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Re: Dark Mode

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In article <g16t7dF16f5U1@mid.individual.net>, Jolly Roger
<jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:

>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.

Did I say it was unusable, oh Soppy One? No, I didn't.

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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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