Some Thoughts on Dark Mode: jayeless.net
@jayeless @leonp @AlanGMarz Jessica wrote:
>I can’t stand most layouts that put bright text on dark backgrounds, so I don’t use dark mode.
I’ve certainly noticed over recent years that most sites now use some approximation of black text on a white background. I find it (relatively) boring and samey but, more to the point, I’d just like to get away from the “printed page” metaphor. So, I’m generally guilty of using light coloured text on a darker background. I hope that people don’t find it hard to read but I think that font weight, line length and line height make more of a difference to readability. And there’s always Reader View.
@leonp Thanks for the comment. I’ll think about the contrast. I’ve considered darkening the background a little bit but it’s so easy to mess things up that I’m cautious about changing things.
@leonp Thank you. I had no idea CSS had that feature, and it looks interesting, although still not quite as detailed as letting people set their own preferred UI colours in a setting. The spottiness of browser implementations also poses an issue, as you say.
@Alangmarz When I visit your blog it’s set to light mode by default, so I hadn’t even noticed! 😊 It’s great to give options to people though, I think, and “light grey on dark grey” shouldn’t be too high-contrast for a dark mode.
@artkavanagh I had been going to talk a little more about the “sameyness” of much of the modern web, but it wasn’t really about dark mode so I took it out… I do agree though, it’s refreshing to see some people doing more unique things than the one-column black-on-white (even if I don’t have an issue with that kind of layout per se… it’s just that it’s everywhere now).