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I'd strongly agree on the point that a dark theme in a media editor (or similar context) draws focus to the project and away from the controls. But I also beli

I'd strongly agree on the point that a dark theme in a media editor (or similar context) draws focus to the project and away from the controls. But I also believe that the UI experience should lean towards uniformity. Still, if you're an expert user of specific software perhaps your brain already manages the context switch. At least, though, maybe the WM could become context aware like Android's dark mode.

kccqzy 7y ago
That's exactly what I think dark mode should be; helping you focus on the content. Unfortunately too many people misunderstood this and started making apps where everything is dark. A word processor shouldn't have its page white-on-black. A news reader shouldn't display its contents on white-on-black.
- mroche 7y ago
  > A word processor shouldn't have its page white-on-black. A news reader shouldn't display its contents on white-on-black. I’m young with (I believe) very good eyesight and I physically can’t handle white-on-black styles, especially with text. And I mean #000 and 240-255. It literally burns and blurs my eyes. A dark gray paired with a light gray or off-white is much more pleasing and readable to me. I won’t discount those styles for text though, because at night it can help my eyes not melt out of my skull compared to black-on-white pages. And I have at times used Google Drive dark CSS themes while doc writing for extended late night sessions, and enabled some for GitLab and GitHub. As someone who has spent considerable time in CG DCCs (Digital Content Creation), I can confirm that dark themes are a godsend and help immensely (for me) on focusing on the content. It also has the added benefit of not “tainting” your color perception when working with imagery. Blackmagic Design was under fire for a bit because they revamped themes in Resolve and Fusion from a neutral gray to a subtly hinted blue-gray and it threw off color artists as it influenced their grading.
  - Doxin 7y ago
    From my experience most people who have trouble with black-on-white text simply have their monitor set too bright. White shouldn't be eye-searing, it should be roughly as bright as a piece of paper under the lighting on your desk.
- PunksATawnyFill 7y ago
  It should be what the user dictates. As a default, white on blue was found to be the best 30+ years ago, and was a checkbox option in Word until the current version, I think.

kccqzy 7y ago

That's exactly what I think dark mode should be; helping you focus on the content. Unfortunately too many people misunderstood this and started making apps where everything is dark. A word processor shouldn't have its page white-on-black. A news reader shouldn't display its contents on white-on-black.

mroche 7y ago
> A word processor shouldn't have its page white-on-black. A news reader shouldn't display its contents on white-on-black. I’m young with (I believe) very good eyesight and I physically can’t handle white-on-black styles, especially with text. And I mean #000 and 240-255. It literally burns and blurs my eyes. A dark gray paired with a light gray or off-white is much more pleasing and readable to me. I won’t discount those styles for text though, because at night it can help my eyes not melt out of my skull compared to black-on-white pages. And I have at times used Google Drive dark CSS themes while doc writing for extended late night sessions, and enabled some for GitLab and GitHub. As someone who has spent considerable time in CG DCCs (Digital Content Creation), I can confirm that dark themes are a godsend and help immensely (for me) on focusing on the content. It also has the added benefit of not “tainting” your color perception when working with imagery. Blackmagic Design was under fire for a bit because they revamped themes in Resolve and Fusion from a neutral gray to a subtly hinted blue-gray and it threw off color artists as it influenced their grading.
- Doxin 7y ago
  From my experience most people who have trouble with black-on-white text simply have their monitor set too bright. White shouldn't be eye-searing, it should be roughly as bright as a piece of paper under the lighting on your desk.
PunksATawnyFill 7y ago
It should be what the user dictates. As a default, white on blue was found to be the best 30+ years ago, and was a checkbox option in Word until the current version, I think.