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Re: Dark Mode

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On 2018-09-28, Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> wrote:
> In article <slrnpqqmrb.1i3.timmcn@tennessee-jed.local>, Tim McNamara
><timmcn@bitstream.net> wrote:
>>On Thu, 27 Sep 2018 00:57:48 -0400, JF Mezei 
>><jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:
>>>
>>> The point is that it was Apple that argued dark mode was bad and that 
>>> its black on white background was far superior, and now it does the 
>>> opposite.

"WAHHH!!! Apple did something I don't like!!!! WAHHHHHHHH!!!!"

Get over yourself.

>>Well, no.  Have you tried it?  Some things are light text on a dark 
>>background, some things are not.  The intent seems to be to recede the 
>>interface in favor of the content.  I'm not sure I like it so far.
>
> I suspect that is exactly where it will turn out to fail. One needs the
> interface to stand out enough, so that you know what is interface and
> what is content. The original aqua was very glossy, too much IMO, so
> that when it was toned down that was an improvement and is the reason
> I'm still on Mavericks. Then they toned it down to next to nothing with
> the flat look we see in versions after Mavericks.
>
> If the interface recedes too much then it becomes unusable.

Funny. I don't find the interface of macOS to be unusable at all. And I
actually prefer the flatter appearance. I find macOS *way* more usable
than Windows 10 and the slew of Linux window managers I've used.

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JR

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Dark Mode Wade Garrett <wade@cooler.net> - 2018-09-26 15:31 -0400
  Re: Dark Mode "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2018-09-26 22:05 +0000
  Re: Dark Mode Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2018-09-27 00:50 +0000
  Re: Dark Mode Tim McNamara <timmcn@bitstream.net> - 2018-09-26 21:36 -0500
    Re: Dark Mode Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2018-09-27 16:41 +1200
      Re: Dark Mode JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2018-09-27 00:57 -0400
        Re: Dark Mode nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-09-27 01:05 -0400
        Re: Dark Mode Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2018-09-27 18:37 +1200
        Re: Dark Mode Tim McNamara <timmcn@bitstream.net> - 2018-09-27 17:36 -0500
          Re: Dark Mode Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2018-09-28 09:26 +0100
            Re: Dark Mode Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2018-09-28 14:47 +0000
              Re: Dark Mode Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2018-09-28 21:54 +0100
                Re: Dark Mode Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2018-09-28 23:24 +0000
        Re: Dark Mode Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2018-09-28 17:19 +0000

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