Comment by jedberg
4 days ago
The funniest part of that whole thing was when someone said "I trusted you, but you use light mode on your terminal" and then he replied that people stop by his desk daily just to make fun of him for it.
4 days ago
The funniest part of that whole thing was when someone said "I trusted you, but you use light mode on your terminal" and then he replied that people stop by his desk daily just to make fun of him for it.
The irony is that light mode is objectively the correct way to use things.
I'll assume this isn't a troll, and ask you by objective measures you believe this is true?
For people with astigmatism, black in white is generally easier to read than the other way around: https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/15142/whic...
Of your criteria is battery life, dark mode is most likely better
If your criteria is eye damage/strain, then IIRC the research is divided on this topic
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That depends entirely on your surroundings. Dark room? Dark mode. Next to a window or on a balcony on a sunny day? Light mode.
Working in a dark room is objectively wrong. ;)
Its like the space tab wars all over again.
Everyone was making fun of me in the 2000s for using a dark terminal and IDE...
I started with dark mode because that's what amber text on a terminal was... but then the big thing was UI's simulating paper and then we had a turn to dark mode but recently I've gone back to the light side.
I also use light mode in my terminal. Mock me at your leisure. :)
Another convert back to the light from the darkness here.
My eyes are getting old. Black text on white background is more legible/clear.
That was one of my first thought as well, but I was thinking that he did it for readability in the post not for real...