Light mode, Dark mode, and Gen-Z mode? • Hacker News Board

Re: Light mode, Dark mode, and Gen-Z mode?

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Post by hammock » Tue, Mar 15, 2022, 2:33 PM UTC

I first noticed this "Gen-Z" mode trend when I played Mario Kart on Wii. Compared to N64 or SNES, the screen was so busy. I honestly had a hard time keeping track of where my player was and where the "track" was compared to all the colorful fast-moving background cruft.

I'm not a gamer so maybe I'm just not used to it. Fortnite seems like another example of how "Gen-Z" and headachy a digital environment can be.

For sure people will downvote me for not being a gamer who gets it, or for being an old fuddy-duddy. Wanted to provide the perspective though.

Re: Light mode, Dark mode, and Gen-Z mode?

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Post by TeeWEE » Tue, Mar 15, 2022, 2:33 PM UTC

I think its better to test with a bigger sample set.

Re: Light mode, Dark mode, and Gen-Z mode?

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Post by creaghpatr » Tue, Mar 15, 2022, 2:35 PM UTC

dec0dedab0de wrote: post #9

At one point the entire web was fun and quirky, then myspace came along and everyone stopped making their own webpages opting instead to customize their profile in crazy ways, then facebook came along and only allowed rigid government like structure. Tumblr was a beacon of hope for a time, but then wild creativity moved to sanctioned playgrounds like minecraft, or to the personal web pages of highly skilled artists.

Geocities comes to mind

Re: Light mode, Dark mode, and Gen-Z mode?

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Post by hammock » Tue, Mar 15, 2022, 2:35 PM UTC

usui wrote: post #2

Gen-Z mode would get me more excited, interested to use the app for its intended purpose. Shouldn't all apps aspire the same?

You must hate Hacker News then.

Re: Light mode, Dark mode, and Gen-Z mode?

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Post by 0x0000000 » Tue, Mar 15, 2022, 2:36 PM UTC

dec0dedab0de wrote: post #9

At one point the entire web was fun and quirky, then myspace came along and everyone stopped making their own webpages opting instead to customize their profile in crazy ways, then facebook came along and only allowed rigid government like structure. Tumblr was a beacon of hope for a time, but then wild creativity moved to sanctioned playgrounds like minecraft, or to the personal web pages of highly skilled artists.

> then myspace came along and everyone stopped making their own webpages opting instead to customize their profile

... that's a weird re-writing of history. The vast majority of people on MySpace never made their own webpages, and MySpace wasn't the first "customize my profile hosted on someone's site", as LiveJournal, Xanga, and others came before it.

Re: Light mode, Dark mode, and Gen-Z mode?

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Post by paulcole » Tue, Mar 15, 2022, 2:36 PM UTC

dec0dedab0de wrote: post #9

At one point the entire web was fun and quirky, then myspace came along and everyone stopped making their own webpages opting instead to customize their profile in crazy ways, then facebook came along and only allowed rigid government like structure. Tumblr was a beacon of hope for a time, but then wild creativity moved to sanctioned playgrounds like minecraft, or to the personal web pages of highly skilled artists.

> At one point the entire web was fun and quirky

I'm guessing this time was when you were ages 15-25 or thereabouts?

I used to be with ‘it’, but then they changed what ‘it’ was. Now what I’m with isn’t ‘it’ anymore and what’s ‘it’ seems weird and scary.

Re: Light mode, Dark mode, and Gen-Z mode?

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Post by flohofwoe » Tue, Mar 15, 2022, 2:37 PM UTC

I hope that in a few more years we've gone full circle and let users install their own quirky UI themes again just like in the late 90's.

Re: Light mode, Dark mode, and Gen-Z mode?

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Post by fundad » Tue, Mar 15, 2022, 2:37 PM UTC

It’s like the themes in iDVD

Re: Light mode, Dark mode, and Gen-Z mode?

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Post by jasfi » Tue, Mar 15, 2022, 2:37 PM UTC

dec0dedab0de wrote: post #9

At one point the entire web was fun and quirky, then myspace came along and everyone stopped making their own webpages opting instead to customize their profile in crazy ways, then facebook came along and only allowed rigid government like structure. Tumblr was a beacon of hope for a time, but then wild creativity moved to sanctioned playgrounds like minecraft, or to the personal web pages of highly skilled artists.

Not everyone knows how to, or even wants to create their own website. These platforms also make it easy to share and network across members. It was really only a matter of time.

Re: Light mode, Dark mode, and Gen-Z mode?

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Post by Semaphor » Tue, Mar 15, 2022, 2:39 PM UTC

dec0dedab0de wrote: post #9

At one point the entire web was fun and quirky, then myspace came along and everyone stopped making their own webpages opting instead to customize their profile in crazy ways, then facebook came along and only allowed rigid government like structure. Tumblr was a beacon of hope for a time, but then wild creativity moved to sanctioned playgrounds like minecraft, or to the personal web pages of highly skilled artists.

> facebook came along and only allowed rigid government like structure.

And suddenly, I could comfortably read content again. For me, it was an amazing time, no more eye-hurting colors and fonts, but finally just nicely formatted text. Content was nice, ordered, and chronological. For me, MySpace and similar sites back then were like someone linking foone (sp?) twitter threads. I want the content, but I hate the presentation.