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The Dark Mode craze may do more harm than good – this is why
The hot new topic in terms of smartphone and computer software right now is Dark Mode, an optional system look that flips the colors of an app or operating system to make it, well, dark. Instagram has a dark mode, as does Chrome, WhatsApp, Gmail, and iOS 13, and it seems apps and developers are tripping over themselves to create a new dark mode for their software.
There's just one problem which none of these hard-working people seem to have considered that makes their work redundant, and the attention they've taken from other projects will be in vain: all in all, dark mode looks totally awful.
That's not a dig at any dark mode in particular, and no developers have implemented it particularly poorly (well, apart from Android 10). But in the rush for developers to see if they could implement dark mode on their apps, no-one asked if they should - and taken stock of how it might be reworked better rather than just following the trend.
Beyond that, there are legitimate reasons why developers shouldn't be focusing on Dark Mode. Here's why the Dark Mode craze is just crazy.
So dear soylentils, do you use dark mode on your applications, and why or why not?
(Score: 2) by Coward, Anonymous on Sunday October 27 2019, @05:18AM (1 child)
When there is a lot of light, the pupil gets smaller, requiring the eye's lens to do less work to form an image on the retina. With plenty of light and a small pupil, the eye is like a pinhole camera, and there's less need to bend the lens for focus. So more light does reduce one type of eye strain. It is plausible that constant straining for focus is the cause of nearsightedness.
(Score: 2) by jmichaelhudsondotnet on Sunday October 27 2019, @09:52AM
Yes thank you, some people might interpret this to mean I advocate sheer darkness for work spaces, but thanks to you we can clear this up.
Some light for 'doing things' is clearly of some use and this is a 'happy middle ground' situation we are looking for.