• Max-P@lemmy.max-p.me
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    9 months ago

    Just a friendly reminder that there’s accessibility problems with dark themes.

    For me dark themes look like this because I have astigmatism:

    White on black text with astigmatism

    Black on white doesn’t have this issue because all the white around it does is slightly blur into the black text and makes it a little grey at worst.

    Any dark theme for a longer period of time also causes the white text to burn in my retina for a couple minutes, and I just see lines when I look away, and also makes reading a long article difficult and painful.

    Dark themes look so much better, but keep in mind some people have very good reasons to prefer light themes. There’s no need for dark theme elitism.

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      9 months ago

      Nobody watched the video lol, dark themes are an easy fix but not the best solution. But very interesting, thanks for sharing

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      9 months ago

      I’m certainly not that bad, but I see where you are coming from. I like a very light grey text on a medium to dark background for this reason that white text on black ‘shadows’

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      9 months ago

      If you are on Android, repainter can be really nice to find an accessible background/foreground combo using the new Material You theme engine. I get the impression it wasn’t designed for that purpose but it does the job if you try to use mostly Material You apps.

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      9 months ago

      The point of the video is that current default themes (particularly light themes) are too high contrast and too monochromatic. And in that scenario, a dark theme becomes a necessity because a high contrast dark theme is usually better received than a white one.