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People like novelty. Dark mode is something new in UX design. I'm not sure I'd read into it any more than that until a few more years pass.
by AlexandrB 7y ago
People like novelty. Dark mode is something new in UX design. I'm not sure I'd read into it any more than that until a few more years pass.
- mixmastamyk 7y agoNew? Never used DOS, a terminal, or a custom dark theme on Windows XP?
- jolmg 7y agoDark mode toggles in applications and websites is kind of new (not really, but it's been popularized recently), but system-wide theming with dark themes has been around for a long time.
- dageshi 7y agoDark modes are a lot easier on the eyes if you spend a lot of time infront of screens and to greater and lesser extent everybody spends lots of time infront of screens nowadays. That being said, I have pretty good luck with browser plugins that auto dark mode websites reasonably well. I'm not sure I'd go redesigning the entire web with darkmodes in mind when plugins can do a good enough job.
- JohnFen 7y ago> Dark modes are a lot easier on the eyes if you spend a lot of time infront of screens For some people, yes. For others, no. That's why this should be a configurable option.
- b3kart 7y ago> Dark modes are a lot easier on the eyes if you spend a lot of time infront of screens [citation needed]. Why do people keep making these general statements. Every time they do counter-examples immediately appear in replies. Why can't we all agree that we're all different and it's largely a matter of preference.
- pixelbash 7y agoI wouldn't be so sure, I used dark mode winamp and litestep themes back in the winxp days. It could have originally been that crt white was not that nice, but I still find a largely white lcd screen a bit much.