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As OP pointed out. Reading in the dark is the problem to begin with. Dark mode themes are a poor workaround for the real problem.
by ndnxhs 8y ago
As OP pointed out. Reading in the dark is the problem to begin with. Dark mode themes are a poor workaround for the real problem.
- fwn 8y agoWhile a parachute is helpful in certain situations it's better not to fall out of the sky to begin with. It is, so to say, a poor workaround for the real problem.
- skrebbel 8y agoShit, i tripped, fell, and started reading HN in the dark. Oops! Good thing it has dark mode.
- fwn 8y agoBut aren't there numerous situations in which it is rather dark and one might want to spend some time reading? Like at a bus stop in the evening, long distance buses, during flights, while one has difficulties to sleep next to a partner. I struggle to see how stopping to read in dark environments altogether is a serious proposal to the problem.
- kekebo 8y agoEven though it's important to point that out it is rather unrealistic for some parts of the population to completely restrict reading in the dark and makes no argument against an optional solution that would mitigate some of the downsides when it occurs