Re: What Is The Point Of Dark Mode?

John:

What's the default framebuffer console background color on
a SPARCstation?
>
What's the default color scheme in a Plan 9 'terminal'
window? Or on a Lisp Machine window?
>
It seems like as soon as we started getting high-
resolution bitmap screens, the common response was to
mutter "thank God, finally!" and implement black text on
white background.

What is the connextion between resolution and light mode?  I
say light mode is more typical of GUI programs because it
allows for large areas of brightly-coloured interface
elements and icons, whereas dark mode requires that most of
the screen be dark, which means window title bars and
backgrounds cannot be so varied and discernible.

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