>if the only way to get dark mode is to custom render the whole UI yourself
Most the apps I use support dark mode: Chrome, FF, Notepad++, Jellyfin, Qbittorrent, SumatraPDF, Signal, Wiztree, WinSCP, and others I'm forgetting. Seems like it's not an impossible task for the developers.
And on Github you can find FOSS apps[1] that have implemented light/dark mode switching for their UI, so you can just copy what they're doing if you don't know where to start.
Are you speaking as a user? I'm speaking as a dev. Of the applications you mentioned only a couple actually use the Win32 controls (like Notepad++) and they custom render them to get dark mode. That's a lot of extra work they had to do, essentially draw the whole look themselves.
Chrome is not native. FF is not native. Qbitorrent is not native (it uses Qt, right there in the name). Signal is not native, it's a web page bundled with Chromium (aka, an Electron app). WinSCP only this year actually started using the right font! But at least that one is native I'll give you that.
The GitHub you sent doesn't really have anything to do with the discussion.
Yeah it totally is and I explained why.
>Who cares if they keep working
A lot of people.
>if the only way to get dark mode is to custom render the whole UI yourself
Most the apps I use support dark mode: Chrome, FF, Notepad++, Jellyfin, Qbittorrent, SumatraPDF, Signal, Wiztree, WinSCP, and others I'm forgetting. Seems like it's not an impossible task for the developers.
And on Github you can find FOSS apps[1] that have implemented light/dark mode switching for their UI, so you can just copy what they're doing if you don't know where to start.
[1] https://github.com/AutoDarkMode/Windows-Auto-Night-Mode