Dark mode hurts my eyes and reliably gives me a headache. I can’t understand why anyone prefers to read white text on a dark field.
And dark mode users can’t understand how anyone could prefer light mode, so there you go.
Yup. Light mode literally gives me a headache, I can’t stand it.
I remember reading a while ago that there are people who stand up before wiping, and people who wipe before they stand up, and neither camp can fathom how the other does it. This is giving me that same energy.
Whatever you do, don’t wipe during stand up, it was super embarrassing and the comedian roasted me for half an hour.
What the fuck. Do you stand up and then bend over first? That’s actually insane to me.
And all public restrooms seem to cater to the sitters. Fucking toilet paper dispensers are basically on the floor these days.
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Try a black background on an OLED screen and you’ll probably understand.
This is in fact an unpopular opinion. You heathen.
Joking aside, when I was first learning HTML my teacher always hated when students inverted the colors to make a “darkmode” because she said it gave people headaches. So I guess it’s a thing.
Depending on how old you are, your vision also naturally dims as you age. This is also why stuff designed by older people is often blindingly bright to young people and vice versa. I’m willing to bet that if a survey was done it would show that the popularity of darkmode drops sharply as users age.
I’m 53 and I can’t stand non dark mode. So either I’m an outlier or your theory is wrong.
I might be older than you and I’ve been using dark mode since it first became available on Android. If I make it to a hundred I’ll still be rockin’ dark mode.
That really is the most unpopular opinion I’ve ever seen on here. You win. Game over.
I legitimately cannot read dark mode. Like the text just blends into the page. People who bully light mode users are bullying people for using an accessibility feature :(
Let people use the UI that lets them read. Like I cannot send a screenshot on discord without 5 people harassing me.
Side note, this makes it really sad when apps neglect a light mode, like steam or discord. Steam just doesn’t have one and discord’s has weird colour contrast, I can’t explain why but it feels like an inverted colour interface and not traditional light mode like say Mastodon
Dark mode can be harder on the eyes and/or give headaches to people with astigmatism. It has to do with halation. White text on a black background is blurrier than black text on a white background. There’s a nice accessibility description here. I personally dislike dark mode for that very reason.
This is true af. I have an astigmatism in both eyes but I still prefer darkmode. Mainly because of the look, but at night light mode is way worse than the blurry text (which is solved by increasing the font size)
fully agree, I dislike light mode but the true black dark modes hurt just the same after extended periods, grey mode somewhat like how discord has it hopefully turns into standard for dark mode styles instead of OLED style dark modes
I feel the exact opposite
I use either depending on the situation. Generally how bright of an environment I’m in.
I do indeed find this opinion unpopular, but I’ll support your right to have it to my death!
When did you last get an eye test?
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I can’t stand dark mode. A lot of things that were high contrast in light mode become illegible to me. Like dark blue text on a black background. Dark blue also tends to be the default color for keywords in most programming languages.
In fairness dark modes with blue text are really badly implemented dark modes.
Of course, I dislike a well implemented light mode (any background color other than blazing searing white) a lot less than a badly implemented one.
Edit: I’m really just saying I wish developers and designers would get better at their jobs.
Dark blue also tends to be the default color for keywords in most programming languages.
The only place I see that happen anymore is in PuTTy. IDEs and text editors have pretty good dark themes these days.
I like day mode in sunlight and dark mode in low light or if I’m reading in bed with the lights off. Definitely depends on the type of screen you have. The Samsung Tab S8 isn’t even OLED but it’s bright even with the settings turned right down so reading black on a blinding white screen is uncomfortable in the dark