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Only a very small minority of users actually care about dark mode. It is not a general expectation for software, as loud as those users may be on forums like th
by bigstrat2003 7mo ago
Only a very small minority of users actually care about dark mode. It is not a general expectation for software, as loud as those users may be on forums like this one.
- jitl 7mo agoOn Apple platforms is very uncommon to find apps that only support light mode. The only one on my phone is the app for my old Chinese robot vacuum.
- localuser13 7mo agoAnd how do you know this? I decided to check myself, looked for dark mode statistics on android, and: >Dark mode is used by 81.9% of 2,500 Android users on their phones, in apps, and in other situations. 9.9% alternate between the light and dark So it's the other way around. Only a very small minority of users actually care about light mode.
- fireflash38 7mo agoI think android is a big difference here. What about excel or Google sheets? Word? If you're building win32 you're not targeting android.
- Marsymars 7mo agoI'm not sure how much Android use generalizes - I prefer light mode, but I'll use dark mode for the battery savings on portable devices with OLED screens.
- mkl 7mo agoThat survey was power users only: https://www.androidauthority.com/dark-mode-poll-results-1090716/ https://www.androidauthority.com/dark-mode-poll-results-1090... I would be astounded if a majority of general Android users used dark mode, as light mode is the default on most phones (all, IME).
- gzread 7mo agoMine switches between light and dark depending on the time of day. It was the default behavior.
- layer8 7mo agoMobile is different from desktop. Dark mode became popular with OLED panels because on those it saves battery, and blacks actually look nice, compared to the average LCD. I use dark mode on mobile but light mode on desktop.