Re:Why Dark Mode Matters
by ignoramous on Saturday October 31, 2020 @02:43PM
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> The dark portions of the screen block the backlight, so the darker it is, the less light gets to your eyes.
On (S/AM)OLED screens the black colour (true dark) is simply zero light.
Re:Why Dark Mode Matters
by chrisweekly on Saturday October 31, 2020 @03:20PM
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It seems the "excepting OLED" clause is taken for granted? (shrug)
The web works in dark mode if you have Dark Reader.
Re:Why Dark Mode Matters
by marcosdumay on Saturday October 31, 2020 @03:23PM
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Kinda. There have been a lot of improvement since last time I tried it. But images are still a problem, and I don't think that will ever change.
> The dark portions of the screen block the backlight, so the darker it is, the less light gets to your eyes.
If you think it blocks enough backlight you’re deluding yourself. Display a pure black image (with a small white square in the middle to defeat dynamic contrast) and turn off the screen. From TVs to laptops, as long as it’s LCD the difference is obvious.
In a low luminosity environment, you will get better contrast with less emission if you have most of your screen dark and slightly more backlight than with most of it lit and less backlight. You will want to adjust the light anyway, but the dark mode is theoretically a gain.
But all of that is moot anyway, because the web doesn't work in dark mode. So if you try to go with it you will keep being exposed to high brightness at random, what is much worse than any alternative.