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> I don't want my eyes to burn when I'm browsing HN at night on my phone. I've looked at HN and many other sites on my phone at night for a very long time, and
by holler 6y ago
> I don't want my eyes to burn when I'm browsing HN at night on my phone.
I've looked at HN and many other sites on my phone at night for a very long time, and never once do my eyes burn. Why is this the expectation? Use Flux or a similar light dimmer on your phone/laptop, problem solved.
- splintercell 6y agoAlso 'Hews' and other mobile apps have dark mode.
- bootlooped 6y agoThe total light output from a dark mode app or website is still way lower than a light mode site with flux or similar light dimmer running. Dark mode is better for a lot of people in a lot of situations.
- lucb1e 6y agoSo like: open display menu -> push some crappy buttons to get to the brightness control -> enter brightness control -> dim brightness -> exit exit -> alt+tab -> use site -> alt+tab back to a dark application -> up screen brightness using the same process -> repeat? Most things I use are set to dark except HN and MDN; dark works day and night (perhaps not in bright sunlight, but I don't code on a beach). Which is not to say that I'm suggesting we need to have only dark mode, or dark mode by default, or any such thing that you might not be happy with. I'm glad you don't experience the blast of lumens at night, but it seems you're the lucky minority so I'd be happy with an option to set a dark mode.