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Unfortunatey the world is not ready for dark themes yet. I wish I could usw a dark theme but I find the current state unacceptable. Try using a dark theme and e

Unfortunatey the world is not ready for dark themes yet. I wish I could usw a dark theme but I find the current state unacceptable. Try using a dark theme and every now and then you will encounter a searchlight-bright white area hurting your eyes and contrasting everything uglyly. Some apps just have some white or almost-white panels alongside dark areas. Many websites only support white theme or require you configure them manually (it should be a single OS-level switch propagated to CSS by a browser). This has to chhange for the dark theme idea to reach general usability. Thehe already has been a time when you could just tweak all your colours and fonrs in the control panel and all the apps and all the websites would follow. But this was long ago. By the way simple light/dark switch is not enough. I also want a low-detail theme to disable all the unnecessary visual noise and soothe my nervous system while the majority probably prefers fancy and shiny bells&whistles designs.

Cthulhu_ 4y ago
> Unfortunatey the world is not ready for dark themes yet. A weird statement to make given that all the tools are in place; what you're describing is poor implementations. The world is ready, the implementations aren't up to par yet. Personal pet peeve is Reddit, I use an alternative app for it that supports dark/light mode as every app should, but because Reddit is mainly used to post screenshots these days, they're often light themed screenshots. I wish the app(s) would apply a filter that applies a dark filter to screenshots.
- robinsonb5 4y ago
  There also certain areas of endeavour where a light-on-dark theme isn't appropriate. I remember using the superbly pretty Bryce theme on KDE1 back in the early 2000s - but quickly abandoning it because a lot of what I do is print-oriented. If you're designing for print then the "paper" is going to need to be white, so the UI elements had better have similar mean brightness and contrast levels to the representation of the page you're working on.
  - qwerty456127 4y ago
    100% WYSIWYG is not necessary. I would prefer typesetting tools (incl. LibreOffice Writer) to use a dark theme during the work and printing black on white, letting you see a perferct WYSIWYG print preview briefly before printing.
    - alxlaz 4y ago
      "Designing for print" includes a lot of illustration, mixed media (text & image) DTP, photo editing, color management -- not just largely image-less typesetting. 100% WYSIWYG is absolutely necessary for most professional work.
      - qwerty456127 4y ago
        In many (not all) cases it still can be a separate step. It's not something I do a lot but I did some and in some cases I would have been Okay this way. And perhaps that could be a healthier alternative to staring at a bright display for hours.

Cthulhu_ 4y ago

> Unfortunatey the world is not ready for dark themes yet. A weird statement to make given that all the tools are in place; what you're describing is poor implementations. The world is ready, the implementations aren't up to par yet. Personal pet peeve is Reddit, I use an alternative app for it that supports dark/light mode as every app should, but because Reddit is mainly used to post screenshots these days, they're often light themed screenshots. I wish the app(s) would apply a filter that applies a dark filter to screenshots.

robinsonb5 4y ago
There also certain areas of endeavour where a light-on-dark theme isn't appropriate. I remember using the superbly pretty Bryce theme on KDE1 back in the early 2000s - but quickly abandoning it because a lot of what I do is print-oriented. If you're designing for print then the "paper" is going to need to be white, so the UI elements had better have similar mean brightness and contrast levels to the representation of the page you're working on.
- qwerty456127 4y ago
  100% WYSIWYG is not necessary. I would prefer typesetting tools (incl. LibreOffice Writer) to use a dark theme during the work and printing black on white, letting you see a perferct WYSIWYG print preview briefly before printing.
  - alxlaz 4y ago
    "Designing for print" includes a lot of illustration, mixed media (text & image) DTP, photo editing, color management -- not just largely image-less typesetting. 100% WYSIWYG is absolutely necessary for most professional work.
    - qwerty456127 4y ago
      In many (not all) cases it still can be a separate step. It's not something I do a lot but I did some and in some cases I would have been Okay this way. And perhaps that could be a healthier alternative to staring at a bright display for hours.