Re: What Is The Point Of Dark Mode?

ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) wrote or quoted:

In the Smalltalk world, they say, "Don't mode me in!".

  Maybe dark modes came into being like this:

In a lesser-known chapter of tech history, a group of goth
fashion enthusiasts successfully petitioned Linus Torvalds,
the creator of Linux, to develop a comprehensive "dark mode"
for digital displays several years ago. Their initiative aimed
to remind users of life's transience and mortality through
technology.

This unusual collaboration led to the creation of an open-
source project called "Eternal Night," which allowed users to
create dark themes based on personal philosophies or moods.
Although initially seen as unconventional, it laid the
groundwork for today's ubiquitous dark modes in software.

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