Is Dark Mode Good for Your Eyes? (2020)
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Is Dark Mode Good for Your Eyes? (2020)
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Re: Is Dark Mode Good for Your Eyes? (2020)
#2I primarily use dark mode when I am in the dark or in a dimly lit room.
Having any light blasted right into my eyes hurts. And ruins my night vision. And also messes with my sleep.
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#3This article seems to equate dark mode with white text on black background. I tend to see dark kodes more complex than that, specifically with yellow text on a dark background which is what I tend to prefer. Ive always liked darcula themes for coding because of the variety of contrasts are better for me.
Re: Is Dark Mode Good for Your Eyes? (2020)
#4This article seems to equate dark mode with white text on black background. I tend to see dark kodes more complex than that, specifically with yellow text on a dark background which is what I tend to prefer. Ive always liked darcula themes for coding because of the variety of contrasts are better for me.
Worth noting I'm also red/green color blind, which might matter.
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#5100% agree with using night shift/flux.
But having a monitor on in the dark, even if I use flux/night vision and even with low brightness physically hurts my eyes compared to just using dark mode on my apps.
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#6I primarily use dark mode when I am in the dark or in a dimly lit room. Having any light blasted right into my eyes hurts. And ruins my night vision. And also messes with my sleep.
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#8Having astigmatism, I definitely feel like text in dark mode is harder to read than dark text on light background.
In regards to eye strain with light mode, what I found important is to match screen brightness to „environmental brightness“ (don’t know the proper term).
As a rule of thumb, when I put a white paper in front of a white screen, the screen shouldn’t illuminate the paper more than the other lights in the room.
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#9Not to be a sage here, but "every research is an average taken in the past on other people".
What works for the average is likely a good starting point. It is not necessarily the best for you and a given case (almost for sure different from the experimental ones).
Re: Is Dark Mode Good for Your Eyes? (2020)
#10Having astigmatism, I definitely feel like text in dark mode is harder to read than dark text on light background. In regards to eye strain with light mode, what I found important is to match screen brightness to „environmental brightness“ (don’t know the proper term). As a rule of thumb, when I put a white paper in front of a white screen, the screen shouldn’t illuminate the paper more than the other lights in the r…
> „environmental brightness“ (don’t know the proper term)
"Ambient" brightness. You were close, and that term worked well enough!