[blizdiddy]

My unsolicited advice: turn on a lamp in your workspace, and turn down your monitor brightness. An app like twinkle tray makes adjusting screen brightness as easy as adjusting speaker volume. Your eyes really don't care about emissive or reflected light.

[ChrisRR]

I do anecdotally find that the better ambient light causes less eye strain.

[hoosieree]

When your pupils are smaller, the image that hits your retina is sharper, just like with a pinhole camera.

Sharper images lead to less eyestrain because you don't need to keep your eye still for as long.

I use light color themes for this reason. Although I always add the caveat to "do what works for you", because everyone's body is different.

[alanbernstein]

As a dark mode user, this makes me want to reconsider. It seems to make sense, but is it supported by evidence or by personal experience? I have not noticed such a difference in eye strain myself.

[pepa65]

The strain on my eyes is majorly caused by the lights shining into it. Dark mode helps, lower light emission helps. My eyes don't seem to strain so much keeping still...

[moeris]

One advantage here is for well-lit areas, like if you have a window seat. More light makes the kaleido display sharper, rather than making it frustrating. It can change how you lay out your office, and make things like adjusting blinds less necessary.

[laputan_machine]

Thanks for the recommendation, I didn't know such a thing existed

[swyx]

thanks for the prompt, i didnt realize i wanted a screen brightness ap. twinkle tray seems to be windows only so i googled and found quickshade for mac.