Dark mode is not as good for your eyes as you believe

Re:Dark mode is not as good for your eyes as you believe by seba_dos1 on Monday July 08, 2024 @08:43AM (#40904911)

Dark modes aren't made equal. Some have proper contrast and are generally easier to look at than light modes even in proper background lighting (especially when the light version overuses various shades of gray), some are rather painful to use - and I'm not even speaking about aesthetics.

There are apps and websites where dark mode is a massive win, but when coding with colored syntax, you won't beat light background both on- and off-screen (doesn't mean I don't sometimes end up coding in a dark room using a dark terminal anyway :P)

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Re:Dark mode is not as good for your eyes as you believe by pfyra on Monday July 08, 2024 @11:49AM (#40906423)

I certainly agree about dark modes being different. I've used vim with black background and white text (and bright colors in the syntax highlighting) for many years now, but whenever I try dark mode in other editors they are mostly shades of grey and completely unreadable. Do people really use dark grey background with a less dark font?

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