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This is a good article. I'll bookmark it and probably refer to it in future. That said, why does everybody care about Dark Mode so much these days? It's an int
by dreamcompiler 7y ago
This is a good article. I'll bookmark it and probably refer to it in future.
That said, why does everybody care about Dark Mode so much these days? It's an interesting problem; I worked on it 20 years ago and solved it adequately for my own purposes. But it's not a very important problem, especially right now.
- sqs 7y agoDark mode is much more readable for many people. That’s why it matters. In my opinion as a user, it’s as much of an improvement as going from a UI with tiny fonts to one with legible text sizes. And once most sites and apps you use have a dark theme, the ones that don’t become even more jarring and noticeable.
- j88439h84 7y agoI think apple added support so everyone else did too?
- PunksATawnyFill 7y agoHahaha, NO. Apple was the LAST to enable a non-inverse color scheme... so far behind that Windows had abandoned it in the meantime after 30 years!
- userbinator 7y agoThat said, why does everybody care about Dark Mode so much these days? My guess is that people either don't know/can't be bothered to adjust their monitors' brightness and contrast to a comfortable level, so they're left at the default which is usually eye-burningly bright, and they're trying to work around this in software by reducing brightness and contrast. Unfortunately this also means those who do have their monitors adjusted comfortably are subjected to much worse contrast.
- Can_Not 7y agoI have had many devices where "minimum brightness" is brighter than the brightest I would have actually wanted.
- Can_Not 7y ago> why does everybody care about Dark Mode so much these days? Let me guess, you think wheelchair ramps are a fad, too? Because we don't like our eyes getting blasted by brightness pollution from all white websites? Some of us have disabilities?