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it is absolutely not. 90% of visible UI is dark grey painted over a black background. a lot of apps also use dark tones too, like dark blue or green.
by mitjak 6y ago
it is absolutely not. 90% of visible UI is dark grey painted over a black background. a lot of apps also use dark tones too, like dark blue or green.
- chooseaname 6y agoBlue on black/dark gray is horrible for visual acuity.
- there_the_and 6y agoBlues exist along a range of brightness values and blues work great in dark terminals and editors all day every day for many many people. I'm typing into a browser window surrounded by probably about 4 or 5 terminal and editor windows peeking out of the background with somewhere between 5 and 10 different shades of blue on dark grey backgrounds and they look clear, bright, and amazing. The dark background makes the blues pop.
- chooseaname 6y agoBlue is objectively the hardest color to see. Amber would be so much better in this scenario.
- dylan604 6y agoor green like the Hombebrew default scheme in Terminal. non-techy people I used to work with called me the matrix because my screen was stacked with multiple terminal windows with the green text on dark background color scheme
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- pb7 6y ago90% is a gross exaggeration. The Mail app is pure black[0]. Apps that have grey on black like Messages have styles carried over from the light version of apps — they weren’t specifically optimized for dark mode to improve readability. Other apps that I’ve checked: Music, Phone, Photos, Files, Calendar, even Twitter. [0] https://www.litmus.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/bildschirmfoto-2019-09-20-um-15.27.59.png https://www.litmus.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/bildschirm...
- voxic11 6y agoI don't see any blacks in that screenshot?
- Jackim 6y agoIf you bring the image into a photo editor you'll find that the background of Mail's dark mode is RGB #000000, the purest digital black there is.
- pb7 6y agoIt’s hard to have a discussion when you act in bad faith. The background is #000000.
- zwily 6y agoMaybe you’re not looking at it on a screen capable of true black?