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Re:Is Dark Mode Such a Good Idea? by mewpmewp2 on Friday June 12, 2020 @01:11PM (#23501364)
If 60% people perform better with light theme and 40% dark theme, average is going to be that light theme is superior. This doesn't make dark mode a bad idea.
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Re:Is Dark Mode Such a Good Idea? by acrefoot on Friday June 12, 2020 @01:51PM (#23501781)
This is going to appear nitpicky, but the average preference is some average gray, neither dark nor light. The mode is light. That relates back to the fighter jet thing: if you’re going to build a non-adjustable cockpit, build one that fits (within some tolerance) the most number of pilots, not the average on every dimension.
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Re:Is Dark Mode Such a Good Idea? by marcus_holmes on Friday June 12, 2020 @07:26PM (#23504957)
or, better, don't build a non-adjustable cockpit
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Re:Is Dark Mode Such a Good Idea? by dekhn on Friday June 12, 2020 @01:52PM (#23501798)
IE, argmax, not mean
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Re:Is Dark Mode Such a Good Idea? by dekhn on Friday June 12, 2020 @01:50PM (#23501774)
All you're saying is that means aren't informative if distributions are bimodal. Which is both totally true and completely missing the point.
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