How Many People Here Prefer "Dark Mode" ?

[billt460]

I'm finding that as my eyes age "Dark Mode" is much easier on the eyes, and makes text stand out better. Over the last several months I've changed over to it on all of the forums that I frequent that offer it.

And I can't help but think it's easier on the monitor as well. The less light it has to provide, the better.... I should add I've done the same to the screen in my car. In "Dark Mode" it is easier to read, and far less of a distraction.

 

[mcrn]

I have dark mode set up on everything. Phone, laptop, and my work computer.

 

[Escape08]

I have it on X. I like it.

 

[dnewton3]

I prefer it; easier on the eyes.

 

[Oldwolf]

Me too, less eye strain.

 

[RDY4WAR]

I've always preferred dark mode, even when I was a teenager.

 

[billt460]

I have dark mode set up on everything. Phone, laptop, and my work computer.

Have you found that your phone battery lasts a bit longer, by not having to provide so much light to the screen?

 

[Hall]

Have you found that your phone battery lasts a bit longer, by not having to provide so much light to the screen?

Technically it definitely uses less battery but I've used it for so long, I have no way to compare to anything. Your screen does have to be "OLED" type, which (modern) iPhones, Samsungs, etc have. For laptops, it depends again on the screen type.

 

[Quattro Pete]

Dark mode here as well, on pretty much any page or device that allows it.

 

[JavierH19]

If dark mode didn't exist i'd use my phone and computer much less. It hurt my eyes enough to where I would use it for what I needed and no more which is a half hour. But with dark mode i can scroll for far longer before I feel some eye strain and jump off the web.

 

[rstsco]

Based on the thread title, I thought you were referring to my mental state.

 

[mcrn]

Have you found that your phone battery lasts a bit longer, by not having to provide so much light to the screen?

Yes. I can not give you exact numbers but that is a benefit. However I would use dark mode even if the battery life was shorter.

 

[supton]

I've not tried it. The Hackaday websight, link, is this what dark mode looks like? Whenever I read something there and then walk away, I feel like I have text burned into my eyeballs, and it takes a while to recover--so I've long disliked black backgrounds. Maybe that site is not what I should use to compare against?

 

[Quattro Pete]

I've not tried it. The Hackaday websight, link, is this what dark mode looks like? Whenever I read something there and then walk away, I feel like I have text burned into my eyeballs, and it takes a while to recover--so I've long disliked black backgrounds. Maybe that site is not what I should use to compare against?

Looks like this:

 

[supton]

Looks like this:

Thanks. Maybe I'll try it some time, I've noticed eyeball "burnout" at times, but that Hackaday site always bothered me so much that I've turned off dark mode any time I've had the option.

 

[Quattro Pete]

Yeah, that hackaday site has the contrast set to max. It looks uncomfortable to me as well.

 

[MRC01]

I've tried dark mode over the years and find that it increases eye strain and makes it harder to focus, so I stopped using it. One contributing factor relates to presbyopia and the ability to focus. Light mode increases the total amount of light emitted from the screen, which increases brightness, which causes the pupil to contract, which increases depth of field (like increasing the F-stop of a camera lens), which makes it easier to focus. Another factor is that light mode looks more like natural paper which I'm accustomed to reading.

Dark mode does save battery with AMOLED screens. But not with LCD screens.

 

[alarmguy]

I never could get used to it. Now maybe I have to try it again ... though ...

 

[Vil_Riker]

Nor for me, I can't function with dark mode.

 

[Hall]

is this what dark mode looks like?

Every modern computer OS as well as smartphone OS has a "dark mode" option. iOS includes a toggle by defaults in Control Center. I'm sure Android makes it just as accessible too. Windows, macOS, etc have toggles as well.