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Re: Show HN: Trueq.io – A New Q&A Platform for Developers

#11

Post by dsumer »

pier25 wrote: post #5

> Dark-Mode first because your eyes are worth it Dark mode is actually worse for your eyes. There are plenty of studies that have shown bright text over dark background is less readable and produces eye strain. Also reading bright text over black is painful for people with astigmatism. Obviously people don't like going from dark to bright but that happens precisely because of dark mode being so popular. At the very l…

As you mentioned, we give the possibility to switch to light mode and also save the decision of the user, so it will be persistent to your needs after revisiting TrueQ.

Thx for your feedback regarding the OS setting, we definitely want to implement this. :)

Re: Show HN: Trueq.io – A New Q&A Platform for Developers

#12

Post by dsumer »

mosselman wrote: post #7
pier25 wrote: post #5

> Dark-Mode first because your eyes are worth it Dark mode is actually worse for your eyes. There are plenty of studies that have shown bright text over dark background is less readable and produces eye strain. Also reading bright text over black is painful for people with astigmatism. Obviously people don't like going from dark to bright but that happens precisely because of dark mode being so popular. At the very l…

I have recently switched from dark to light as well in my editor and I have noticed it is easier to read darker text over a light background as well. You, or at least I, notice this as well when I turn off Trueq.io's dark mode on the pages with more text like the 'about' page. You are being down voted, but not countered, so it seems like people are being emotional about this for some reason. Ah well, to each his own.

Just wanting to state that we did not down vote on pier25's comment. Everyone should feel free to use the theming mode he / she likes best.

Re: Show HN: Trueq.io – A New Q&A Platform for Developers

#13

Post by pier25 »

dsumer wrote: post #11
pier25 wrote: post #5

> Dark-Mode first because your eyes are worth it Dark mode is actually worse for your eyes. There are plenty of studies that have shown bright text over dark background is less readable and produces eye strain. Also reading bright text over black is painful for people with astigmatism. Obviously people don't like going from dark to bright but that happens precisely because of dark mode being so popular. At the very l…

As you mentioned, we give the possibility to switch to light mode and also save the decision of the user, so it will be persistent to your needs after revisiting TrueQ. Thx for your feedback regarding the OS setting, we definitely want to implement this. :)

That's great, but you should stop the dark mode evangelization propaganda.

Re: Show HN: Trueq.io – A New Q&A Platform for Developers

#14

Post by pier25 »

young_hopper wrote: post #8
pier25 wrote: post #5

> Dark-Mode first because your eyes are worth it Dark mode is actually worse for your eyes. There are plenty of studies that have shown bright text over dark background is less readable and produces eye strain. Also reading bright text over black is painful for people with astigmatism. Obviously people don't like going from dark to bright but that happens precisely because of dark mode being so popular. At the very l…

I have astigmatism and have never experienced this pain.

It's was metaphorical, not literal pain.

> People who have myopia or astigmatism also may experience halation (from the word “halo”). Halation occurs when light spreads past a certain boundary, creating a foggy or blurry appearance. In other words, white letters can appear to bleed into a black background, making it more difficult to read, especially if the print is fine.

https://www.allaboutvision.com/digital-eye-strain/is-dark-mo...

Re: Show HN: Trueq.io – A New Q&A Platform for Developers

#15

Post by pier25 »

mosselman wrote: post #7
pier25 wrote: post #5

> Dark-Mode first because your eyes are worth it Dark mode is actually worse for your eyes. There are plenty of studies that have shown bright text over dark background is less readable and produces eye strain. Also reading bright text over black is painful for people with astigmatism. Obviously people don't like going from dark to bright but that happens precisely because of dark mode being so popular. At the very l…

I have recently switched from dark to light as well in my editor and I have noticed it is easier to read darker text over a light background as well. You, or at least I, notice this as well when I turn off Trueq.io's dark mode on the pages with more text like the 'about' page. You are being down voted, but not countered, so it seems like people are being emotional about this for some reason. Ah well, to each his own.

I don't know if there are any studies about why dark mode is so popular these days, but my guess is because of using screens on poor lit rooms or even in complete darkness.

In those conditions it's super annoying to switch from a dark UI to a bright one which I guess its why light mode gets so much irrational hate.

Obviously users should be able to choose what works best for them.

I'm in my 40s now and I care much more now about my vision. I guess most proponents of dark mode are actually much younger than me.

Re: Show HN: Trueq.io – A New Q&A Platform for Developers

#16

Post by bastijn »

Rule number one for a Q&A site should be to not land you on a marketing landing page as main page. Put your questions as main page.

Your layout is having issues atm. It shows less questions in a single screen as compared to SO. It is quite an eyestrain with all the colors (every tag another color, multiple colors in design, icons I do not understand like the eyes etc.) I see comments run out of my screen on ios, iPhone 11 max.

In this space you have one big competitor. Your landing page, which you so prominently slammed in my face, should state why you are worth switching to. Right now you give 3 things that SO already has for ages (and better). In addition to all the things they have and you miss it makes it unlikely I will visit again..

Re: Show HN: Trueq.io – A New Q&A Platform for Developers

#17

Post by gremlinsinc »

young_hopper wrote: post #8
pier25 wrote: post #5

> Dark-Mode first because your eyes are worth it Dark mode is actually worse for your eyes. There are plenty of studies that have shown bright text over dark background is less readable and produces eye strain. Also reading bright text over black is painful for people with astigmatism. Obviously people don't like going from dark to bright but that happens precisely because of dark mode being so popular. At the very l…

I have astigmatism and have never experienced this pain.

Same, in fact I get headaches from black text on white. I've only got a minor astigmatism though and only in one eye, so ymmv (3 years ago at last eye check).

Re: Show HN: Trueq.io – A New Q&A Platform for Developers

#18

Post by XCSme »

bastijn wrote: post #16

Rule number one for a Q&A site should be to not land you on a marketing landing page as main page. Put your questions as main page. Your layout is having issues atm. It shows less questions in a single screen as compared to SO. It is quite an eyestrain with all the colors (every tag another color, multiple colors in design, icons I do not understand like the eyes etc.) I see comments run out of my screen on ios, iPho…

> Rule number one for a Q&A site should be to not land you on a marketing landing page as main page

So quora.com is doing it wrong?

Re: Show HN: Trueq.io – A New Q&A Platform for Developers

#19

Post by pier25 »

gremlinsinc wrote: post #17
young_hopper wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have astigmatism and have never experienced this pain.

Same, in fact I get headaches from black text on white. I've only got a minor astigmatism though and only in one eye, so ymmv (3 years ago at last eye check).

> I get headaches from black text on white

On what monitor?

Could it be flickering?

Re: Show HN: Trueq.io – A New Q&A Platform for Developers

#20

Post by brandonmenc »

pier25 wrote: post #5

> Dark-Mode first because your eyes are worth it Dark mode is actually worse for your eyes. There are plenty of studies that have shown bright text over dark background is less readable and produces eye strain. Also reading bright text over black is painful for people with astigmatism. Obviously people don't like going from dark to bright but that happens precisely because of dark mode being so popular. At the very l…

> bright text over dark background is less readable

Doubly so when screen sharing over video chat.

Everyone at work uses low contrast dark mode with microscopic fonts and when you throw in video compression artifacting, it's totally unreadable.

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