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by 4x5-Guy 2013 days ago
Sorry, I hate dark mode apps. Too much eye strain for me. Give me a terminal screen with dark grey letters against a not quite white background and I'm good. Too many books when I was younger I guess.
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I used to criticize those who use dark modes, but then after trying it I think I cannot go back again. At the end of the day, it's like when we were using monochrome screens back in the 80's/90's. I don't think anyone at that time used a screen filled with green phosphor color in the background with black characters on top. It was green/amber chars over black background.

I think that the difference in comfort when reading is that in the case of a book the light is reflected, instead of emitted, like in a monitor.

Recently I had a series of very intensive sessions with Ghidra, and jumping through hex code for hours was really hurtful, until I learn Ghidra has a dark mode (an ugly one, just colors inverted).