Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!reader5.news.weretis.net!news.solani.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Richmond Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: What Is The Point Of Dark Mode? Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2025 12:23:42 +0000 Organization: Frantic Message-ID: <868qpz32r5.fsf@example.com> References: <87zfig9gkb.fsf@example.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: solani.org; logging-data="576163"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@news.solani.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.2 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:dEmAIroery+46N7FVag26AIFMvQ= sha1:GtHhjJrRm58MOTwQY+r+KzeJ4hI= X-User-ID: eJwFwQkBACAIA8BK8mxAHETtH8E7GIUTTtDx8I6pwDejs/2dZYKZff02dUpllaYkrNZ03NMfFloQ8g== Xref: csiph.com comp.misc:26574 Salvador Mirzo writes: > Lawrence D'Oliveiro writes: > >> The “easier on the eyes” excuse is nonsense. > > I never bought that either. > > By the way, I use dark text on light background, but that's because I > use blue light filters pretty all day long, making it stronger at night; > only a light background works well that way. Anyway, what's very > noticeably easier on my eyes is the blue light filter. I run redshift. By blue light filter you mean a filter that removes blue light? like the night viewing mode? I think there might be a case for white background in a well lit sunny room. But on cloudy days or at night a black background is better. And blue text is easier to see for me. But this web page presents a different view. https://www.visualexpert.com/Resources/cfaqPart6.html In the examples of the word "hello" blue on black looks quite clear to me, but then so does black on white. But blue on red and red on blue are disasters.