this dude should have a disclaimer that his poorly researched blog post does not constitute medical advice
Is Dark Mode Good for Your Eyes? (2020)
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Re: Is Dark Mode Good for Your Eyes? (2020)
#92Eh, I prefer dark mode aesthetically, and also I personally find that, at 4 am in a dark room where the only lights are a single desk lamp behind my monitors, and the monitors themselves, white backgrounds are painful. I’m willing to accept that if I was in a sunny room at high noon that light mode might be better.
Yes this is also because these days monitor engineers optimize for peak brightness and totally neglect minimum brightness specs. Because 600 nits looks great on a spec sheet and it's just difficult to regulate (backlight) LEDs over a huge brightness range without affecting color accuracy or causing excessive flickering. Nobody looks at the minimum spec if it's even provided. So what they tend to do is to have the low…
>Yes this is also because these days monitor engineers optimize for peak brightness and totally neglect minimum brightness specs.
You can get a proper full range of brightness by using a radiology reading monitor. It's going to run you well into the four figures, though.
Re: Is Dark Mode Good for Your Eyes? (2020)
#93Thanks to inspiration from Freek van der Herten, I switched to light mode. At the time, I didn’t appreciate the importance of minimizing the relative change of color when switching apps.
Most of the websites I build are light, so using a light theme keeps things more consistent when switching back and forth. I don’t think light or dark makes much difference but the consistency helps me.
Re: Is Dark Mode Good for Your Eyes? (2020)
#94I was a big believer in dark mode for a long time, until I started trying to reduce my SAD symptoms during the winter time. I read this blog post here [0] after seeing it on HN, and ended up buying 28 100W equivalent bulbs and a 500W equivalent corn bulb. I get a pretty decent amount of light in my home office now, and light mode is essential on my workstation or it's almost impossible to even SEE anything on screen, since the external light will wash out the backlights of the LED. I bought some higher brightness monitors but am starting to realize all those years of using dark mode was just lending itself to me spending 8 hours a day working in a dark room and was making me depressed, especially in the winter.
It's been interesting because my wife is complaining about feeling glum but I've been in a much better mood than I've been in the last few winters. We're talking about spending a few thousand dollars to get ultra bright lighting throughout the house instead of just in my office.
Re: Is Dark Mode Good for Your Eyes? (2020)
#95Eh, I prefer dark mode aesthetically, and also I personally find that, at 4 am in a dark room where the only lights are a single desk lamp behind my monitors, and the monitors themselves, white backgrounds are painful. I’m willing to accept that if I was in a sunny room at high noon that light mode might be better.
Yes this is also because these days monitor engineers optimize for peak brightness and totally neglect minimum brightness specs. Because 600 nits looks great on a spec sheet and it's just difficult to regulate (backlight) LEDs over a huge brightness range without affecting color accuracy or causing excessive flickering. Nobody looks at the minimum spec if it's even provided. So what they tend to do is to have the low…
The minimum brightness issue depends a lot on panel technology. IPS panels are great for their consistent color from any viewing angle, but they don’t give very dark blacks
If you want better contrast a VA panel does better, but they have color shift from different viewing angles.
Or if you have a lot of money, OLED is probably the best bet for this. But those are pretty new on the market and still expensive.
Re: Is Dark Mode Good for Your Eyes? (2020)
#96honestly I can't tell if dark helps with my astigmatism as it's very slight and what not but I also have a light phobia. I can't deal with a bright overhead light anymore. natural and warm lights are better I can handle the sun fine but do like to find shade when I can.
recently I bought rose tinted glasses mainly so when I had to deal with white screens I really didn't it's been awesome. they're clip ons so I've been wearing my glasses more often too.
tldr: benefit to eye strain or not light aversion is also a very real thing and that can be averted by dark screens.
Re: Is Dark Mode Good for Your Eyes? (2020)
#97It's interesting that this article surfaced shortly after the Ask HN question about maintaining eye health https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33945390 This blog post and most replies are misinformation and misunderstanding, and people posting their own anecdotes as advice. If you aren't considering the macula, emmetropization, circadian rhythms, and corneal thinning, then please don't give advice to others on this…
Then please educate us, everyone wants to know...
Re: Is Dark Mode Good for Your Eyes? (2020)
#98Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes this is also because these days monitor engineers optimize for peak brightness and totally neglect minimum brightness specs. Because 600 nits looks great on a spec sheet and it's just difficult to regulate (backlight) LEDs over a huge brightness range without affecting color accuracy or causing excessive flickering. Nobody looks at the minimum spec if it's even provided. So what they tend to do is to have the low…
>Yes this is also because these days monitor engineers optimize for peak brightness and totally neglect minimum brightness specs. You can get a proper full range of brightness by using a radiology reading monitor. It's going to run you well into the four figures, though.
Any particular model you’d recommend?
Re: Is Dark Mode Good for Your Eyes? (2020)
#99Light mode with healthy brightness and color temperature is superior to dark mode. I think dark mode is great until you figure out you can change the brightness on your display.
Re: Is Dark Mode Good for Your Eyes? (2020)
#100Earlier quoted context omitted.
>get appropriate light bulbs for their studies and work desks. What are these?
You know like in lamps or light fixtures. Get the right color temperature for your surroundings and needs and what not. For example, for some deranged reason I felt that it was appropriate to have my entire study engulfed in Daylight lightbulbs. The three bulbs in the ceiling fan and the tall lamp next to my desk. Daylight. I must have figured, “Man, I do a lot of reading”, or something like that. Daylight. This went…
This is why I use colour changing LED bulbs. During the day I have them in the bluer parts of the spectrum, and as the night goes they are automatically switched to warmer colour temps, and dimmer brightness settings.