Dark Mode Sucks
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Dark Mode Sucks
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#2wow that was a huge waste of time, why write this or post it?
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#3True. Use dark mode or don’t, but stop going on about it.
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#4Funny, I am sitting here in a dark nordic country, turned off my lights to vacuum about 15 minutes ago, with the dyson laser lol. I open HN and the first thing I see after my eyes adjust to the flashbang is this link at the very top of the page. :D
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#5wow that was a huge waste of time, why write this or post it?
Because the internet is for everyone, and it turns out that this content resonated with enough people for them to even upvote it enough to end up on the front page.
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#6wow that was a huge waste of time, why write this or post it?
Because so many sites insist on shoving dark mode down their readers' throats, despite decades of reliable, repeatable human-interface research that has unequivocally demonstrated that it's the wrong thing to do.
Any other questions, or are you short on time to waste yourself?
Edit due to rate-limiting: It should, but apparently doesn't, go without saying that using a terminal is very different from reading a web page.
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#7True. Use dark mode or don’t, but stop going on about it.
You often don't have a choice. Not without being forced to tinker around with your browser in ways that aren't readily accessible to many/most users.
What us dark-mode haters are really asking for is a simple option to click.
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#8wow that was a huge waste of time, why write this or post it?
Author seems very angry that people are solving a problem in a different what than he’d prefer
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#9Agree. For me it only works for IDEs and code editing, and even there with a carefully calibrated colour scheme and a (not too dark) grey background. Otherwise, it's like reading neon lights in the night. Anyway, as someone pointed out, our vision evolved to see dark signs against a lighter background, not to see light in the darkness.
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#10Without taking an extreme or absolutist stance on this issue, I generally agree with the author here. Dark mode should be reserved for after sunset and before sunrise.
The eyes are adapted to see daylight levels of light during daytime. If your ambient lighting and screen don't match this, then you're not using your body in the way it's evolved to function. What we need more of are screens with anti-glare and a wide range of brightness levels.
What might have a worse impact on your eyesight is the effects of Myopia, which is being exacerbated by basically every portable device with a screen. Anyone who has the technological literacy to enable dark mode (and advocate for it) is likely someone who gets above-average screen time and is therefore someone at a higher risk of myopia.