Decides to try a trendy new open source text editor

It launches in dark mode with tiny font sizes because the devs are obviously all teenagers with perfect vision and no astigmatism

Change the font size. Seems to work

Change to light mode. Seems to work

Touch another setting. App immediately switches back to dark mode and default font size and stays there

Coolcoolcool. I don't actually need to be able to read the fucking text to work on it, right?

Dark mode isn't the default in OSes for a reason folks. It's one of those accessibility aids that's grossly inaccessible to a ton of people.

Respect the OS settings if you're making an app!!!!!!!

If a user has chosen light mode and reduced motion, don't fucking launch with dark mode and swishy animations!

Don't be an asshole!

Too many devs are being absolute assholes!

@baldur
When I started in computing, all screens were "Dark Mode" (mostly green on black VDUs).

It was a readability revolution for most of us when modern screens appeared which supported 'paper-white' (black-on-white) screens. These worked well for the last couple of decades(?).

I'm still astonished that anybody wants to go back to the dark mode.

#Accessibility #DarkMode #LightMode

@tpuddle @baldur

Dark mode causes more eye strain and lower retention of what’s read. But “looks so cool”.

Got any links for that? I thought the lower light caused less eyestrain.

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I wonder if that's a function of eye acuity, or display resolution. If "the letters are doing the transmission," then maybe sufficiently large letters are spacious enough that the light they produce is equally effective as light transmitted from the background.

I also wonder if it's affected by ambient light levels. It is physically painful to be "blinded" by light mode, when working in low light conditions. I can't imagine that causes less eyestrain than something that isn't painful.

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@cy @tpuddle @baldur I always use dark mode for that reason. White background is too painful to my eyes, which are sensitive to light. (I almost always wear sunglasses outdoors during the day.) And no, I'm not a teenager. I'm way older than that.