What do you have against dark mode?
this post was submitted on 10 Mar 2024
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I have nothing against dark mode, it's about the front-end.
Yeah I get it. That's just what it looked like at first glance
Ah yes, with 50% of empty space
Not everybody lives in a cave.
Yeah but most of us do, now turn down the brightness
But dark mode just looks better. Plus it uses less energy for unnecessary brightness, at least on mobile.
For me it's just astigmatism
https://zapier.com/blog/dark-mode-bad-productivity/
I get headaches if I read white text on a dark background for too long, and my understanding is that about half of the population of the planet has astigmatism to some degree or other
i like the way dark mode looks but if i use it too long it gets physically painful in the form of headaches, i generally don't use apps that only have dark modes as a result, unless i can make a custom theme for it, then i will more often than not make a light theme for it. or i'll make a theme that automatically updates the colors based on what i choose in my system settings, which is something i've done for Lemmy and a few other things, but yeah
edit: sorry, when i originally saved that medium article a couple of years ago there was no paywall, now there is, so here's the same article archived https://archive.is/20220807164035/https://medium.com/@h_locke/why-dark-mode-causes-more-accessibility-issues-than-it-solves-d2f8359bb46a
photon has a dark theme.
negligible difference in energy consumption
https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/dark-mode-laptop-battery-life/
Doesn't look like the laptop they tested, the Asus ZenBook 13 UX333FA, uses OLED. So yeah it isn't gonna make a difference since you're still lighting the full backlight. But it makes even more of a difference on phones, since their processor is less powerful by comparison.
No thx. Not interested in this photon ui with 50% empty space.
It also has a compact display option which is similar to the standard UI.
Not only that, there's also a toggle in the settings that stretches the posts to cover the whitespace
no thank you, I like my eyes
this post is about lemmy-ui vs photon, not light vs dark theme photon has dark theme
Is photon the name of the UI theme? where can I get it 👀
Photon produces more photons
it seems people think this post is about dark vs light theme, photon has a dark theme
false.....
i only use my phone
Which client are you using?
voyager
so simple so nice
so simple that these alternatives don't even offer the option to upload images, last I saw.
most of these support images...
