It’s not the most fancy thing out there, but if you’re still using ChatGPT 3.5 and are looking for something a little different, why not give GPThemes a try? It’s a free and open-source browser extension for Chrome and Firefox (Desktop and Android) that’ll give your ChatGPT website a fresh new look.

WHAT AWAITS YOU:

  • Modern themes: Light, Dark, and Black (AMOLED) for a stylish and more visually appealing experience.
  • Effortless theme switching: Change themes on the fly with a single click using floating button. Well, fine, Mr. Nitpicker, technically it’s a two-click saga 🥲
  • Chat bubbles: Modern and sleek conversation design that clearly differentiate your messages from the AI’s responses
  • Clean and spacious layout: No more feeling cramped, just generous spacing and clean lines for smooth chat sessions.
  • Subtle animations: Enjoy a touch of elegance with subtle animations that enhance readability and flow.

⌛SOON: Custom theming to personalize your chat experience with your chosen accent color, adding a unique touch to your conversations. See the live preview as you’re selecting your perfect hue via colorpicker.

SAFE AND TRANSPARENT:

  • GPThemes requests two permissions:
    • Storage: To remember your chosen theme across all ChatGPT pages.
    • Access to chat.openai.com (old) and chatgpt.com (new) domain: To modify the website’s appearance within ChatGPT.
  • Open-source code: You can see exactly what GPThemes does.

DOWNLOADS:

(The attached image is only a sneak peek)

  • Jared White@lemmy.world
    266·
    6 months ago

    Not downvoting because I appreciate the effort…but ChatGPT is about as opposite from the ethos of open source as you can get imho. 😄

    • fossyou@lemm.eeOP
      12·
      6 months ago

      Hmm, let’s leave GPT and this extension aside for now, those are just themes. But what bothers me here is that it seems (correct me if I’m wrong) you are saying that a closed source platform necessarily makes a foss plugin meaningless?

      • Jared White@lemmy.world
        1212·
        6 months ago

        All right, I’ll correct you because you’re wrong.

        What bothers me is an open source tool enhancing a proprietary service which by its very nature breaks open source licensing and in face copyright protections of all sorts across the entire internet.

        • towerful@programming.dev
          5·
          6 months ago

          I’m here on Lemmy because I liked RIF and RES.
          Reddit, the proprietary platform, made those pieces of software obsolete, and not in a good way.

          I’m pretty sure open source software can extend closed license, proprietary even obfuscated software. That’s the cool thing about open source.

          It’s just… Whether it’s worth the effort to hang your hat on proprietary software… That bit quite a few 3rd party Reddit apps in the ass

        • tyler@programming.dev
          13·
          6 months ago

          What bothers me is an open source tool enhancing a proprietary service which by its very nature breaks open source licensing and in face copyright protections of all sorts across the entire internet.

          lol no it doesn’t. what in the world gave you that idea?

  • fossyou@lemm.eeOP
    12·
    6 months ago

    Ah, this is my first post, so I wasn’t sure if PNG images are supported. I uploaded a JPG instead, so please forgive the broken appearance and white asymmetric edges of the image 🥲

    EDIT: reuploaded image

    • fossyou@lemm.eeOP
      5·
      6 months ago

      The plan was for it to be just CSS, but as advanced as CSS is today, some things still aren’t possible with it alone. Javascript had to come into play, so no, this isn’t CSS-only.

      But if your intention was to belittle CSS, how rude. I dare you to center a <div>

      • asudox@lemmy.world
        2·
        6 months ago

        Oh no, I dare not belittle CSS. I haven’t even done any real website development yet. It was all just Rust and Python backends.

            • fossyou@lemm.eeOP
              3·
              6 months ago

              That’s cool. Have you explored Leptos’s features? I totally get why you went for a RS framework over Py’s, even though Py’s might be more stable for now. But is your project focused solely on the web, or do you plan for it to be cross-platform with support for mobile and desktop OS as well? I’d love to know why you chose Leptos over Dioxus?

              (This is not suggestive question, I’m just really interested to know why you made that choice)

              • asudox@lemmy.world
                1·
                6 months ago

                Dioxus is indeed nice, however it feels too “bloated”. The WASM files are bigger than what Leptos produces and Dioxus is not just focused on web development but also desktop and mobile apps. I don’t need that. Leptos is good enough. I do plan on releasing a mobile app if this project gets significant interest, I’d probably do that in Kotlin so that the app is native and not web rendered.

    • fossyou@lemm.eeOP
      51·
      6 months ago

      From the first post’s sentence:

      and are you looking for something different

      It seems like it all comes down to personal preference. For some, a more modern design is better, while for others it’s not, as we can see that here too. It’s so hard to know what would be best for you personally without knowing you, but you can help me by sharing that with us