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Show HN: VSColors, a Visual Studio theme browser

52 points by vuciv1 6y ago

nightowl_games 6y ago
This is good. Seems like it should be integrated into the ide itself
perryizgr8 6y ago
I will take this opportunity to say that I absolutely dislike dark themes. Light themes are much better on the eyes and look much more pleasing.
- jjeaff 6y ago
  Is there any data on that? It seems that less light projecting into my eyes would be preferable to more.
  - perryizgr8 6y ago
    YOu can just decrease the screen brightness.
- mikelward 6y ago
  I prefer themes with fewer colors. I don't get highlighting keywords, types, class names, etc. Just highlight strings and comments so I know when I forgot to terminate them, and that's all I need.
- AlphaGeekZulu 6y ago
  First: no need to downvote the poster, there is nothing wrong with "I absolutely dislike dark themes"! I extended the personal opinion aspect to the second sentence as well. But lets take the second sentence for itself. Actually it is two statements: 1. Light themes are much better on the eyes. 2. Light themes look much more pleasing. I will skip 2., this is about personal taste, nothing to discuss about. So, are light themes much better on the eyes? I was educated in the 1980s as a typesetter and it was an unmistrusted truth back then, that a maximum contrast with black font on white background is the most readable representation of text. This was backed by scientific research which measured the reading speed. It was also deduced, with not so much scientific research, that the maximum reading speed also means maximum relaxation of the eyes (if contrast is poor, eye has to adopt, focus, use muscles, is more strained). White background at that time also meant: paper (nonluminous color). I have not followed research in the last 20 years and wether it has be redone with different results, especially for luminous colors. But I have a 43" monitor now, and what I can tell for sure: the amount of light that hits my eyes if everything is on light theme is simply blinding! I am all dark mode in the long hours of work in front of the monitor, but I will switch to a light theme if I have to make a presentation or share the screen. Because dark mode requires a super sharp resolution and perfect font hinting. Readability of dark mode will suffer significantly, if scaled down or reduced in quality (which typically happens on remote connections, screen sharing or presentations).
  - purplecats 5y ago
    aside: how can you tell who downvoted something?
- tommica 6y ago
  Gruvbox light is my jam - I can feel the difference between dark theme and light theme in my eyes, or at least in the muscles around the eyes - much more relaxed when looking at a light theme
sandgraham 6y ago
https://vscodethemes.com https://vscodethemes.com is pretty good too.
fr0th 6y ago
This is great, infinite scroll would be helpful though
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eenell 6y ago
Are there any themes that change when linting/tests are passing? I think it would be fun to add a glow to your text if everything is working well. Or only add glow to areas where you have code coverage.
konaraddi 6y ago
This is really neat for previewing themes!
majkinetor 6y ago
I like how clean it is. Thanks, good work, should be OTB.

52 points by vuciv1 6y ago

This is good. Seems like it should be integrated into the ide itself

I will take this opportunity to say that I absolutely dislike dark themes. Light themes are much better on the eyes and look much more pleasing.

jjeaff 6y ago
Is there any data on that? It seems that less light projecting into my eyes would be preferable to more.
- perryizgr8 6y ago
  YOu can just decrease the screen brightness.
mikelward 6y ago
I prefer themes with fewer colors. I don't get highlighting keywords, types, class names, etc. Just highlight strings and comments so I know when I forgot to terminate them, and that's all I need.
AlphaGeekZulu 6y ago
First: no need to downvote the poster, there is nothing wrong with "I absolutely dislike dark themes"! I extended the personal opinion aspect to the second sentence as well. But lets take the second sentence for itself. Actually it is two statements: 1. Light themes are much better on the eyes. 2. Light themes look much more pleasing. I will skip 2., this is about personal taste, nothing to discuss about. So, are light themes much better on the eyes? I was educated in the 1980s as a typesetter and it was an unmistrusted truth back then, that a maximum contrast with black font on white background is the most readable representation of text. This was backed by scientific research which measured the reading speed. It was also deduced, with not so much scientific research, that the maximum reading speed also means maximum relaxation of the eyes (if contrast is poor, eye has to adopt, focus, use muscles, is more strained). White background at that time also meant: paper (nonluminous color). I have not followed research in the last 20 years and wether it has be redone with different results, especially for luminous colors. But I have a 43" monitor now, and what I can tell for sure: the amount of light that hits my eyes if everything is on light theme is simply blinding! I am all dark mode in the long hours of work in front of the monitor, but I will switch to a light theme if I have to make a presentation or share the screen. Because dark mode requires a super sharp resolution and perfect font hinting. Readability of dark mode will suffer significantly, if scaled down or reduced in quality (which typically happens on remote connections, screen sharing or presentations).
- purplecats 5y ago
  aside: how can you tell who downvoted something?
tommica 6y ago
Gruvbox light is my jam - I can feel the difference between dark theme and light theme in my eyes, or at least in the muscles around the eyes - much more relaxed when looking at a light theme

sandgraham 6y ago

https://vscodethemes.com https://vscodethemes.com is pretty good too.

fr0th 6y ago

This is great, infinite scroll would be helpful though

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eenell 6y ago

Are there any themes that change when linting/tests are passing? I think it would be fun to add a glow to your text if everything is working well. Or only add glow to areas where you have code coverage.

konaraddi 6y ago

This is really neat for previewing themes!

majkinetor 6y ago

I like how clean it is. Thanks, good work, should be OTB.