Shining the Light on HTML Email Dark Modes
summary
Maintains canIemail.com and shows five practical fixes: always test (use parser.io and Firefox devtools), prefer transparent images or add invisible outlines for dark backgrounds, and add the Apple Mail meta/color-scheme so CSS dark rules and picture switching work. For Outlook.com use the data-ogsb/data-ogsc attributes plus class-name exclusion to emulate light/dark, and for Gmail apply a linear-gradient background plus difference and screen blend modes to keep button colors intact. Notes Outlook for Windows moving to Edge WebView.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Introduction to HTML email
- 1:54The impact of dark mode
- 4:00Embracing user preferences
- 7:22Image optimization techniques
- 10:31Using media queries
- 15:05Outlook-specific tweaks
- 18:54Fixing Gmail with blend modes
- 29:14Outlook future and outlook
- 31:20Q&A and community closing
