Because of the historical accident of paper being white and ink being dark. The human eye is somewhat better at reading light-on-dark, but most people aren't used to it.
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#22Utter bullshit. The original background color of websites was #c0c0c0, the same default color grey used in desktop apps. It was a big to-do, switching that default. The reason most sites are blue is because the human eye is better able to distinguish shades of blue. Also, a significant % of people are red/green colorblind.
> The reason most sites are blue is because the human eye is better able to distinguish shades of blue.
Than what other shades? I thought humans were good at shades of green? Anyway, do you have any sources?
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#23One must take in consideration the environment of their users. Try to look at a white screen while being in dark place. It hurts.
Use redshift or flu.x or so.
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#24Utter bullshit. The original background color of websites was #c0c0c0, the same default color grey used in desktop apps. It was a big to-do, switching that default. The reason most sites are blue is because the human eye is better able to distinguish shades of blue. Also, a significant % of people are red/green colorblind.
> The reason most sites are blue is because the human eye is better able to distinguish shades of blue.
Huh? It's shades of yellow/green that we are best able to distinguish. We're not good at blue.
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#25Because of the historical accident of paper being white and ink being dark. The human eye is somewhat better at reading light-on-dark, but most people aren't used to it.
I get weird lines after reading light-on-dark for a while.
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#27I don't agree with Hedonism being the driving force behind dark websites. I prefer dark(and spend all day coding with a dark background) because it's easier on my eyes... The idea behind skeuomorphism in webpages mimicking paper has proven itself when the print industry attempted to carry their print practices over to the web and failed. The internet is still very young; I think what we will find over time as more an…
This seems very unnatural. Step outside on a sunny day and tell me we're not built (as a species) to function optimally in bright light.
I'd even go so far as to say that several hundred thousand years of evolution would back me up. Otherwise, why can't we see perfectly in the dark?
EDIT: typo.
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#28It makes me incredibly sad that people are willing to stare straight ahead at a fucking lightbulb (a.k.a. sites with a white background) and destroy their vision.
It doesn't take a rocket scientist to turn down your brightness.
Also, see my reply to DustinCalim's comment.
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#29I don't agree with Hedonism being the driving force behind dark websites. I prefer dark(and spend all day coding with a dark background) because it's easier on my eyes... The idea behind skeuomorphism in webpages mimicking paper has proven itself when the print industry attempted to carry their print practices over to the web and failed. The internet is still very young; I think what we will find over time as more an…
This seems very unnatural. Step outside on a sunny day and tell me we're not built (as a species) to function optimally in bright light. I'd even go so far as to say that several hundred thousand years of evolution would back me up. Otherwise, why can't we see perfectly in the dark? EDIT: typo.
It's not so much that most of our field of vision should be light or dark as that we have a bias for light=detail/important, dark=background/unimportant.
This has a slightly perverse effect when a computer monitor is placed in a real environment; looking around my environment (sitting in my cubicle at work) my laptop draws my attention like little else because it's so damn bright.
Maybe websites bias towards light backgrounds because it discourages users from getting up and doing something other than browsing.
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#30I don't agree with Hedonism being the driving force behind dark websites. I prefer dark(and spend all day coding with a dark background) because it's easier on my eyes... The idea behind skeuomorphism in webpages mimicking paper has proven itself when the print industry attempted to carry their print practices over to the web and failed. The internet is still very young; I think what we will find over time as more an…
This seems very unnatural. Step outside on a sunny day and tell me we're not built (as a species) to function optimally in bright light. I'd even go so far as to say that several hundred thousand years of evolution would back me up. Otherwise, why can't we see perfectly in the dark? EDIT: typo.
We aren't equipped to see perfectly in light or dark, we have a range. Everyday is sunny here and people wear sunglasses. I'm not disagreeing with you though - I think the difference is that monitors are backlit and things in nature that create light you tend to not look directly at for 8 hours a day.