Random thought, ever think about using something like greasemonkey to add themes to websites? It would probably be difficult, but something like adding a dracula theme to google, lichess, hacker news, etc would be awesome.
Dracula Theme – A dark theme for many different apps
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Re: Dracula Theme – A dark theme for many different apps
#192I have a hard time seeing why this is such a popular theme.. maybe it's just because it is available for so many different editors. On the other hand, would be cool to have an application / database that could convert any theme to another editor. Although that would take a lot of work to figure out the compatibilities, if somebody would do that well enough so that other people can configure input output configs for t…
Dracula creator here... I have a few thoughts on why this is such a popular theme: 1. Decentralized Contributors: every theme is maintained by a different person. There's no single point of failure when it comes to software maintainability. 2. Centralized Discoverability: most themes are scattered and disorganized. The cool thing about Dracula is that you can find everything in one place. 3. Transparency: on the webs…
Thanks for taking the time to answer. I can see how that drives popularity, and yes now that I think about it the consistency of your efforts are what made me become aware of your theme also, so congrats on keeping at it and achieving what you have achieved :)
I have actually tried to like the theme at some point, just because the appeal of having similar color schemes in multiple environments was there, but many times noticed the color theme is just not for me. So I can understand also the psychological effect having this kind of branding and the social effect that can have also.
Thanks for sharing your insight, being a startup founder I can relate to many of these points.
Re: Dracula Theme – A dark theme for many different apps
#193Hey everyone, Dracula creator here! Feel free to ask me anything, I'll try to respond every single comment.
Personally, what has been your biggest challenge with this project ? How did you overcome it, or how do you keep overcoming it ? Thanks for sharing.
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#194Hey everyone, Dracula creator here! Feel free to ask me anything, I'll try to respond every single comment.
What do you think of the Dracula keycaps?
Re: Dracula Theme – A dark theme for many different apps
#195I have a hard time seeing why this is such a popular theme.. maybe it's just because it is available for so many different editors. On the other hand, would be cool to have an application / database that could convert any theme to another editor. Although that would take a lot of work to figure out the compatibilities, if somebody would do that well enough so that other people can configure input output configs for t…
Dracula creator here... I have a few thoughts on why this is such a popular theme: 1. Decentralized Contributors: every theme is maintained by a different person. There's no single point of failure when it comes to software maintainability. 2. Centralized Discoverability: most themes are scattered and disorganized. The cool thing about Dracula is that you can find everything in one place. 3. Transparency: on the webs…
> why make something boring when you can make it fun?
I think all your points are completely, well, on... point. However, the last 2 are really the meat of what I think others can learn from when trying to replicate the success this has seen. They are also, imo, the hardest. Branding takes time, effort and skill which not everyone has. You can recruit help for this, but that requires buy in. Making it personal can achieve this, but as you said, it can necessitate vulnerability which is a bridge most of us just can't quite bring ourselves to cross.
Thank you for your efforts and for adding to the discussion here. I for one really appreciate it.
Re: Dracula Theme – A dark theme for many different apps
#196I have a hard time seeing why this is such a popular theme.. maybe it's just because it is available for so many different editors. On the other hand, would be cool to have an application / database that could convert any theme to another editor. Although that would take a lot of work to figure out the compatibilities, if somebody would do that well enough so that other people can configure input output configs for t…
To me the popularity proves that branding works. My reading: There’s a clear identity – visually and in how it’s framed. Also a clear social signal (“this is what developers like you use!” plus a social status feel). One central site. The social attention mechanics: I see this, I get the sense that others have seen it or will see it. Doesn’t feel eccentric. Crafted to give a feeling of a common substrate. Slightly in…
This is a fantastic summation, this put into words the exact feelings I have about it; which is a hard thing to do. It can be hard to vocalize things that are very internal and feeling-based, which is what branding association is
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#197Earlier quoted context omitted.
Do what I do: Black text on white background (or the reverse, if you’re a philistine.) Select a color for comments. Select a color for strings. Done. Anything more, and the display looks like someone threw a bag of Skittles at the screen.
With all respect, you forgot about keywords. Don’t you like it when classes, functions, ifs and fors do stand out? But yeah, modern semantic coloring (args/members/vars/globals/upvalues/…) looks like a catastrophic oil spill.
Like another commenter in this thread, I like to highlight the function name in function definitions. That's about it though. I don't like language keywords (if, for, def, etc) highlighted.
Re: Dracula Theme – A dark theme for many different apps
#198I have a hard time seeing why this is such a popular theme.. maybe it's just because it is available for so many different editors. On the other hand, would be cool to have an application / database that could convert any theme to another editor. Although that would take a lot of work to figure out the compatibilities, if somebody would do that well enough so that other people can configure input output configs for t…
I think that if you like how it looks then you would want to use it in as many apps as possible. My main editor has several themes that are copies of themes from other apps so its not something that is unique to Dracula.
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#199Hey everyone, Dracula creator here! Feel free to ask me anything, I'll try to respond every single comment.
Could you tell me what artist designed all the per-app logos on your homepage?
Re: Dracula Theme – A dark theme for many different apps
#200I have a hard time seeing why this is such a popular theme.. maybe it's just because it is available for so many different editors. On the other hand, would be cool to have an application / database that could convert any theme to another editor. Although that would take a lot of work to figure out the compatibilities, if somebody would do that well enough so that other people can configure input output configs for t…
Lots of people in replies below have speculated on branding/availability, &c. For me I literally found it on a site that showed code and you could switch between different themes. I liked Dracula the best. If it hadn't been available for Vim, probably 50-50 on whether or not I would have taken the time to port it to Vim. It doesn't take too long once you have all the color codes.