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I'm not a night owl. I prefer dark mode. It matters when you're staring at a screen for more than 12 hours a day
by __s 7y ago
I'm not a night owl. I prefer dark mode. It matters when you're staring at a screen for more than 12 hours a day
- burtonator 7y agoAgreed. Anything more than an hour or two and it's definitely nicer to have a dark mode. I used dark mode in IDEA for YEARS and I can't believe I didn't push harder to have a dark mode in Polar earlier. This is why it's good to listen to your users!
- codetrotter 7y agoWhat we really really need is cheap, high resolution, fast refresh eInk displays. I’m talking 27 inch, 4K resolution, color (even just 4096 colors might be enough for a lot of software development work) monitors running at 60Hz or higher, with eInk technology and backlight that can be dialed all the way from full brightness to no backlight at all, which should be sold at a price somewhere between the same and 2x to 3x or 4x the price of what LED displays of similar size and specs currently cost today. I hope we may see that on the market one day.
- lostlogin 7y agoLaptop in the sun outside. It’s the dream.
- inciampati 7y agoI used to use my OLPC xo-1 this way. It was a dream. E-ink screens can make dark mode irrelevant. But the market for them hasn't been built, and the tech isn't effective at fast refresh. Yet.
- elwell 7y agoI would pay good money for this.
- JohnFen 7y ago> It matters when you're staring at a screen for more than 12 hours a day I stare at a screen for more than 12 hours most days, but I strongly prefer light mode over dark, so I'm not sure the amount of screen time is what makes the difference.
- inciampati 7y agoPeople are different. Some can't handle the light. Some can't see as well in the dark. As one of the former, I find I am also very sensitive to light at night. Seeing a bright light within an hour or two of bedtime will push the point when I fall asleep back significantly.