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Dark mode’s bright future: How dark mode will transform Wikipedia’s accessibility (diff.wikimedia.org)
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[–] [email protected] 41 points 4 months ago (37 children)

I've always been kind of curious: am I weird because I prefer light mode for web pages with a lot of text to read? Or is it more of an age-gated thing, like older people who grew up reading printed texts only prefer what's familiar to them? I'm fine with YouTube (for example) having a black background and dark theme, but I even browse Lemmy via old.lemmy.world in light mode!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (4 children)

I prefer light mode because dark mode gives me a raging headache in under 10 minutes, not enough contrast or something, I'm not sure. It's bad enough that if I'm pairing with someone and they use dark mode I've gotta frequently look away or do something like a shared follow mode where I use a light theme on my end - it sucks.

And maybe the science is old now, but in HS I did a report on eye strain and light backgrounds are typically better across the board. But who knows now.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm with you on this. I prefer a dimly lit light mode to dark mode even at night. The white text always seems fuzzy and uncomfortable for me.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Do you have astigmatism? I'm beginning to realize this might be why it's uncomfortable for me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Shit, I do have astigmatism in my right eye! You might be on to something.

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