Light vs Dark Theme

[travisdh1]

Dark themes are easier on my eyes. Bright, mostly white anything gives me headaches eventually.

[NerdyDad]

I do like dark themes because they are easier on my eyes. Yes, I do have an astigmatism in both eyes.

[Alex Sage]

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[Obsolesce]

For me it completely depends on what it is.

The ML site (Well, most websites anyways), no way, can't stand the dark themes.

VSCode, dark theme is great.

Fedora theme, dark is also great.

[Alex Sage]

I also prefer dark themes

[Obsolesce]

@aaronstuder said in Light vs Dark Theme:

I also prefer dark themes

I tried the ML dark theme, but it isn't tied together well enough.

If I could spend the time getting it to fit together correctly, I'd use it.

But I haven't tried it in the last month or two. Has it changed?

[Alex Sage]

@obsolesce Nope.

[NerdyDad]

@obsolesce You do know that there is more than 1 dark theme, right?

[travisdh1]

@nerdydad said in Light vs Dark Theme:

@obsolesce You do know that there is more than 1 dark theme, right?

I'm using superhero here. The only thing I don't like about it is the Chats text is nearly impossible to read. As I don't bother with private chat much, idk.

[Obsolesce]

@nerdydad said in Light vs Dark Theme:

@obsolesce You do know that there is more than 1 dark theme, right?

Slate? That one is just aweful.

Darkly? That one doesn't fit well either.

[NerdyDad]

@obsolesce I'm using Cyborg. How about that one?

[Obsolesce]

Cyborg: (obnoxious looking IMO)

[Obsolesce]

So no, no dark theme for me here until they are better on the eyes. They are like staring in to a flashlight at night.

[EddieJennings]

@obsolesce said in Light vs Dark Theme:

For me it completely depends on what it is.

The ML site (Well, most websites anyways), no way, can't stand the dark themes.

VSCode, dark theme is great.

Fedora theme, dark is also great.

Depends for me as well. Text editors that aren’t using a dark theme are unusable after a short time.

[IRJ]

@wirestyle22 said in Light vs Dark Theme:

1. You clearly aren't edgy enough.
2. Dark theme is easier on your eyes.

If you research 2, you'll find that's not true. 1 is true however

[Obsolesce]

Is there anyone doing the dark theme for ML yet?

If not, can I pick an existing dark theme to customize? It would just be some custom CSS to put wherever it needs to go to override current theme, or the theme's default CSS file. But I'll figure that part out once I install a test site.

[stacksofplates]

Yeah unless the dark theme is done well it's more annoying to me. I don't mind light/white websites. Code editors I turn on the dark theme by default but that's a little different.

[nadnerB]

I find reading on a dark theme much easier than a white theme. Especially coding.
I find it hard to read on white backgrounds, as it my eyes get strained, and it's difficult to track text to the next line.
I've tried changing the monitor settings (lowering the brightness, selecting warm/reducing the blue light etc) but unless I put on sunglasses, it's not a significant benefit.

I do find that the lighter themes particularly ones with a white background are better looking/flashier/prettier. That, to me is form over function.

Now that I've picked up Dark Reader (Chrome Extension), I feel that I have completely turned to the dark side. My red lightsaber is under construction.

[scottalanmiller]

I prefer dark themes, I don't like most things nearly as bright as they normally are.

[scottalanmiller]

I've been using dark themes since we called them "green screen displays"