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Obsession with dark, unreadable text colors are much more destructive to my eyes than cursives. Whoever came up with the idea that blue on black was a good colo

Obsession with dark, unreadable text colors are much more destructive to my eyes than cursives. Whoever came up with the idea that blue on black was a good color for displaying code on a screen, or dark green on black was a good idea for comments should just stop using computers together with everyone who installs and uses those themes.

leotaku 7y ago
I mean, everyone should be able to use themes that they are comfortable with, right? I don't think there is any evidence for dark themes "destroying" anyones eyes. And even if there was, I think you'd be able to survive looking at a Screenshot for some trendy JS project.
- dr_zoidberg 7y ago
  For me, dark themes help reduce eye strain, particularly at night or if I've been staring at the screen for a long while already. But I don't judge others for picking color themes which are comfortable for them. Your screen, your rules.
- mrich 7y ago
  I think the issue wasn't with dark themes per se, rather with bad color choices resulting in poor contrast (dark blue or dark green on black)
coldtea 7y ago
>Whoever came up with the idea that blue on black was a good color for displaying code on a screen Was probably working at night and didn't want to be surrounded by lights 24/7...
- nurettin 7y ago
  Yes, I don't want them near a computer, and yet here they are: $ poetry init This command will gide you through creating your ~invisible text~ config
meddlepal 7y ago
Dark themes are absolutely essential to some of us with annoying floaters in our vision.
dicknuckle 7y ago
Ubuntu default terminal themes are also cursed with this. That said, I haven't used Unity in a while, so maybe it's improved on that DE.
- threentaway 7y ago
  Unity is dead (and has been). Ubuntu just uses GNOME now.
jsd1982 7y ago
I think it was just a natural consequence of early CGA graphics cards which only allowed combinations of on/off red green and blue components with light and dark variations giving a total of only 16 colors available to work with. If you wanted a colorful enough UI you pretty much had to use all 16
dkdk8283 7y ago
I could say the same for whoever came up with the idea of black on white.
bayindirh 7y ago
> Obsession with dark, unreadable text colors are much more destructive to my eyes than cursives. I disagree. When working at night, even with indoor lighting; pastel colors and lower intensity of darker themes reduce eye-strain significantly. Daily eye-strain takes its toll at night even if you didn't code or use screens during the day. I personally don't like ligatures as much too but, it's a choice after all. People shall enjoy the work they do, shall customize their working environment to reduce friction as much as possible for them. This is an extension of desktop customization and I look some of them with awe. I don't spend that much time customizing my coding environment and terminals. I also don't share some of the choices they make but, as I said, environment is a personal thing after all. > Whoever came up with the idea that blue on black was a good color for displaying code on a screen, or dark green on black was a good idea for comments should just stop using computers together with everyone who installs and uses those themes. Instead, we can use the themes which we like and suit us best, can't we?
- travmatt 7y ago
  Personally I have light color themes for everything, this allows me use f.lux darkroom at night which I find much gentler on my eyes.
  - bayindirh 7y ago
    Personally I don't use f.lux however, I think it is a nice piece of technology. My monitor has a blue blocking filter and I personally keep it enabled 7/24 but, reducing the overall light intensity via dark themes works better for me especially, when coupled with the blue blocking filter of my monitor. OTOH, it's important to note that I always preferred darker themes on my systems since I started to use computers.
- nurettin 7y ago
  I fail to see where you have disagreed with me, but whatever floats your boat, my fellow contrarian.
  - bayindirh 6y ago

leotaku 7y ago

I mean, everyone should be able to use themes that they are comfortable with, right? I don't think there is any evidence for dark themes "destroying" anyones eyes. And even if there was, I think you'd be able to survive looking at a Screenshot for some trendy JS project.

dr_zoidberg 7y ago
For me, dark themes help reduce eye strain, particularly at night or if I've been staring at the screen for a long while already. But I don't judge others for picking color themes which are comfortable for them. Your screen, your rules.
mrich 7y ago
I think the issue wasn't with dark themes per se, rather with bad color choices resulting in poor contrast (dark blue or dark green on black)

coldtea 7y ago

>Whoever came up with the idea that blue on black was a good color for displaying code on a screen Was probably working at night and didn't want to be surrounded by lights 24/7...

nurettin 7y ago
Yes, I don't want them near a computer, and yet here they are: $ poetry init This command will gide you through creating your ~invisible text~ config

meddlepal 7y ago

Dark themes are absolutely essential to some of us with annoying floaters in our vision.

dicknuckle 7y ago

Ubuntu default terminal themes are also cursed with this. That said, I haven't used Unity in a while, so maybe it's improved on that DE.

threentaway 7y ago
Unity is dead (and has been). Ubuntu just uses GNOME now.

jsd1982 7y ago

I think it was just a natural consequence of early CGA graphics cards which only allowed combinations of on/off red green and blue components with light and dark variations giving a total of only 16 colors available to work with. If you wanted a colorful enough UI you pretty much had to use all 16

dkdk8283 7y ago

I could say the same for whoever came up with the idea of black on white.

bayindirh 7y ago

> Obsession with dark, unreadable text colors are much more destructive to my eyes than cursives. I disagree. When working at night, even with indoor lighting; pastel colors and lower intensity of darker themes reduce eye-strain significantly. Daily eye-strain takes its toll at night even if you didn't code or use screens during the day. I personally don't like ligatures as much too but, it's a choice after all. People shall enjoy the work they do, shall customize their working environment to reduce friction as much as possible for them. This is an extension of desktop customization and I look some of them with awe. I don't spend that much time customizing my coding environment and terminals. I also don't share some of the choices they make but, as I said, environment is a personal thing after all. > Whoever came up with the idea that blue on black was a good color for displaying code on a screen, or dark green on black was a good idea for comments should just stop using computers together with everyone who installs and uses those themes. Instead, we can use the themes which we like and suit us best, can't we?

travmatt 7y ago
Personally I have light color themes for everything, this allows me use f.lux darkroom at night which I find much gentler on my eyes.
- bayindirh 7y ago
  Personally I don't use f.lux however, I think it is a nice piece of technology. My monitor has a blue blocking filter and I personally keep it enabled 7/24 but, reducing the overall light intensity via dark themes works better for me especially, when coupled with the blue blocking filter of my monitor. OTOH, it's important to note that I always preferred darker themes on my systems since I started to use computers.
nurettin 7y ago
I fail to see where you have disagreed with me, but whatever floats your boat, my fellow contrarian.
- bayindirh 6y ago