I just accidentally clicked the “clear all” on the browser URL and wished that it was a bit harder to click but was still there. If it took three clicks to make happen, its still useful in most circumstances but would drastically drop the mistaken clicks
Anyway, what are your unpopular UI opinions?
I prefer light mode.
Just be in a properly lit room. Open your window curtains. Don’t blast your display on max brightness. It’s actually easier on the eyes.
My window curtains stay CLOSED and my lamp stays on LOW because my partner and I are gremlins and night mode is made for us.
Depends one’s eyes condition, just worth keeping in mind.
and housing conditions: just open the curtains on your big well lit windows!
Not sure to understand the link, so just in case: I meant to say that anyone being suffering from any form of photophobia or light sensitivity, should appreciate having access to a dark theme even more so when they can’t work in brightly lit room (because of their condition).
i was agreeing with you and listing another category of person for which their advice didn’t fit
Oh, obviously, I did not get it. Thx for the clarification :)
Now there’s an unpopular opinion!
I also prefer light mode, but I recently had an eye condition for a while and I needed dark mode to use any UI. Those few sites or apps that don’t have dark mode suddenly stuck out like a sore thumb. And don’t get me started on apps with a dark mode, that outright flashbanged me on startup while loading the UI!
Look how angry it makes people! I use light mode exclusively, dark mode hurts my eyes. Other geeks have an aneurysm when they look at my screen. I honestly think they lose respect for me (among other reasons).
We do.
I know it’s incorrect, and an unfair assumption, but whenever I see someone using light mode for anything, I assume it’s because they don’t know how to change it.
Even my terminal windows are light mode. You would think that would show that I know how to do things, but nope.
Hilariously, I’m the one who implemented dark mode for my company’s product, and am well known for that since it made so many people happy. When they see my UI they’re horrified, like learning about Santa Claus or Jesus.
That’s like Hank Hill finding out that Bob Strickland uses an electric oven.
That’s fair. I live under the assumption that dark mode users don’t know how to change the brightness level.
We don’t.
Why change perfection?
I’m the opposite, light mode hurts my eyes so I change to dark mode everywhere. I also love bright lights and open windows, I still have to use dark mode because the bright light backgrounds give me headaches.
My preference for dark modes is more about design choices than the actual dark/light divide.
Light modes tend to have way less separation between UI elements, with borders and differences in background colors barely visible. It results in them blending together and making it harder to identify different parts of the website than on dark mode. They’re also much more likely to use actual white backgrounds, when dark modes usually use anything other than actual black. I really hate both white and black used as backgrounds, they’re both bad imo.
I do use light modes on websites where it actually looks better than the dark mode design. But sadly those are too rare.