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I always use light theme because it looks cleaner(dont get me wrong dark theme can get clean but I've been using light for my entire life and on everything except discord bc ngl discord light looks a bit ugly)
i love how darkmode kinda just got the standard. Its just so much easier to look at. Especially when feeling tired or just after you woke up. But then when you open any window that isnt darkmode by default, its like looking directly into the sun and you can feel your eyes literally burning
I have been trying to find a good light theme, not so white with readable colors, but everything I find is either a blinding mess with an awful font contrast, or a dimmed background with barely visible letters.
Dark mode makes me lazy, Idk if it's just a personal thing, but in lightmode I feel more productive and willing to do more work. Also I started with lightmode anyway, so I will just stick with the good old Gruvbox light.
Black color can't combine with all types of color but white background.And dark screen cause your eyes pupils to open widely but other text parts are still bright which cause the eyes stress.I always use light mode,but i also prefer black background with green color because green is a great wavelenght.
Such a good video Personally, I follow the advice you gave with that picture, about matching the surroundings So, during the day, I use light mode, and then switch it to dark at the evening
The big thing for me is that I have an oversensitivity to light and having light modes actively hurts me and I have to stop doing whatever I'm doing after just an hour or so. Dark mode may allow me to "focus less" but I'll take 8 hours of 60% focus over a single hour of 100% focus lol
I'm light mode all the way.. I never code in the dark since I have 15m of rgb strip in my room that is always set to some orange yellowish tones so light mode just feels more positive and I enjoy coding more.. When open the code in dark mode it feels sad end depressing ngl xd But here me out now - I have never told anybody Oh WhY DonT u UsE LigHt MoDe iTs bEtTer Etc.. SO IF YOU SEE ME CODING IN LIGHT MODE JUST DON'T SAY A THING XD
Dark on light is ood for reflected light aka paper, in light mode dark letters occupy few perecent so you are starring at light source directly. In my personal case i have a some lens deffects and astigmatism and to much light worsens my vision and irritates me. I'm very very old (;)) so to adolescence i have only black&withe tv in my home. I spend fair amount of time in white mode (ZX Spectrum, ZX-81, PC(Delphi, Notepad etc.)), dark mode ( amber, green, monochrome PC, terminals), strange mode (withe on bluish C-64, white/yellow on blue Turbo Pascal) on TVs, CRTs and LCDs... And as blind programer says "I can't see the difference" ;) Seriously i shoud check now with current fonts this IMHO has more impact on eye strain than dark or light.
Generaly agree, but about fonts, I think it is more about brain strain than eye strain (clarity of font affecting how much brain processing is consumed on comprehension). Even more than fonts, matters the UI design, which has as a general trend gone horrible since the era of Windows 7 and all its contemporary crap, and has only gotten worse to this year. Clutter, unintuitivity and unclarity of UI elements, loss of buttonizations, categorical styling, colorfulness, and other things improving the intuitional interpretation of elements, all subconsciously increase stress levels due to brain having to work harder on comprehension. I can clearly feel the difference when using "modern" software vs. "obsolete" software with more profesionally designed UIs.
Dear developers, just give us a choice. There are many programs like After Effects or Mudbox that have gone forever black. I had to quit working with visual effects because my eyes can’t handle dark mode. While my fellow animator wants a text editor with a black theme. Give us a choice, please!
Hi, former coder with dyslexia and OCD is here, I asked my friend whos currently in a psychology college about that and based on my own experience I can say that: Focusing is very hard for me, especially when I read, I can't focus on a light surface, it feels like the letters are getting mixed together, words doesn't make sense, I can't see the differences between one line and another, all letters look the same, and like, its irritating which also adds additional panic for me, I can't read even simple pages like that. Dark mode on the other hand is something I use all the time (including coding). When I'm researching something, if the web-page is white, I'm just enabling Opera's dark mode feature which allows me to read. So, if you have this mix of disorders (cuz I don't think it works with stuff like ADHD or something??? I guess it's only if you have anxiety issues or shit?), this study is false for you.
I think that it's more likely that the study found that there was a general trend towards proofreading being better with light modes, rather than it being better for any specific person (although I'm just guessing here, as I haven't read the study).
I have some mental issues too + very poor rest and it's hard for me to focus too. But for me, it's opposite that focusing on dark mode is much harder, and my eyes feel much more tired too when using dark mode. Sometimes I found that I couldn't read and remember anything on dark mode and my mind kept being blank.
I must say that I don't really like to keep the charger always connected to the device. And that is all I love about the dark mode. One more thing is that I prefer the AOD (Always on Display) on the phones and which are on Dark Mode, so to match that with the whole phone I turn on the dark mode on phone and then on copy the same on the phone to make that seem like it is all connected. I don't know if it's only me or other people too. But I don't have the AOD on for now so, I have light mode everywhere and it must be said that I love it more than the dark mode.
Someone in my mobile app development class approached me today because they wanted to know what dark theme I was using on VS Code because it looked better than the one they where using.
I found it writing code better in dark, but reading code better in light. And one more thing. Those, who prefer more higlighting colors, better use dark theme, because, different colors at once easier to distinguish on dark background. If you don't care about many different colors (just highlight strings, functions and keywords, like i do), then light theme is perfect. It's very hard to distinguish dark blue from light blue on light (also, you just can't read ligh blue on white background), but very easy (check vscode default theme) on dark theme.
For me it always depends on the time of day. If its night then im using a dark theme - NO QUESTIONS ASKED. But if its day, then I just can't work with a dark theme, I can't see... That's why I want a good light theme, but I just can't seem to find one that's perfect...
I was a huge advocate of dark themes for many years. But one fine day I noticed that I always needed to dim the lights in my room during the day to not get eyestrain after a day's work. So I said to myself: "This is stupid. It is daytime and I want AND need sunlight!" So I switched to a light theme and this works perfectly for me. I can't really tell if I am able to concentrate better, but it also hasn't got any worse. In the evening my OS automatically switches to the dark theme as it then gets much easier to read. Yes, I think dark themes look better. But that alone doesn't justify using them during the day when it makes no sense at all.
I'm used to light themes as a whole, in any app i can, i use light mode. But when coding, just because syntax highlighting is awful with light colors, i use dark. I find pure black text on pure white background easier to read than light gray text on dark gray background I'm even using discord light mode, fight me.
Nice plottwist there at the end! I prefer dark mode because I prefer it. And because I prefer it. And because it's less straining on the eyes, at least for me.
I dont like having a real darm screen when my environment is usually very bright. Also, the dark theme kind of makes me feel less energetic or motivated... Probably different for everyone, but thats how its been for me.
😂 The title of this video alone deserves a like. I don't even have to watch it to know I like it... I'm still gonna watch it though lol EDIT: the ending got me 💀
When the environment is extremely bright, it's better to use light mode... coz, dark mode would make the dust on the screen so obvious that affect your reading. Once you switch to light mode, you can't see the dust and the scratches on the screen.
LiGhT mOdE mAkE iT eAsIeR tO rEaD aNd iS bEtTeR fOr YoUr EyEs When i used light mode, i had a hard time reading the text and then i became blind. Throwing as much scientific facts at my face as you want will not remove the migranes and fatigue i get when i use light mode.
i use dark mode because i usually code for 8 Hours + straight and i have notice that the dark mode just ease my eye strain so much more. When i started programming i didnt know dark mode was a thing, so i just use light mode and my eyes would burn after a while
I just reduce the brightness on my monitor. Dark mode is harder for me to read unless it's in eye-gouging colours. If i use dark mode, I use Black background, Lime text, Green bold, white highlights, red prompts and alerts, cyan keywords, and magenta for errors.
I wish dark mode wasn't a thing in Windows lol, because it causes so many issues (namly if I use light mode all my tray icons turn black, which looks horid if your taskbar is aero, not w11's crazy default one, and if I use dark mode many things that I wish were light are dark, such as the scrollbar in the start menu, some but not all of the right-click context menus, and some but not all apps. Some apps use the App theme mode, which I've got set to light in Windows settings, while others use the Windows theme mode, which is set to dark otherwise the tray icons break.).
People who say that "light mode hurts their eyes" 1) Have you considered reducing your monitor brightness? 2) Have you considered using not shit monitors with proper color accuracy?
i wonder if theres any research like the study at the beginning of the video but for different groups of people? i certainly find myself reading faster and more easily comprehending with light text on a dark background, and ive heard similar things from friends with adhd and dyslexia. or maybe we're all just placebo'd to hell. who knows! :3
"If you want to get a reaction out of other programmers, use light theme." Dang, that reminds me of the countless times I've been judged for using light theme to code
sometimes when I find a tutorial of C (or any other programing language) and that guy who's supposed to be the teacher uses 'the light mode' then I try to find another video
Light mode + something like f.lux that offsets eye strain from blue light with a warmer color profile + having your monitor calibrated to match the ambient light level wherever your computer is would be the best choice if you're aiming for less eyestrain. I've been doing that for years now and it's really helped eyestrain.
The research is talking about traditional printed text, black on white, like in books, which is totally different than the size, font and spacing of characters and words in any IDE, and for a good reason. In fact, by spacing and styling the code the way IDEs do, we are able to comprehend much faster the meaning of the code. But the spacing, font and styling, being very different from text in a book, are more suted to lightened text on a dark background, because otherwise, its much harder to read and understand the code, due to the font, styling and spacing of characters and words. Moreover, syntax highlighting uses bright colors more that dark colors, so this is another reason why dark mode is better. Not that you need any reason other than looking cool😂
Oh if this aint a whole video of truths LMAOOOOOOOOOOO🤣🤣🤣🤣 update : I think I am going to try an light mode theme for a week and a dark mode theme for a week and see if I am any more proficient
Me, who always has 0% brightness: "I see no difference" I only use dark theme when using an OLED display (for energy savings, and to reduce pixel wear), or when I'm in a pitch black room. Light theme helps me stay focused because the blue light gives me "energy"
Just like people think random typing is called hacking, it looks like some people think programmers = no sleep. And they really need to change their perception. Programmers do not always have those days when they can't afford quality sleep. Problem solving is an important skill when it comes to programming. How are you going to solve any problem if your brain is not active? I can already see people typing "Coffee". But too much consumption can lead to anxiety, dehydration, headache and disturbance in sleep pattern. It is not about how long you have worked for on a certain project. What is more important is how much progress you have made on that project over the hours you spent. And going back to "programmers do not get enough sleep", dark mode is always helpful because when you do not get enough sleep, your vision becomes hyper sensitive to bright light. And dark mode helps a lot in such case. Thank you
anyone that ever uses light mode has never pulled an all nighter because you forgot to write any code for your app due in the moring smh like responsible people are boring
That is why memes can do good but they can also do bad. The fact that some many people just use dark mode because of memes while facts like this one exist. Glad I just changed mine some days ago!
My brain might have to work harder, but my eyes are shit & after prolonged used lightmode my EYES HURT. Has nothing to with my sleep. I can sleep fine.
There seems to be another good reason. The most popular browser (Chrome) doesn't seem to have a way to code in light (default) mode if your system is in dark mode. You have to change your entire system to light mode to code a UI in light mode for chrome. Other wise you will only be able to SEE the dark mode version of your UI work. dumb.
Oof, dark mode is more cool... But that's might be the problem when I program in dark mode I read really slowwwwwwwww my progrrrrammingggg uuuuuhhhhhhhhhaaa
Positive polarity is found beneficial not ffffff background. I use dusk orange background, dark text. I don't know why so many light color schemes fffffffffffffffffffffff you to death. This is why they are so unpopular for programmers.
As an eye doctor I can confirm, light mode is objectively better. It constricts your pupils, which in turn improves focus and reduces glare. Also, the claim that dark mode helps you sleep has been refuted. The levels of "blue light" emitted from a computer screen is negligible and won't affect your sleep cycle. The reason being on your phone or computer keeps you up is simple; it's because your brain is engaged in some activity rather than winding down. If you want to sleep, go to bed, close your eyes, and stop thinking. Having a teddy helps. That being said, I still use dark mode because I like how it looks.
fight me OK I'll fight you. my eyes hurt every time I see bright colors neon is the best kind of color in the world, and it's usually accompanied by a black background which is perfect for me, and it just looks better in my opinion
Hmmm, I'm gonna go eat, I'll study afterwards, once I graduate and get a job, save enough money and fly to America, we will fight., please make the necessary accommodations probably in the next 5 or so years, In the meantime, I will hit the gym, I suggest you do the same. Have a great day
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I always use light theme because it looks cleaner(dont get me wrong dark theme can get clean but I've been using light for my entire life and on everything except discord bc ngl discord light looks a bit ugly)
I'm fine with either but when I look at light mode for to long.. the text gets increasingly blurry and hard to read
i love how darkmode kinda just got the standard. Its just so much easier to look at. Especially when feeling tired or just after you woke up. But then when you open any window that isnt darkmode by default, its like looking directly into the sun and you can feel your eyes literally burning
g r a y theme
@Happy Hippie Hose I don't know why I read that as System.out.println() haha
No it's not. When you have astigmatism it can be almost impossible to look at dark themes...
@@p0358 I have astigmatism and never had problems with dark theme (and use it everywhere)
Ying and yang theme
Warning: very unoriginal joke ahead
Programmers like dark mode because light attracts bugs
nice joke even if it wasnt original, first time i'm hearing about it
@@starpixel3998 haha same, cheers.
Heh
Recursive Authenticity
XD never heard that one before
Nice!
As a 30+ year old programmer I can confirm that this is true for me at least. I find it way easier to focus on dark font on light background.
My beginner c++ professor in college
heresy!
Nice story bro, dark theme is better. You don't program.
@@lmnts556he probably does program but is 90 year old
@@lmnts556dont be so harsh dude
I have been trying to find a good light theme, not so white with readable colors, but everything I find is either a blinding mess with an awful font contrast, or a dimmed background with barely visible letters.
You could try to make your own theme
Try stylta material light. It's the one I'm using now
Solarized?
Catppuccin
Github light
Dark mode makes me lazy, Idk if it's just a personal thing, but in lightmode I feel more productive and willing to do more work. Also I started with lightmode anyway, so I will just stick with the good old Gruvbox light.
Lets be honest here. If you don't use dark mode you want your eyes to burn in hell.
To be fair, most programmers will burn in hell anyways
@@osvaldo701 why?
I just watched your super weird bad apple video. The chances…
As a light mode user yes
@@avithedev coz that osvaldo is a weirdo
I've been coding for about 8 years, and I'm always in light mode. In my experience I can't focus if I put my IDE in dark mode.
Black color can't combine with all types of color but white background.And dark screen cause your eyes pupils to open widely but other text parts are still bright which cause the eyes stress.I always use light mode,but i also prefer black background with green color because green is a great wavelenght.
"and with that being said i prefer dark mode"- that cracked me up so much XD
Such a good video
Personally, I follow the advice you gave with that picture, about matching the surroundings
So, during the day, I use light mode, and then switch it to dark at the evening
The big thing for me is that I have an oversensitivity to light and having light modes actively hurts me and I have to stop doing whatever I'm doing after just an hour or so. Dark mode may allow me to "focus less" but I'll take 8 hours of 60% focus over a single hour of 100% focus lol
Try turning the contrast on your monitor down and see if that helps with light theme.
I'm light mode all the way.. I never code in the dark since I have 15m of rgb strip in my room that is always set to some orange yellowish tones so light mode just feels more positive and I enjoy coding more.. When open the code in dark mode it feels sad end depressing ngl xd But here me out now - I have never told anybody Oh WhY DonT u UsE LigHt MoDe iTs bEtTer Etc.. SO IF YOU SEE ME CODING IN LIGHT MODE JUST DON'T SAY A THING XD
Dark on light is ood for reflected light aka paper, in light mode dark letters occupy few perecent so you are starring at light source directly.
In my personal case i have a some lens deffects and astigmatism and to much light worsens my vision and irritates me.
I'm very very old (;)) so to adolescence i have only black&withe tv in my home.
I spend fair amount of time in white mode (ZX Spectrum, ZX-81, PC(Delphi, Notepad etc.)), dark mode ( amber, green, monochrome PC, terminals), strange mode (withe on bluish C-64, white/yellow on blue Turbo Pascal) on TVs, CRTs and LCDs...
And as blind programer says "I can't see the difference" ;)
Seriously i shoud check now with current fonts this IMHO has more impact on eye strain than dark or light.
Generaly agree, but about fonts, I think it is more about brain strain than eye strain (clarity of font affecting how much brain processing is consumed on comprehension). Even more than fonts, matters the UI design, which has as a general trend gone horrible since the era of Windows 7 and all its contemporary crap, and has only gotten worse to this year.
Clutter, unintuitivity and unclarity of UI elements, loss of buttonizations, categorical styling, colorfulness, and other things improving the intuitional interpretation of elements, all subconsciously increase stress levels due to brain having to work harder on comprehension. I can clearly feel the difference when using "modern" software vs. "obsolete" software with more profesionally designed UIs.
Dear developers, just give us a choice. There are many programs like After Effects or Mudbox that have gone forever black. I had to quit working with visual effects because my eyes can’t handle dark mode. While my fellow animator wants a text editor with a black theme. Give us a choice, please!
I love you man! You’ve restored my faith that I’m not a complete idiot for preferring Light mode.
Hi, former coder with dyslexia and OCD is here, I asked my friend whos currently in a psychology college about that and based on my own experience I can say that:
Focusing is very hard for me, especially when I read, I can't focus on a light surface, it feels like the letters are getting mixed together, words doesn't make sense, I can't see the differences between one line and another, all letters look the same, and like, its irritating which also adds additional panic for me, I can't read even simple pages like that. Dark mode on the other hand is something I use all the time (including coding). When I'm researching something, if the web-page is white, I'm just enabling Opera's dark mode feature which allows me to read.
So, if you have this mix of disorders (cuz I don't think it works with stuff like ADHD or something??? I guess it's only if you have anxiety issues or shit?), this study is false for you.
Look at the end 😂
Bro wrote history in the comments
(Just a joke, I am really sorry for what you have to face)
I think that it's more likely that the study found that there was a general trend towards proofreading being better with light modes, rather than it being better for any specific person (although I'm just guessing here, as I haven't read the study).
I have some mental issues too + very poor rest and it's hard for me to focus too. But for me, it's opposite that focusing on dark mode is much harder, and my eyes feel much more tired too when using dark mode. Sometimes I found that I couldn't read and remember anything on dark mode and my mind kept being blank.
i love light mode, it doesnt blur the text thus making it easier to read with suitable brightness
I totally agree with what you said... in the last part.
P. S. I subscribed too
If you want to get a reaction from other programmers - use pink theme
I must say that I don't really like to keep the charger always connected to the device. And that is all I love about the dark mode.
One more thing is that I prefer the AOD (Always on Display) on the phones and which are on Dark Mode, so to match that with the whole phone I turn on the dark mode on phone and then on copy the same on the phone to make that seem like it is all connected. I don't know if it's only me or other people too.
But I don't have the AOD on for now so, I have light mode everywhere and it must be said that I love it more than the dark mode.
There were studies that if test text is written in hard-to-read font student perform better. So dark-mode is better for brain working
I found this video very interesting, good enough for me to try light mode
The bit at the end killed me 😂
I get way fewer migraines now that I switched everything to dark mode.
Not having migraines does a lot for productivity.
I personally find it hard to read code in dark theme. Especially at night, it makes everything blurry. I had to increase text size a lot.
Someone in my mobile app development class approached me today because they wanted to know what dark theme I was using on VS Code because it looked better than the one they where using.
Is it Monokai? Or Solarized Dark? My fav is Monokai. SD is decent I guess
@@Rudxain both suck and are default garbage
@@Rudxain Monokai pro or just Monokai?
@@giganooz I haven't tried the pro version, yet 👀
It blinds your eyes, I'm used to dark mode. And plus, I don't even know that much of StackOverflow
If you get eye strain on light mode, then you probably have your display set too bright. Low brightness and light mode is best imo.
I found it writing code better in dark, but reading code better in light. And one more thing. Those, who prefer more higlighting colors, better use dark theme, because, different colors at once easier to distinguish on dark background. If you don't care about many different colors (just highlight strings, functions and keywords, like i do), then light theme is perfect. It's very hard to distinguish dark blue from light blue on light (also, you just can't read ligh blue on white background), but very easy (check vscode default theme) on dark theme.
When dark mode was introduced...went for it quickly. I used to live the era of visual studio 2010 and there was no dark mode without moding it.
You don't live now ??? 😂
@@legendaryunicrest7326 Dark mode is my life😂
@@Dardasha_Studios 😂😂😂understood
Random but when my Snapchat is in light mode. I remember more of what I see compared to it being in dark mode
For me it always depends on the time of day. If its night then im using a dark theme - NO QUESTIONS ASKED. But if its day, then I just can't work with a dark theme, I can't see... That's why I want a good light theme, but I just can't seem to find one that's perfect...
I have had a computer sine 94’ and there was no dark mode outside of DOS until way into the 2010s
defo underrated
I was a huge advocate of dark themes for many years. But one fine day I noticed that I always needed to dim the lights in my room during the day to not get eyestrain after a day's work. So I said to myself: "This is stupid. It is daytime and I want AND need sunlight!" So I switched to a light theme and this works perfectly for me. I can't really tell if I am able to concentrate better, but it also hasn't got any worse. In the evening my OS automatically switches to the dark theme as it then gets much easier to read.
Yes, I think dark themes look better. But that alone doesn't justify using them during the day when it makes no sense at all.
I'm used to light themes as a whole, in any app i can, i use light mode. But when coding, just because syntax highlighting is awful with light colors, i use dark.
I find pure black text on pure white background easier to read than light gray text on dark gray background
I'm even using discord light mode, fight me.
Nice plottwist there at the end!
I prefer dark mode because I prefer it. And because I prefer it. And because it's less straining on the eyes, at least for me.
There are 3 reasons I prefer Dark mode :
1. I like dark mode
2. See no. 1
3. Both no.1 and no.2
I dont like having a real darm screen when my environment is usually very bright. Also, the dark theme kind of makes me feel less energetic or motivated... Probably different for everyone, but thats how its been for me.
Personally i use the blue theme in visual studio.
Me who simply uses dark mode cause I think it looks nicer,not just for programming,but for everything
I use dark mode. bc It describes the burning contempt at the world while im programming
One excellent light theme for VS Code is Daobeam, for just the reasons talked about here.
😂 The title of this video alone deserves a like. I don't even have to watch it to know I like it... I'm still gonna watch it though lol
EDIT: the ending got me 💀
Nice story twist at the end :D
He has a point, light mode will give you reactions, Some very (opposite of good) reactions
When the environment is extremely bright, it's better to use light mode... coz, dark mode would make the dust on the screen so obvious that affect your reading. Once you switch to light mode, you can't see the dust and the scratches on the screen.
This right here is what if prefer.
bro my coding software I use ain't even got dark mode it was last updated in like 2013 or something
LiGhT mOdE mAkE iT eAsIeR tO rEaD aNd iS bEtTeR fOr YoUr EyEs
When i used light mode, i had a hard time reading the text and then i became blind. Throwing as much scientific facts at my face as you want will not remove the migranes and fatigue i get when i use light mode.
Loved the vid. I could never give up dark mode xD
That ending made me laugh more than I'm willing to admit.
i use dark mode because i usually code for 8 Hours + straight and i have notice that the dark mode just ease my eye strain so much more. When i started programming i didnt know dark mode was a thing, so i just use light mode and my eyes would burn after a while
I just reduce the brightness on my monitor. Dark mode is harder for me to read unless it's in eye-gouging colours.
If i use dark mode, I use Black background, Lime text, Green bold, white highlights, red prompts and alerts, cyan keywords, and magenta for errors.
i use light mode in literally everything. dark mode make my eyes hurt
I wish dark mode wasn't a thing in Windows lol, because it causes so many issues (namly if I use light mode all my tray icons turn black, which looks horid if your taskbar is aero, not w11's crazy default one, and if I use dark mode many things that I wish were light are dark, such as the scrollbar in the start menu, some but not all of the right-click context menus, and some but not all apps. Some apps use the App theme mode, which I've got set to light in Windows settings, while others use the Windows theme mode, which is set to dark otherwise the tray icons break.).
People who say that "light mode hurts their eyes"
1) Have you considered reducing your monitor brightness?
2) Have you considered using not shit monitors with proper color accuracy?
i like productivity
but i like having my retinas more
PULL UP THE GUNS!!!
2:19
pull down the guns
dark mode is use low power and it's save the battery.
I usually just use the default and set the screen brightness to a minimum
i wonder if theres any research like the study at the beginning of the video but for different groups of people? i certainly find myself reading faster and more easily comprehending with light text on a dark background, and ive heard similar things from friends with adhd and dyslexia. or maybe we're all just placebo'd to hell. who knows! :3
"If you want to get a reaction out of other programmers, use light theme." Dang, that reminds me of the countless times I've been judged for using light theme to code
sometimes when I find a tutorial of C (or any other programing language) and that guy who's supposed to be the teacher uses 'the light mode' then I try to find another video
Light mode + something like f.lux that offsets eye strain from blue light with a warmer color profile + having your monitor calibrated to match the ambient light level wherever your computer is would be the best choice if you're aiming for less eyestrain. I've been doing that for years now and it's really helped eyestrain.
You realize all of that is pseudoscience
*sees video in recommended list*
THREAT IDENTIFIED
The research is talking about traditional printed text, black on white, like in books, which is totally different than the size, font and spacing of characters and words in any IDE, and for a good reason. In fact, by spacing and styling the code the way IDEs do, we are able to comprehend much faster the meaning of the code. But the spacing, font and styling, being very different from text in a book, are more suted to lightened text on a dark background, because otherwise, its much harder to read and understand the code, due to the font, styling and spacing of characters and words. Moreover, syntax highlighting uses bright colors more that dark colors, so this is another reason why dark mode is better. Not that you need any reason other than looking cool😂
Dark mode=coomer mode
I like being able to see ngl
you are right Praise Jesus!
Oh if this aint a whole video of truths LMAOOOOOOOOOOO🤣🤣🤣🤣
update : I think I am going to try an light mode theme for a week and a dark mode theme for a week and see if I am any more proficient
It depends, if i had white monitors and stuff, light mode it is, but all my stuff is black
as a light mode user, i am bathing in the joy of the dark mode slander in this video >:)
dont know how searching up unity themes got me to found this video again
but i use dark mode now (and light mode only for reading ebooks)
Me, who always has 0% brightness: "I see no difference"
I only use dark theme when using an OLED display (for energy savings, and to reduce pixel wear), or when I'm in a pitch black room. Light theme helps me stay focused because the blue light gives me "energy"
I don't agree with your opinion but I accept it
0:06, doesn't affect me, I don't have a brain
fight me
Just like people think random typing is called hacking, it looks like some people think programmers = no sleep.
And they really need to change their perception.
Programmers do not always have those days when they can't afford quality sleep.
Problem solving is an important skill when it comes to programming. How are you going to solve any problem if your brain is not active?
I can already see people typing "Coffee". But too much consumption can lead to anxiety, dehydration, headache and disturbance in sleep pattern.
It is not about how long you have worked for on a certain project. What is more important is how much progress you have made on that project over the hours you spent.
And going back to "programmers do not get enough sleep", dark mode is always helpful because when you do not get enough sleep, your vision becomes hyper sensitive to bright light. And dark mode helps a lot in such case.
Thank you
I'm actually able to type faster on light themes. It's all based around the idea of the focal point of the eye.
anyone that ever uses light mode has never pulled an all nighter because you forgot to write any code for your app due in the moring smh like responsible people are boring
That is why memes can do good but they can also do bad. The fact that some many people just use dark mode because of memes while facts like this one exist. Glad I just changed mine some days ago!
Ah, thanks this’ll work greatly with my mod (even though it was ALWAYS in light mode) I’ll keep that in mind for when I move to visual studio.
Im on your side, light code editor, light terminal. You don't fight alone :)))
Darkmode: Tis is the LAW!
I’m slightly colourblind. When I use bright themes I simply can’t see any difference between tokens.
Here before sucess...
Agree 100%
ight, meet me outside son. We fightin'.
You convinced me.
i love light mode, especially light backround and text, it always reminds me of my daily bitches
I'm using white for java dark for python
My brain might have to work harder, but my eyes are shit & after prolonged used lightmode my EYES HURT. Has nothing to with my sleep. I can sleep fine.
There seems to be another good reason. The most popular browser (Chrome) doesn't seem to have a way to code in light (default) mode if your system is in dark mode. You have to change your entire system to light mode to code a UI in light mode for chrome. Other wise you will only be able to SEE the dark mode version of your UI work. dumb.
but i dont want to be flashbanged everytime i open my text editor
Oof, dark mode is more cool... But that's might be the problem when I program in dark mode I read really slowwwwwwwww my progrrrrammingggg uuuuuhhhhhhhhhaaa
How about grey mode?)
Ive adapted with light mode
Positive polarity is found beneficial not ffffff background. I use dusk orange background, dark text. I don't know why so many light color schemes fffffffffffffffffffffff you to death. This is why they are so unpopular for programmers.
As an eye doctor I can confirm, light mode is objectively better. It constricts your pupils, which in turn improves focus and reduces glare.
Also, the claim that dark mode helps you sleep has been refuted. The levels of "blue light" emitted from a computer screen is negligible and won't affect your sleep cycle. The reason being on your phone or computer keeps you up is simple; it's because your brain is engaged in some activity rather than winding down. If you want to sleep, go to bed, close your eyes, and stop thinking. Having a teddy helps.
That being said, I still use dark mode because I like how it looks.
using light mode to code is like writing html without css
Light theme is best for me if it's the default option.
fight me OK I'll fight you. my eyes hurt every time I see bright colors neon is the best kind of color in the world, and it's usually accompanied by a black background which is perfect for me, and it just looks better in my opinion
I am perfectly happy being the only person who prefers light mode
Hmmm, I'm gonna go eat, I'll study afterwards, once I graduate and get a job, save enough money and fly to America, we will fight., please make the necessary accommodations probably in the next 5 or so years, In the meantime, I will hit the gym, I suggest you do the same. Have a great day
It's easier to read black text over white background, but for colored text it's easier to read when the background is black