Sitting on the web. No such option currently exists.
I had the same thing, refreshed and it was there.
Multiple hard refreshes later and it did arrive.
Dark Mode for Slack
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#22We wouldn't need to wait for Slack to get around to implementing a dark mode interface if we could just use the protocol with clients of our choosing.
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#23What's the deal with dark modes? With glossy laptop screens they're 100% unreadable in good natural light conditions; even with a matte screen, they're pretty bad.
> good natural light conditions
Dark modes are for... the dark.
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#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes. This please. I so so SO hate the drafts section. Regularly I have DM conversations with people and might have typed out half a message when I need to respond to another channel/DM. But when I go back to the first conversation... it's gone. Because instead of being at the bottom of my list where I expect to see it (like I do the other 99.99999% of the time)... it's up at the top. Don't. Move. Around. The. UI.
Or, if they want to keep the drafts section... Duplicate the channel, don't move it. That way you get the best of both worlds
Or simply provide a preference setting. Sure, if you like it go for it. But I don't, let me turn it off.
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#25For Mac Users:
I had to choose View -> Reload (Command R) form the top menu bar to make this option show up for me.
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#26Is dark mode a fashion thing or does it really helps with eye strain? In darker surroundings, I just lower the brightness.
I think it's a fashion thing with a thin veneer of eye strain reduction (since, AFAIK, there's little conclusive evidence dark mode matters here)
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#27Is dark mode a fashion thing or does it really helps with eye strain? In darker surroundings, I just lower the brightness.
1. Lowering brightness is basically lowering contrast; some people can’t read black-on-grey so well. A lot easier to read (bright-)white-on-black, while still not getting so much light exposure. (Have you tried reading a book on your phone in bed at night?)
2. The rise of dark-mode popularity seems to coincide with the availability of OLED screens, where black is a very, very dark color (i.e. what your screen looks like when it’s off) compared to what it is on LCD screens (where it’s just “what the backlight looks like when the LCD is trying its best to block it.”) In these cases, not only is #FFF-on-#000 is seemingly higher contrast than #000-on-#FFF, but also uses far less battery besides.
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#28Is dark mode a fashion thing or does it really helps with eye strain? In darker surroundings, I just lower the brightness.
Most of the commentary I've seen about dark mode is how less readable it is, for whatever reason.
Anecdotally, dark mode on slack appears more difficult to read than light mode, at least in a well lit room. I couldn't use it for very long.
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#29I've been using an unofficial Discord and Slack client called Ripcord for a while now. https://cancel.fm/ripcord/
It uses a dark theme by default, which is very appreciated. Another huge plus is that it's not Electron garbage like the official Slack and Discord clients, so you don't have to effectively run one or two other entire web browsers just to do a bit of chatting. On the other hand, it is Qt garbage instead, so it still doesn't integrate with macOS's look and feel very well, and a long-standing bug is that when disconnecting my laptop from a wired ethernet connection, it doesn't automatically reconnect everything once the system switches over to wifi. Neither of these have stopped me from preferring it over the official clients, though. I recommend anyone not satisfied with the crust and bloat of the official Slack and Discord clients to give it a try.
EDIT: But, yes, IRC is still the better choice when possible.
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#30Sad news for custom emoji users. So many look bad now. In all seriousness though - I don't see why all apps/sites don't develop in a "dark mode" first mindset. With all the studies showing eye strain related health issues correlated to bright screens, you'd think this would be an easy solution to help alleviate the problem. Imagine writing your name in the sand on a beach by digging out all the area around the text t…
Yeah, transparent emoji backgrounds are crucial.