>On May 5, 2018 8:33 PM, Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net> wrote: >> On Sat, 5 May 2018 07:25:16 -0700, er...@ericheickmeyer.com wrote: >> > New theme (something with a dark variant)? >> >> Maintaining a theme that works good for all apps is very hard. I've >> never seen a dark theme that really worked and was well maintained. > >I'm not sure how relevant this still is, but I'd also highly advise against >using a dark theme as default. It's great if there's a dark variant available >for those that want to use it (like myself, using Blackbird currently), but >it's not the best choice to make it the standard. > >I've also had some trouble making the dark theme work everywhere, some >programs will display input fields dark and not change the text colour, giving >you black text on a dark grey background and other small issues like that. > >However, the most important consideration is that a majority of users find >dark text on bright backgrounds easier to read. A bright background forces the ye to focus and makes edge recognition easier, some people even have serious trouble reading bright text on dark backgrounds, because they experience a glow effect, making the letters fade into each other. There are some studies on this somewhere, but I'm too lazy to look them up right now, they should >be relatively easy to find, though.
Hi Thomas! We missed you yesterday! I think the idea is /not/ to make a dark theme the default, but to have a dark /variant/ of the theme, meaning it has a dark version as well as a light version (which would be the default). I want to make sure everyone who reads this understands that a dark theme will likely not be the default, but an option. :) Erich
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