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This is a very good point, personally I do not like dark mode (but have used it for many years as a developer, before swapping back). But the OPTION for a user
by vallode 7y ago
This is a very good point, personally I do not like dark mode (but have used it for many years as a developer, before swapping back). But the OPTION for a user to display a page in dark mode is absolutely not a 'dark side'.
Optional settings are the beauty of software, they shouldn't be shunned but encouraged.
- ChrisSD 7y agoThe reason options are often shunned is that they exponentially increase the complexity. Every option needs to work with every other combination of options. Testing this can be very time consuming especially if it doesn't lend itself to automation. I'm not arguing against options but I am saying options come with a cost so the benefit has to be deemed to be worth the maintenance burden.
- vallode 7y agoWholeheartedly agreed! We always need to look at stuff from both angles and I forgot just how complicated adding new features can be (even if they are 'simple' changes, Chaos theory comes into mind.)