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  • Assaults the senses takes a new example now.
    by villgax
  • In Firefox, the page tells me neither my browser nor my display support HDR. In Chrome, it works fine. Latest browsers on a Pixel 8.
    by uhoh-itsmaciek
  • I noticed this as well on Firefox and I say, good, please don't fix.
    by nvr219
  • Look at the bright side, if it starts to get really overused then maybe the other platforms like LinkedIn will start stripping them too.
    by alpaca9
  • and browsers might do so too

    like something on the line of "if (image small || partially covered || mostly transparent) then don't use HDR"

    by dathinab
  • This extra-bright-everything-on-HDR-screens crap makes me navigate away from sites every time.

    Immediate irritation and if I could setup an adblock rule to stop it somehow, I would.

    The worst cases give me the starting pangs of a headache, and make me adjust my display to account for it.

    Can we somehow make it a rule that a website has to ask if they can blind me first?

    by portugueasey
  • Oooh fuuuuuuck. Do we now have the HDR screen version of the 90s/00s CD volume wars? MAX IT OUT?!? BE LOUDER! BE BRIGHTER! WTF.
    by froh42
  • It goes up to 11
    by leni536
  • Those wars still are onmnipresent in recorded music. (But haven't hit theaters yet, JCBP)
    by the__alchemist
  • Our new brand awareness strategy involves firing high power lasers directly into the prospect’s eyes, burning the logo into the centre of their fovea.

    This way we get to skip awareness, interest and desire and get the prospect straight to action.

    by madaxe_again
  • I’ve always wondered why it happened, assumed it was a rendering bug.

    fwiw it seems like “reduce white point” overrides any of these effects - which is good.

    by mikeshi42
  • I'm on an SDR setup so I wasn't expecting to see the proper effect, but the square labeled "SDR White" is actually `rgb(220, 220, 220)`.
    by Retr0id
  • I’ve noticed this trend on LinkedIn just recently. Very noticeable at night, obviously, when my screen is naturally more dim. But these logos are like blinding headlights.
    by daigoba66
  • Please don't
    by wlesieutre
  • For an authoritative overview of high dynamic range on monitors, I recommend the 137 minute documentary Debunking HDR (Steve Yedlin, 2025) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44248968
    by keane
  • For your uBO (Lite) custom filters

    soverybright.com##:style(dynamic-range-limit: standard !important)

    linkedin.com##:style(dynamic-range-limit: standard !important)

    by laptoprabbit
  • > Every social network strips these tags except the worst one

    > Clearly we need more of it

    I do not in fact want sites trying to get around my display preferences to post their visual presence on screen.

    by anigbrowl
  • Maybe it would be more acceptable if you added louder 24-bit music to the logo?
    by m463
  • If you own an HDR display then your display preference was to be able to display HDR.

    Settings > Accessibility > Display Text & Size > Reduce White Point

    by Grombobulous