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Re:The Dark Side of Dark Mode by SomeHacker44 on Monday June 03, 2019 @09:40AM (#20082934)
This is exactly correct. I have an astigmatism which causes chromatic abberation. Specifically, the B in RGB is usually out of focus when the R is in focus, although I can actually force my eyes to focus on the B and cause the opposite to occur.

This has been exacerbated by my recent "graduation" to progressive glasses. For whatever reason these seem to cause their own chromatic abberation issues.

Dark mode actually makes the fringing a bigger problem, but I configure everything not to use blues significantly and so it overall makes things more readable for me.

Re:The Dark Side of Dark Mode by l_t on Monday June 03, 2019 @10:47AM (#20083640)
You might've looked at this already, but you can use a program called f.lux to globally change the color temperature of your screen. It's intended to eliminate blue light to make it easier to sleep, but it's highly configurable and in your case it might help with readability.
Re:The Dark Side of Dark Mode by manifestsilence on Monday June 03, 2019 @11:56AM (#20084589)
f.lux is super helpful. I'd rather look at black text on a configurably-dark red-tinted background than have to invert everything. Especially because I don't only look at a text editor all day. Not every program has dark mode for all its text, and f.lux is a global solution. It's also great that it has a timer built in so you can go darker as evening approaches.
Re:The Dark Side of Dark Mode by pathartl on Monday June 03, 2019 @11:16AM (#20084029)
This basic feature is also in most OS's now labeled as "blue light filter" or "night mode".