Light vs Dark Theme
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I find reading on a dark theme much easier than a white theme. Especially coding.
I find it hard to read on white backgrounds, as it my eyes get strained, and it's difficult to track text to the next line.
I've tried changing the monitor settings (lowering the brightness, selecting warm/reducing the blue light etc) but unless I put on sunglasses, it's not a significant benefit.I do find that the lighter themes particularly ones with a white background are better looking/flashier/prettier. That, to me is form over function.
Now that I've picked up Dark Reader (Chrome Extension), I feel that I have completely turned to the dark side. My red lightsaber is under construction.
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I prefer dark themes, I don't like most things nearly as bright as they normally are.
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I've been using dark themes since we called them "green screen displays"
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Black text on white is the easiest to read IF the contrast is not too high and the ambient light levels are high enough in relation to the light levels on the monitor.
That is basically the reason why some think dark skins are better than light and vice versa. It we would set the proper contrast on the monitor with the right amount of ambient light most people would prefer the same thing.
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In my personal experience dark themes are good on your eyes when you use dark themes and switch to light, if you only have light it's not an issue. I have light sensitive eyes, on a sunny day I am legally blind, and yet if I look at Winamp or XMMS for too long and then look at a light window, that's when it hurts my eyes. If it's all light, it's all good.
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@tonyshowoff said in Light vs Dark Theme:
In my personal experience dark themes are good on your eyes when you use dark themes and switch to light, if you only have light it's not an issue. I have light sensitive eyes, on a sunny day I am legally blind, and yet if I look at Winamp or XMMS for too long and then look at a light window, that's when it hurts my eyes. If it's all light, it's all good.
It's because the pupils will adjust their opening to the amount of ambient light and when you look at something bright it will be too bright.
You can measure light levels with a lux meter. People that work professionally with prints, color reproduction, photo editing etc needs a workplace where both ambient light and colors are well under control as well as a color managed workflow where monitors and printers are calibrated to certain light levels, color temperature and accuracy.
Having done this many times i can say that most monitors are way off on brightness. But a lot of people place their monitors completely wrong too.
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@pete-s said in Light vs Dark Theme:
@tonyshowoff said in Light vs Dark Theme:
In my personal experience dark themes are good on your eyes when you use dark themes and switch to light, if you only have light it's not an issue. I have light sensitive eyes, on a sunny day I am legally blind, and yet if I look at Winamp or XMMS for too long and then look at a light window, that's when it hurts my eyes. If it's all light, it's all good.
It's because the pupils will adjust their opening to the amount of ambient light and when you look at something bright it will be too bright.
That's good to know, I thought my eyes were simply dilated all the time.
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@obsolesce said in Light vs Dark Theme:
@nerdydad said in Light vs Dark Theme:
@obsolesce You do know that there is more than 1 dark theme, right?
Slate? That one is just aweful.
Darkly? That one doesn't fit well either.
I'm using Darkly... much better on my eyes then a pure white theme.
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@nadnerb said in Light vs Dark Theme:
Now that I've picked up Dark Reader (Chrome Extension), I feel that I have completely turned to the dark side. My red lightsaber is under construction.
Interesting extension... I just gave it a go. It isnt for me, but much more tolerable than most dark themes I have seen.
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i'd use dark on ML if the editors followed the theme. Do they yet? They didnt when I first joined.
