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Join us Oct. 18-21 online and in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania!

The dark side of user choice: Why your site should implement dark mode

Session date and time

Monday, October 19, 2026, 4:00 PM - 4:45 PM EDT 

Nate Lamkin, developer and dim-screen-defender at MIT Sloan, explores the evolution of choice that users have come to expect while browsing the web through the polarizing lens of dark mode. He discusses the history of some standard web practices built into modern browsers that users once had no control over, and demonstrates how personalization and accessibility shape the web today. He will also disprove some common myths about the benefits of dark mode, and then convince you why it is worth adding to your website anyway. Learn some strategies for implementing dark mode within an existing front-end theme, and discover why giving your users the option to choose is secretly the best choice of all.

Type
session
Track
Development, programming and CMS (DPC)
Intended audience
beginner
Tags
accessibility, design, UX and UI, web standards
Delivery
in person
Location Name
Rivers
Shortcode
DPC5