Dark Mode Sucks

Post by hartator » Wed, Nov 26, 2025, 5:16 PM UTC

HumanOstrich wrote: post #68

hartator wrote: post #21

I think providing both a light and dark mode is overkill, lead to odd bugs, and some weird color combinations. A lot of eng time lost here.

Providing both is not a complicated thing, especially with support in CSS, browsers, and frameworks. That is, unless one designs websites that are so complex and buggy already that supporting a second color scheme costs "a lot of engineering time".

I think I disagree.

Just correctly executing on color scheme is a lot of work. It seems obvious that 2 themes will be 2x the work.

There is a lot of images that will require 2x the work if you want to it correctly. Let’s say screenshots of an UI in a tutorial.

Post by IndySun » Thu, Nov 27, 2025, 11:18 PM UTC

Spartan-S63 wrote: post #131

IndySun wrote: post #91

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>evan, I agree. Hate the dark. Dark is hard to see. Light is easy to see. I use light at every opportunity. Dark partially grew out of an interest in saving battery power on early oled screens, but dev's noticed a certain demographic drawn towards the dark look.

Dark versus light, in general, is fascinating. My fiancee and I have really different light sensitivities. She'll struggle to see in dimmer/only natural light indoors and I'll be able to see fine. Turning on overhead lighting really bothers me and causes a stress-like reaction. I'm much more amenable to artificial light after sunset and if it's indirect, diffuse light (i.e. a standing lamp).

Black and white on a screen are not that different when it comes to emissions into eyes.

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