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Re: Solarized

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Post by xwowsersx »

aasasd wrote: post #127
xwowsersx wrote: post #108

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Same. I regularly switch between light and dark mode. For me, dark feels more comfortable in the short-term, but I find that I can't use dark for an entire day. Anyways, I previously used solarized. It's very pleasant for a certain period of time, but like many color themes that I like, it doesn't actually "scale" in the sense that I can't use it for extended periods of time. Gruvbox, on the other hand, I can use for…

I heard that astigmatism is the reason some people find reading white-on-black intolerable: the edges shift from their proper places, look doubled, this kind of stuff. Idk if astigmatism-correcting glasses fix the problem, as I'm not that diligent with my prescriptions. Personally, somehow I'm ok with looking at code and some notes in light-gray-on-black, but reading paragraphs of text is immediately off-putting. The…

Wow so interesting! I have a very high astigmatism so this makes a lot of sense! I wonder if it would help to wear glasses that correct. I wear my contacts and they really aren't capable of correct astigmatism the way glasses are.

Re: Solarized

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Post by wyclif »

Adaptive wrote: post #135

Developer of Solarized here. Glad that it continues to be a popular design. I've let the github languish and regret that. Luckily since it's just a color scheme the website and info on github has been enough for it to continue to propagate. There have been plenty of other color schemes that I think it's safe to say have been inspired by Solarized and this is very satisfying to see. Many of them have done a better job…

Heads up, the Vim link on the Solarized landing page is 404 at the moment.

Re: Solarized

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Post by iLemming »

pjerem wrote: post #20

As someone with an important astigmatism, I cannot stare more than a few minutes at a dark background color scheme, even if I love their aesthetic. So I’m stuck writing code all day long with light schemes. In this context, Solarized is a gift and I’m grateful for it. I just cannot name another light color scheme you could stare at all day long without burning your eyes.

> I cannot stare more than a few minutes at a dark background color scheme

I've struggled to find a perfect set of color themes my entire life, at least, that's what now it feels like. And at some point I realized, the smaller the palette, the fewer color variations there are, lesser the strain on the eye. Also, staring for a long time at the same - light or dark (it doesn't matter) color theme makes me feel tired.

In the end, I settled on two different [customized] themes, based on base-16 color themes. My main tool, my editor of choice is Emacs. I spent most of my time in it. I'm typing this comment in Emacs, while I have HN opened in the adjacent window (still in Emacs). I use circadian.el, which allows me to set my themes based on the time of day. They switch automatically and I love that.

Maybe try different color themes based on the light source, your mood, time of the day, place, etc.?

Re: Solarized

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Post by markeibes »

sitta wrote: post #87
markeibes wrote: post #84

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That is simply not true. I can recommend Kai Light, Espresso Light, XCode Classic Light, Horizon Light off the top of my head.

Thank you for the recommendations. I will check them out. To be fair, it's been a couple years since I last looked, and at that time it wasn't that there were _no_ other light themes, but there were very few and they were not nearly as good as Solarized, which I guess is a personal preference. But, I really do appreciate the recommendations, and look forward to trying some new colors.

. I can probably give you more if you don't like the ones I mentioned but the chance of a taste overlap are pretty slim then I guess.

Re: Solarized

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Post by aasasd »

xwowsersx wrote: post #171
aasasd wrote: post #127

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I heard that astigmatism is the reason some people find reading white-on-black intolerable: the edges shift from their proper places, look doubled, this kind of stuff. Idk if astigmatism-correcting glasses fix the problem, as I'm not that diligent with my prescriptions. Personally, somehow I'm ok with looking at code and some notes in light-gray-on-black, but reading paragraphs of text is immediately off-putting. The…

Wow so interesting! I have a very high astigmatism so this makes a lot of sense! I wonder if it would help to wear glasses that correct. I wear my contacts and they really aren't capable of correct astigmatism the way glasses are.

A comment elsewhere in the thread explains the mechanism of why light background results in better eye focus: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33403128

Probably relevant with astigmatism, since tighter focus should at least somewhat alleviate the shifty out-of-place edges (hopefully).

Re: Solarized

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Post by tasuki »

vidarh wrote: post #147
tasuki wrote: post #142

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I too use Solarized Light. Apart from better readability outside, another reason for me to use the light theme is that many other things I look at use a light theme (eg HN), and switching between my terminal/ide with a dark theme and a browser with (usually) light websites was jarring.

Almost everything has a dark theme for me, including HN - sites I use regularly which don't have their own dark themes will get overridden with Minimalist.

How does HN have a dark theme? I suppose one's browser sends their light/dark preferences or websites send alternate stylesheets? How does one set it in Chrome? chrome://flags/#enable-force-dark didn't work for me.

What's Minimalist?

Whenever I saw anyone attempting to have everything dark, half the things looked awful, the dark theme was not even an afterthought...

Re: Solarized

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Post by foozed »

sorcercode wrote: post #136

I moved from Solarized to Monokai Pro. And it’s hard been to switch out to any other theme. Monokai was Sublime’s default but I urge folks to specifically look at the Pro version here. https://monokai.pro/

Same for me. I've been using monokai and, since it came out, monokai pro. Every year or so I look at what new themes are out there and try the popular ones for a bit but nothing hits that sweet spot of aesthetically pleasing and functional so well for me.

Re: Solarized

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Post by foozed »

deliriumchn wrote: post #52

solarized dark was my fav theme for a couple of years until I found Ayu (especially ayu mirage). Its a bit easier for my eyes and I very like the color palette. If someone is looking for soft and easy to read theme I always suggest to try one of Ayu ones (they have 3 + 3 bordered)

I really like ayu (mirage is my favorite as well) and pretty much use the colors everywhere except for syntax highlighting where I just can't switch away from monokai pro.

Re: Solarized

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Post by tigrisc »

Quequau wrote: post #45

I use a Firefox browser extension called "Dark Reader" [1] to force a dark mode on most of the websites I frequent and I'm more or less happy with it. If there was an extension that Solarized them instead, I'd probably go with that instead. https://github.com/darkreader/darkreader

You can go to color options in darkreader and set solarized as the theme.

Re: Solarized

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Post by agentwiggles »

fencepost wrote: post #139
yojo wrote: post #134

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If you want to become a writer, you should definitely have a financial cushion. Replicating Stross’s success will almost certainly take years of minimally paid hard work, plus a fair bit of luck. Writing is a hard, hard business. Unless you can write proficiently in the romance genre. There’s gold in them hills.

Re: writing, there are also people making decent money with web serials and Patreon (then publishing to Kindle/Kindle Unlimited). I suspect the most successful ones are exceeding Stephen King levels of output. You'll find some of them on Royal Road. Lots of fantasy, litrpg, xianxia - fluffy serializable things.

I've read a few web serials this last year and change (Unsong, HPMOR, and Worm).

They're interesting from many angles, although I think they distinctly lack in mass appeal. Unsong and HPMOR in particular seem to me like the kind of thing you would either love deeply, if they're in your wheelhouse, or otherwise find positively insufferable. (I loved both).

Worm, on the other hand, while in need of some editing, seems like it would be absolutely killer as an animated series in the vein of Amazon's adaptation of Invincible.

One issue that seems to come up in this space is the authors having issues getting into publishing deals. For instance, the author Worm don't currently distribute ebooks because of nebulous concerns about the effect on future contracts. Unfortunately this seems to leave such works in a state of legal limbo.

Idk what my point is, just rambling at this point. I have very much enjoyed all the stuff I've read in this area so far though.

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