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Older OSes and apps used gray backgrounds to mitigate the visible flicker due to low refresh rates. On a modern display, if a white background bothers your eye
by Stratoscope 4y ago
Older OSes and apps used gray backgrounds to mitigate the visible flicker due to low refresh rates.
On a modern display, if a white background bothers your eyes, it often means that the brightness is turned up too high. After all, hardly anyone is bothered by black ink on white paper.
Try holding up a white sheet of paper next to your screen and turn down the brightness until the display matches the paper. You may find it more usable.
- kitsunesoba 4y agoI do turn down brightness to an extent, but the problem with the most commonly used backlit LCD panels is that turning down brightness also reduces contrast and color vibrance. This is why I typically use dark mode with a higher-but-not-maxxed brightness. This doesn't seem to be nearly as much of a problem on my phone, which uses an OLED panel. Color and contrast are retained to a much greater degree at low brightness, which makes lower brightness more practical to use. I'd still like a light-mid-gray light mode option for iOS/Android regardless.
- wtallis 4y agoOnce you throw HDR displays in the mix, you end up back at the conclusion that the colors chosen by the OS need to be reasonably not-bright, rather than blaming the user for not dimming the whole display to compensate for bad UI design.