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I usually use dark text on white. But things are changing. Getting older means I need glasses to read text. What has changed over the years: * usage times of
by lispm 3y ago
I usually use dark text on white. But things are changing. Getting older means I need glasses to read text.
What has changed over the years:
* usage times of modern screens goes way up: watch (very bright OLED with tiny screen), phone (OLED), tablets (very bright Mini LED) , laptops (very bright Mini LED, LCD), desktop monitors (LCD) and a desktop TV (OLED) connected to a computer
* most are high-res screens
* shorter viewing distances
* lots of video conferences and usage of networked software
* darker surroundings in home office especially during winter, brighter surroundings during summer. I have the OS switches modes based on day time / brightness.
* eye fatigue after a long day looking at screens, brightness sensitivity during illness caused by infection
In darker surroundings, at home, in the evening, I prefer nowadays white text on black backgrounds. For example an OLED TV as a desktop monitor.
For home-office work I bought a bright desk LED lamp (max 5000lm) with lots of indirect light. The quality of LED lamps has increased lately (no flicker, dimming and color modes, auto dimming, lots of indirect light, networked, can be configured with an app). I like that a lot. There I don't use dark modes. I also have increase usage of pen+paper for notes.