Indigo

DuckDuckGo theming project. Alpha v0.1.x

Features

• Updated UI using css properties like backdrop-filter.
• Light/Dark themes.
• Coming in Beta: SASS customization.
• Support for Blink, Mozilla, and Webkit browsers.
• Coming Soon: WGAC AA compliant color scheme for better accessibilities.

How to use

Indigo themes will only override css styles on the DuckDuckGo landing page and the search results pages through a desktop browsers. No styling for mobile devices or the official app.

• Download and Unzip latest Release to your file directory from https://github.com/cscottyb/indigo/releases
• Find the .css file you want to use by selecting your browser and variants parameters.
• ALPHA MESSAGE: For the best experience for all browser, select a theme from the compatible folder.

Safari

Indigo was developed for Safari first and will have the best theming thanks to native support for backdrop-filter. It is recommend to use the Safari theme.

• Open Safari Settings and navigate to Preferences > Advanced > Style sheet
• Navigate to the .css file from the downloaded folder.

Video Instructions: https://youtu.be/SJVcUT7q_TY

Blink and Mozilla based browsers (Chrome and Firefox)

You'll need to install a plugin from your browser's extensions store that will allow you to override the default css style on any webpage. I recommend the Stylus extensions that are available for both browsers. Make sure you target all pages on the duckduckgo.com domain.

• Open the theme file for the browser you want to use Indigo in your text editor (Notepad, Text Edit).
• Copy and paste the css code into the textfield and save.

Video Instructions: https://youtu.be/-oRv88wUh84

Firefox

Firefox users can use the more advanced chrome theme by changing Advanced Preferences settings.

• From the Firefox browser, enter about:config into the address bar.
• Click through the warning message if you understand the message about overriding Firefox features.
• In the Search preference name field, search for backdrop-filter.
• Set* the value for layout.css.backdrop-filter.enable to true.
• Like before, search for gfx.webrender.all setting and set* it to true.
• Restart Firfox and enjoy.

* click the two-way arrow on the right to easily change settings.

Video Instructions including enabling translucency: https://youtu.be/XrZWXhKnZ_4

Video Instructions with default settings: https://youtu.be/HLIDgRbWGqI

Browsers on slower and older computers

You may want to stick to the compatible themes since other Indigo themes use resources to render some features. Your mileage may vary.

Roadmap

Alpha v0.1.x

• Constant updates and releases of themes files.
• Few project package releases.
• No issues reporting or pull-request during this phase. The project will be constantly changing and fixing bug reports is time consuming at this stage in development.

Beta v0.2.x

• Package ready for easy user customization.
• Release of packages for easy modification through command prompt.
• Open bug reporting open for theme edits.

Release Candidates v0.3.x

• Release of speciality themes: Windows, WGAC AA, etc.
• Clean codebase.
• Open bug reporting open for package edits.

Release v1.0.0

• File structure finalized.
• Official themes and package release.
• Pull request available from official contributors.

Release v2.0.0

• GUI

Known Issues as of Alpha-v0.1.0

Design

• Header doesn't play nice with Safari theme due to backdrop-filter and DuckDuckGo default styling. Fix, reconstruct header using a different position properties.
• Map's direction UI redesign isn't finished.
• Solved: Browsers handles the backdrop filters differently.

NPM Build

• Time consuming setup to create theme.

Contribute

• Submit issues when BETA is released.
• Buy me a cup of coffee, link coming soon.