Post #1719715
2026-04-21 09:51 UTC
Replies (5)
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@jannem@fosstodon.org 2026-04-21 09:54
@sil Not saying age is the reason. But yes, dark-on-light text is easier to read when your eyes are bad (astigmatism, cataracts etc).
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@richwareham@mastodon.social 2026-04-21 10:19
@sil How can you expect me to sit here in my leather trenchcoat and sunglasses listening to Rage Against the Machine with all the Neal stephenson books on my bookshelf and use light mode with a straight face!
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@Flamekebab@toot.wales 2026-04-21 10:37
@sil I found it exhausting how people would sneer at light mode for ages. My eyes aren't trendy enough.
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@robinwhittleton@front-end.social 2026-04-21 11:00
@sil I’ve run a bunch of internal presentations where I point out that light mode often gives less eye strain for specific groups, typically people with astigmatism. Every time there’s at least a couple of people who message me after to say exactly the same as you, and that they feel fooled by the pervasive “dark mode is better for everyone” messaging.
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@jcolag@mastodon.social 2026-04-21 21:11
@sil It took me almost-fifty years of working with computers, but I FINALLY realized that what I actually want is dark mode when it's dark and light mode when (surprise!) it's light, so I now have a Rube Goldberg contraption of scripts to trigger changes at sunrise (actually first log-in of the day) and sunset... (Also fantastic for making sure that I don't style something that only looks right for some users.)