Re:GitHub Releases Dark Mode
by hombre_fatal on Tuesday December 08, 2020 @08:00PM
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When you turn down the brightness on a light theme, you're also turning down all contrast just because the background is emitting too much light.
A dark theme has the simple solution of turning off the "lightbulb" of a white background. Now the only light is produced by they actual content, so the contrast can remain high.
Though, I also am annoyed that I can't turn down the brightness on my macbook/iphone even more (e.g. in a pitch black room). That is one thing that has indeed forced me to use a dark theme when I wouldn't necessarily have thought of it.
A dark theme has the simple solution of turning off the "lightbulb" of a white background. Now the only light is produced by they actual content, so the contrast can remain high.
Though, I also am annoyed that I can't turn down the brightness on my macbook/iphone even more (e.g. in a pitch black room). That is one thing that has indeed forced me to use a dark theme when I wouldn't necessarily have thought of it.