Re: What Is The Point Of Dark Mode?

Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

The "easier on the eyes" excuse is nonsense. I say this as someone
whose computing career began with CRT terminals that displayed light
text (or, if you were lucky, graphics) against a dark background. As
soon as the display technology allowed for dark text on a light
background, a lot of us made the switch,

You're coming to me from a black background with white text in a
terminal window. Eyes vary, preferences vary, I don't expect I save
a meaningful amount of power (none at all on my laptop's LCD) but I
prefer less light in my face. The great thing about software is
everyone can decide these things for themselves, in theory. Chosing
dark backgrounds in software terminals isn't new, even if other
software is now embracing it more. What's the default (if it can be
changed) Linux fbcon background colour?

for the same reason that
printed paper usually has dark text on a light background, and not the
other way round: because it's easier on the eyes.

Come on, give this at least a little thought. If you had black
paper there's no white ink to print on it with. If you printed
black around the text it's a huge waste of ink.

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