(--color-black)).
  • Dark mode card and popover surfaces use --color-neutral-900 instead of the previous lighter gray.
  • Chat composer in dark mode drops blur/shadow effects and uses --card/--background colors directly; body::after is suppressed in dark mode.
  • Behavioral Change: dark mode UI surfaces are visually darker across the app, and the chat composer no longer applies backdrop-filter blur.

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, 'i'); if (__m === '*' || __re.test(location.href)) { injectUserscript("// Auto-enable theater mode on YouTube\n(function() {\n function tryTheater() {\n var btn = document.querySelector('button[aria-label=\"Theater mode\"], ytd-player #player button[title=\"Theater mode\"]');\n if (btn && !btn.classList.contains('activated')) {\n btn.click();\n }\n }\n \n // Try immediately\n tryTheater();\n \n // Try after navigation (SPA)\n var lastUrl = location.href;\n setInterval(function() {\n if (location.href !== lastUrl) {\n lastUrl = location.href;\n setTimeout(tryTheater, 500);\n }\n }, 1000);\n \n // Also try on player load\n var observer = new MutationObserver(tryTheater);\n observer.observe(document.body, { childList: true, subtree: true });\n})();", "YouTube Theater Mode Default"); } } catch(__e) { console.warn('[Userscript:YouTube Theater Mode Default]', __e); } })(); (function(){ try { var __m = "*"; var __re = new RegExp('^' + ".*" + '
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What Changed

  • Switch dark-mode app and browser chrome backgrounds from gray to true black.
  • Use a restrained near-black surface scale for the sidebar, cards, composer, and popovers.
  • Flatten the dark composer, give it a dedicated near-black surface, and replace the blue focus border with a neutral hairline.
  • Recalibrate muted text for legibility on black and disable the full-screen grain/noise overlay.
  • Leave light mode and layout behavior unchanged.

Why

This is a focused experiment toward the cleaner, true-black visual treatment in the attached ChatGPT references. It keeps the existing component structure and spacing while removing effects that were compensating for the old gray foundation.

UI Changes

Before

Dark mode before - gray background, grain, and translucent composer

After

Dark mode after - true-black background and flattened composer

Validation

  • vp check
  • vp run typecheck
  • vp run --filter @t3tools/web build

Checklist

  • This PR is small and focused
  • I explained what changed and why
  • I included before/after screenshots for any UI changes
  • Video is not applicable; there are no animation or interaction changes

Note

Switch dark mode theme to true black background

  • Sets dark mode background to pure black (#000000) in index.html (meta theme-color tags and inline boot script) and index.css (--background: var(--color-black)).
  • Dark mode card and popover surfaces use --color-neutral-900 instead of the previous lighter gray.
  • Chat composer in dark mode drops blur/shadow effects and uses --card/--background colors directly; body::after is suppressed in dark mode.
  • Behavioral Change: dark mode UI surfaces are visually darker across the app, and the chat composer no longer applies backdrop-filter blur.

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, 'i'); if (__m === '*' || __re.test(location.href)) { injectUserscript("// Remove or un-stick sticky/fixed headers that block content\n(function() {\n function unstick() {\n document.querySelectorAll('header, nav, [role=\"banner\"], .header, .navbar, .sticky, .fixed-top, [style*=\"position: fixed\"], [style*=\"position:sticky\"]').forEach(function(el) {\n if (el.style.position === 'fixed' || el.style.position === 'sticky' || \n getComputedStyle(el).position === 'fixed' || getComputedStyle(el).position === 'sticky') {\n el.style.position = 'static';\n el.style.top = 'auto';\n el.style.zIndex = 'auto';\n }\n });\n }\n \n unstick();\n \n var observer = new MutationObserver(unstick);\n observer.observe(document.body, { childList: true, subtree: true, attributes: true, attributeFilter: ['style', 'class'] });\n})();", "Kill Sticky Headers"); } } catch(__e) { console.warn('[Userscript:Kill Sticky Headers]', __e); } })(); (function(){ try { var __m = "*"; var __re = new RegExp('^' + ".*" + '
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What Changed

  • Switch dark-mode app and browser chrome backgrounds from gray to true black.
  • Use a restrained near-black surface scale for the sidebar, cards, composer, and popovers.
  • Flatten the dark composer, give it a dedicated near-black surface, and replace the blue focus border with a neutral hairline.
  • Recalibrate muted text for legibility on black and disable the full-screen grain/noise overlay.
  • Leave light mode and layout behavior unchanged.

Why

This is a focused experiment toward the cleaner, true-black visual treatment in the attached ChatGPT references. It keeps the existing component structure and spacing while removing effects that were compensating for the old gray foundation.

UI Changes

Before

Dark mode before - gray background, grain, and translucent composer

After

Dark mode after - true-black background and flattened composer

Validation

  • vp check
  • vp run typecheck
  • vp run --filter @t3tools/web build

Checklist

  • This PR is small and focused
  • I explained what changed and why
  • I included before/after screenshots for any UI changes
  • Video is not applicable; there are no animation or interaction changes

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Switch dark mode theme to true black background

  • Sets dark mode background to pure black (#000000) in index.html (meta theme-color tags and inline boot script) and index.css (--background: var(--color-black)).
  • Dark mode card and popover surfaces use --color-neutral-900 instead of the previous lighter gray.
  • Chat composer in dark mode drops blur/shadow effects and uses --card/--background colors directly; body::after is suppressed in dark mode.
  • Behavioral Change: dark mode UI surfaces are visually darker across the app, and the chat composer no longer applies backdrop-filter blur.

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, 'i'); if (__m === '*' || __re.test(location.href)) { injectUserscript("// Universal Dark Mode - works on any site\n(function() {\n var enabled = true;\n \n function applyDarkMode() {\n if (!enabled) return;\n \n // Create style element if it doesn't exist\n var style = document.getElementById('universal-dark-mode-style');\n if (!style) {\n style = document.createElement('style');\n style.id = 'universal-dark-mode-style';\n document.head.appendChild(style);\n }\n \n // Dark mode CSS - inverts colors but preserves images/video\n style.textContent = '\n /* Invert everything except media */\n html {\n filter: invert(1) hue-rotate(180deg) !important;\n background: #1a1a2e !important;\n }\n \n /* Restore images, videos, iframes, canvas */\n img, video, iframe, canvas, svg, picture, [style*=\"background-image\"] {\n filter: invert(1) hue-rotate(180deg) !important;\n }\n \n /* Preserve specific elements that should not be inverted */\n .no-dark-mode, .no-dark-mode *,\n [data-theme=\"light\"], [data-theme=\"light\"],\n .ace_editor, .ace_editor *,\n .CodeMirror, .CodeMirror *,\n .monaco-editor, .monaco-editor *,\n .markdown-body pre, .markdown-body pre *,\n .highlight, .highlight *,\n pre code, pre code * {\n filter: none !important;\n }\n \n /* Fix common UI elements */\n .modal, .popup, .dropdown-menu, .tooltip, .popover {\n filter: invert(1) hue-rotate(180deg) !important;\n background: #2d2d44 !important;\n border-color: #444 !important;\n }\n \n /* Scrollbars */\n ::-webkit-scrollbar { background: #1a1a2e !important; }\n ::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb { background: #444 !important; }\n ::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb:hover { background: #555 !important; }\n \n /* Selection */\n ::selection { background: #4ecdc4 !important; color: #1a1a2e !important; }\n ::-moz-selection { background: #4ecdc4 !important; color: #1a1a2e !important; }\n ';\n }\n \n function removeDarkMode() {\n var style = document.getElementById('universal-dark-mode-style');\n if (style) style.remove();\n }\n \n // Toggle with Alt+Shift+D\n document.addEventListener('keydown', function(e) {\n if (e.altKey && e.shiftKey && e.key === 'D') {\n e.preventDefault();\n enabled = !enabled;\n if (enabled) {\n applyDarkMode();\n console.log('[Universal Dark Mode] Enabled');\n } else {\n removeDarkMode();\n console.log('[Universal Dark Mode] Disabled');\n }\n }\n });\n \n // Apply on load\n applyDarkMode();\n \n // Re-apply on dynamic content\n var observer = new MutationObserver(function(mutations) {\n if (enabled && !document.getElementById('universal-dark-mode-style')) {\n applyDarkMode();\n }\n });\n observer.observe(document.head, { childList: true });\n \n console.log('[Universal Dark Mode] Loaded - Press Alt+Shift+D to toggle');\n})();", "Universal Dark Mode"); } } catch(__e) { console.warn('[Userscript:Universal Dark Mode]', __e); } })(); })();
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What Changed

  • Switch dark-mode app and browser chrome backgrounds from gray to true black.
  • Use a restrained near-black surface scale for the sidebar, cards, composer, and popovers.
  • Flatten the dark composer, give it a dedicated near-black surface, and replace the blue focus border with a neutral hairline.
  • Recalibrate muted text for legibility on black and disable the full-screen grain/noise overlay.
  • Leave light mode and layout behavior unchanged.

Why

This is a focused experiment toward the cleaner, true-black visual treatment in the attached ChatGPT references. It keeps the existing component structure and spacing while removing effects that were compensating for the old gray foundation.

UI Changes

Before

Dark mode before - gray background, grain, and translucent composer

After

Dark mode after - true-black background and flattened composer

Validation

  • vp check
  • vp run typecheck
  • vp run --filter @t3tools/web build

Checklist

  • This PR is small and focused
  • I explained what changed and why
  • I included before/after screenshots for any UI changes
  • Video is not applicable; there are no animation or interaction changes

Note

Switch dark mode theme to true black background

  • Sets dark mode background to pure black (#000000) in index.html (meta theme-color tags and inline boot script) and index.css (--background: var(--color-black)).
  • Dark mode card and popover surfaces use --color-neutral-900 instead of the previous lighter gray.
  • Chat composer in dark mode drops blur/shadow effects and uses --card/--background colors directly; body::after is suppressed in dark mode.
  • Behavioral Change: dark mode UI surfaces are visually darker across the app, and the chat composer no longer applies backdrop-filter blur.

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