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Re: Solarized

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Post by soulofmischief »

AceJohnny2 wrote: post #14

I credit Solarized with setting the baseline allowing proper "dark" themes to be more commonplace. I'm going out on a limb, but perhaps macOS' Dark Mode, or VSCode's dark mode, wouldn't exist without Solarized blazing that path. It's kinda funny how, before Solarized, I would see tons of gimmicky themes like some that were going for a Matrix or "classic terminal" feel, going all in on a certain theme but eschewing re…

I feel like we've had a similar theme journey. These days I use darcula and its derivatives I some places, Solarized in others. Tango dark as well. And fond memories with Zenburn. Monokai gets an honorable mention.

Re: Solarized

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Post by ziml77 »

jes5199 wrote: post #17

I’ve always felt like the contrast was too low, feels harder to read

I have the same issue with Solarized. I need something with just a little more contrast.

One Dark is more like what I want.

But even that's not perfect. The color for comments (as with many dark themes) is too dim. Comments shouldn't stand out, but they should also be easy to read when needed. I think that Visual Studio's dark color scheme actually does great there. The green comments separate themselves well from the code, don't draw too much attention to themselves, and they're still clear when you're trying to read them.

Re: Solarized

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Post by INTPenis »

andbberger wrote: post #16
D13Fd wrote: post #13

I used Solarized for a long time, but now I’ve moved on to newer themes. For some reason Solarized just looks outdated to me.

> but now I’ve moved on to newer themes care to share?

Not the poster but I moved on to Nord from Solarized and am quite happy.

Re: Solarized

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Post by mmackh »

I've been a big fan of Solarized Light and have been using it for over 10 years, everywhere. Even based my personal site design around it. Thank you.

Re: Solarized

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Post by rcarmo »

masswerk wrote: post #12

Mind that the BBEdit information and format is out of date. Updated files can be found at the original project repository [1]. Moreover, due to containerization the "Color Schemes" directory has meanwhile moved and is now at `~/Library/Containers/com.barebones.bbedit/Data/Library/Application\ Support/BBEdit/Color\ Schemes`. (This can be simply navigated to from within BBEdit via the "BBEdit" menu > "Folders" > "Color…

Thanks for this. I will add an issue so I can note that in the docs.

Re: Solarized

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Post by cornedor »

sbuk wrote: post #24
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’m a weird freakish anomaly that actually prefers lighter color schemes. I’ve found that, with some tweaks, the default light scheme in Sublime Text to be pretty awesome. It’s calle Breakers. The greys are a little too light, but I find there is a bit more contrast than Solarized.

Dark mode isn't necessary better for your eyes than light mode [1]. I prefer a consistent lightning more, and that is often easier done with light mode. Although, this is getting better since more and more sites and apps implement it. However, not all, this results in sometimes being surprised by a white flash after browsing through some darker sites.

1: https://www.allaboutvision.com/digital-eye-strain/is-dark-mo...

Re: Solarized

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Post by number6 »

sbuk wrote: post #24
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’m a weird freakish anomaly that actually prefers lighter color schemes. I’ve found that, with some tweaks, the default light scheme in Sublime Text to be pretty awesome. It’s calle Breakers. The greys are a little too light, but I find there is a bit more contrast than Solarized.

I also prefer light modes, especially during daytime. I feel it's easier on the eyes.

Re: Solarized

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Post by bscphil »

jes5199 wrote: post #17

I’ve always felt like the contrast was too low, feels harder to read

Yeah, a good example of this is here - IMO the background color is just much too bright for the base text color to be so dark. You need a little contrast in the luminosity, even if you have perfect color vision. https://raw.githubusercontent.com/altercation/solarized/mast...
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