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It doesn’t really feel like it has “won”. Lighter themes are still overwhelmingly the default option (and sometimes the only option). I can’t think of any app
by tailspin2019 5y ago
It doesn’t really feel like it has “won”. Lighter themes are still overwhelmingly the default option (and sometimes the only option).
I can’t think of any app or website where dark mode has been added as a “forced” choice. The addition of a dark mode is almost always implemented as an optional feature and you can generally choose your preference.
So from a user’s point of view, I can only see this as a positive addition. For those of us who prefer dark mode, for a variety of reasons, we enjoy having the choice. For those who prefer lighter themes, nothing really is being taken away.
The more interesting question to me is why this topic evokes such strong emotions with one side stating often in very strong terms how “wrong” the other side is!
- watermelon0 5y agoOff the top of my head, I can name at least Grafana, Visual Studio Code, and JetBrains IDEs, as the (web)apps that default to dark mode, but have optional light theme. Additionally, AFAIK, InfluxDB UI (previously known as Chronograf), only supports dark mode.
- tailspin2019 5y ago> Off the top of my head, I can name at least Grafana, Visual Studio Code, and JetBrains IDEs, as the (web)apps that default to dark mode, but have optional light theme. My point (perhaps not worded clearly enough) was that there are very few cases where only dark mode is available. I was trying to say that in most cases where a dark mode has been added, a light mode is also available. I'll give you InfluxDB but, like Grafana, there is a use case of those systems being used on large TV screens so the dark UI has perhaps more of a functional reason behind it than other software.
- wruza 5y agoIs VSCode dark by default? I believe it’s standard theme has white bg.
- TingPing 5y agoIt is dark by default.