and here I am, clicking on this because I thought it's about solar power, can we stop this trend of using words for products that already have some other meaning?
Solarisation is a photographic technique
Solarized
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Re: Solarized
#52solarized 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)
Re: Solarized
#53Again, I started with solarized but moved onto other themes. I think it was one of the first themes that was implemented almost everywhere. It was nice to have my browser, IDE, window manager etc all themed up the same way.
I also appreciate the work he went into to set the color scheme up. I feel the same spirit with the Modus themes[1] for emacs
Re: Solarized
#54Earlier quoted context omitted.
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...
A while back, Eliot Miranda posted a detailed message for dark theme users on the squeak-dev mailing list. This is what he wrote: Hi Dark Themers, in an earlier life I worked in optics, designing holographic cameras for bubble chamber physics, so I know a little about focussing systems and depth of field. The iris in the eye expands or contracts to allow or restrict the amount of light entering the eye, attempting to…
> So both in the short term and especially over the long term the dark theme, relative to the light theme, will tire your collate muscle and cause your lens to stiffen or squish sooner
Does that last part necessarily follow? Maybe doing more work is a good thing?
Or do you have a source to back that up?
Re: Solarized
#55I 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…
If you used Borland C++, DBase, Lotus 123, WordStar and others... or used a monochromatic monitor (green, cyan or white on black), you used light text on a dark background. By 2010, when Solarized appeared, the larger portion of the people that started coding on a light text on dark background had already retired. Solarized did a good job in terms of distribution, I give you that 100%. But it is not the most importan…
Not sure why you're downvoted, but anyone that fondly remembers the "Borland Blue" days probably agrees with you.
Re: Solarized
#56As 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.
As a guy with regular myopia, I have trouble with dark themes.
Re: Solarized
#57I don't buy this eg.
> Black text on white from a computer display is akin to reading a book in direct sunlight and tires the eye.
No it doesn't. I don't know where that claim comes from. In sunlight reading is reduced through glare.
Personally his red on black makes those words unreadable. I really doubt his claims of testing it. But good luck to those who it does work for.
Re: Solarized
#58I used to use solarized, but switched to selenized some time ago. https://github.com/jan-warchol/selenized/blob/master/whats-w... Never looked back. Next best theme would have to be nordtheme.com
Thanks I'll try this - I have discovered exactly the problem described i.e. Solarized does not have enough contrast when using shitty monitors or in a very bright room. Normally I just switch to a random high contrast theme on those days but maybe Selenized would be a universal solution.
Re: Solarized
#59Earlier quoted context omitted.
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...
A while back, Eliot Miranda posted a detailed message for dark theme users on the squeak-dev mailing list. This is what he wrote: Hi Dark Themers, in an earlier life I worked in optics, designing holographic cameras for bubble chamber physics, so I know a little about focussing systems and depth of field. The iris in the eye expands or contracts to allow or restrict the amount of light entering the eye, attempting to…
This has been known for decades, and is why the original mac (1980s?) was black on white. It keeps being forgotten. UI knowledge keeps being lost.
Re: Solarized
#60Has anyone done a cross-app configuration tool for color themes yet ? It seems most themes just reimplement everything. For example, I like tokyonight, but it seems everyone needs to port it to their favorite tool, just like solarized did:
https://github.com/enkia/tokyo-night-vscode-theme#other-port...
Even the open source and professional theme Dracula seem to rely on manual porting: