https://kevquirk.com/is-dark-mode-such-a-good-idea/ dark mode not always good

@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org in my case I have the “Dark reader” plugin everywhere in my browsers, for me it’s not about the readability but the amount of light coming from the screen, on a white page, whether it’s day or night I find myself squinting my eyes in pain, this happen with pure screen brightness too (light or dark), especially on smartphones. I also noticed that the contrast in AMOLED when the background is true black hurt my eyes more, the colored parts seems to glow too much for me. 🫣

@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org That’s the issue, most statement seems to come from experiments made in isolated environments that won’t resemble in the slightest what a real life case with all the combinations that let you come to the conclusion that dark or light is better.

The best way is to allow both options and let the user decide on what is needed, I too keep dark mode always on, but I have some occasional situations where I need to switch to light mode.