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Part of the reason I like dark mode is because it looks "computery". I grew with Hercules Monochrome monitors (green on black), and that's always been a comfor
by wenc 6y ago
Part of the reason I like dark mode is because it looks "computery".
I grew with Hercules Monochrome monitors (green on black), and that's always been a comfortable color scheme for me.
In my Turbo Pascal days, I began to have an affinity for white text over blue backgrounds.
I believe it was during the days of Windows 3.0 (1990) was when white backgrounds became the norm, and we've been stuck with that for over 3 decades. Not even the early X Windows programs had white backgrounds -- Mosaic and Netscape had grey backgrounds and muted chrome.
I think dark backgrounds evoke nostalgia (at least among some of us).
- sime2009 6y agoI'll never understand what happened about that time period. We went from the idea of "try minimize eye strain" to "fsck it! White looks great! Let's stare at light bulbs all day!". Grey backgrounds are a lot softer on the eyes. I'm still running black text on light grey as my primary colour scheme for text editing since AmigaDOS 2.0 in the 90s. Seriously.
- LVB 6y agoI recall Word having a “white text on blue” option for quite a while as comfort to the millions moving over from WordPerfect. Blue backgrounds and Borland themes definitely evoke nostalgia.