https://glareless.silvela.org/ Recent content in Glareless, a browser extension that protects your eyes on Glareless, a browser extension Hugo en-us Tue, 28 Apr 2026 14:40:55 +0200 https://glareless.silvela.org/glareless/ Tue, 28 Apr 2026 14:40:55 +0200 https://glareless.silvela.org/glareless/ <p><em>Glareless</em> is a browser extension that protects your eyes by ensuring that background for text is not excessively bright.</p> <p>It works on the major browsers. See the <a href="https://glareless.silvela.org/glareless/#links">installation links</a>.</p> <h2 id="contents">Contents</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://glareless.silvela.org/glareless/#motivation">Motivation</a></li> <li><a href="https://glareless.silvela.org/glareless/#links">Installation links</a></li> <li><a href="https://glareless.silvela.org/glareless/#open-source">Open Source, hosted on sourcehut</a></li> <li><a href="https://glareless.silvela.org/glareless/#ai">AI?</a></li> <li><a href="https://glareless.silvela.org/glareless/#algo">How the algorithm works</a></li> </ul> <h2 id="motivation">Motivation</h2> <p>To sum it up: pages that use full 100% white as background for text are not good for your eyes. On one hand, they force you to stare at a bright light while reading, and on the other, their glare can negatively affect text rendering.</p> https://glareless.silvela.org/bright-backgrounds/ Tue, 28 Apr 2026 14:40:47 +0200 https://glareless.silvela.org/bright-backgrounds/ <h2 id="contents">Contents</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://glareless.silvela.org/bright-backgrounds/#bad-for-reading">White background on screen is bad for reading</a></li> <li><a href="https://glareless.silvela.org/bright-backgrounds/#pure-white-on-screen">Pure white as a background makes no sense</a></li> <li><a href="https://glareless.silvela.org/bright-backgrounds/#some-coping">Some coping strategies</a></li> <li><a href="https://glareless.silvela.org/bright-backgrounds/#better-coping">Better coping strategies</a></li> <li><a href="https://glareless.silvela.org/bright-backgrounds/#real-fix">The ideal fix may never come</a></li> </ul> <h2 id="bad-for-reading">White backgrounds on screen are bad for reading</h2> <p>Why is it that many text-heavy websites, among them most newspapers and magazines, use full 100% white for backgrounds? Perhaps they think it produces the illusion of white paper. <br> Whatever the reasoning, it&rsquo;s a bad idea.</p>