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Like most older programmers, I have some astigmatism - not even that bad, apparently. (A majority of adults in Europe and Asia also have it.) One of the side-
by TomSwirly 3y ago
Like most older programmers, I have some astigmatism - not even that bad, apparently.
(A majority of adults in Europe and Asia also have it.)
One of the side-effects is that light on dark text is harder to read. And now a lot of people seem to use light grey on dark grey, which I can barely read at all, and more, use images of their program instead of text, so tools that rewrite webpages for better contrast can't help.
But mentioning this in a comment thread often gets a wave of abuse. I avoid the temptation to say, "If you're lucky, one day you'll be old like me."
If you want people over 40 to read your writing, please figure out a way to give us a "light mode"! "Today you, tomorrow me."
- lloydatkinson 3y agoI can strongly relate, as I have a mild astigmatism that only really is noticeable at large distances or at night. In the list of related literature I include a paper that found light on dark text is harder to read for contrast reasons.
- ReleaseCandidat 3y agoThis. I've used some dark themes in code editors for 2-3 years about 5 years ago (the decades before had been light themes only, well, actually the default Emacs one, lightly customised) and finally switched back as I realised that I can read a 1pt smaller font better if in light mode than the same but bigger font in dark mode, I permanently switched back to light themes. And when it's dark outside I just turn on the lights in the room.