[charliesharding]

Sad news for custom emoji users. So many look bad now.

In all seriousness though - I don't see why all apps/sites don't develop in a "dark mode" first mindset. With all the studies showing eye strain related health issues correlated to bright screens, you'd think this would be an easy solution to help alleviate the problem.

Imagine writing your name in the sand on a beach by digging out all the area around the text to make it appear.. why project mostly background light with dark content as opposed to projecting the content and letting the dead space remain dark.

[alfredxing]

The custom emoji upload flow now includes previews for both light and dark mode! Doesn't help with existing custom emoji, but is hopefully helpful when adding new ones.

[philwelch]

Interestingly this actually varies by display technology. CRT’s are default black and have light projected onto them. LCD’s are default white and to display black you have to block the light, which is why LCD blacks aren’t as black. I believe OLEDs are default black once again, which is why they have deeper and darker blacks.

[misnome]

Someone complained about ours on their phone client so I’ve been testing when adding a new one.

I’m anal enough that I’d _love_ to be able to upload dark-mode variants, though. Proper transparency can’t solve everything.

[adamrt]

How is this sad news?

- Its not a forced change. Don't do anything and emojis are fine.

- Even if it was forced, is slack responsible for every possible customization? (Hey I like using black text always! Its hard to see black text in dark mode!)

Its an additional feature. It seems like such a weird thing to be sad/complain about.

[charliesharding]

It was mainly intended as a joke but I agree that I didn't make that clear. It's just a minor inconvenience for a massive quality of life improvement

[davidsawyer]

Yeah, transparent emoji backgrounds are crucial.