Why did I all of a sudden switch to dark mode?

[The.Elastic.Assassin]

How do switch it back?

[Harry_Assenback_CTT]

Racist

[Charms434]

You must’ve hit something. My background is the same pink and purple it’s always been.

[player101]

Someone set the forum default to Dark mode. It can kinda be changed back to readable mode but if you close/open it goes back to dark mode.
Also, I cannot find the default format. WCAG light is much better but it is not the default layout and has some issues with layouts.

[brankocikatic]

stay black. that’s the most important thing.

[Pencil_Neck]

I hate dark mode. Hurts my eyes to read white text against dark background.

[Arod_CTT]

I can’t get my eyes to focus on white text against a black blackground.

[Pencil_Neck]

Blackground, imo.

[Arod_CTT]

Fixed, good sir.

[syntaxless]

It’s interesting hearing some people have issues with white text on black since I thought it was accepted it reduces eye strain.

• Readability: Black text on a white background scores higher in readability tests, making it easier to comprehend and retain information.
• Contrast: High contrast combinations like black on white can cause eye strain, particularly for individuals with dyslexia.
• Environmental factors: In dim settings, a bright screen can be beneficial, while in brightly lit rooms, a dark screen may be more comfortable.
• Individual sensitivities: Some people may be more sensitive to light or have vision loss, making dark text on a white background a better option for them.

Looks like it depends on whether the medium is physical or digital. Interesting.

[fuck.alta]

[syntaxless]

Have to swipe on mobile.

[Slim_Intoxicado]

@The.Elastic.Assassin

How do switch it back?

I just spent waaay too much time trying to figure this out.

Mine switched to dark mode too.

[The.Elastic.Assassin]

ahhh youbcan side scroll that menu.

grazie

[Slim_Intoxicado]

Mine just switched into dark mode on me again.

[The.Elastic.Assassin]

there is a “save changes” at the bottom.of that page.

mine switched back to dark too. ill see if saving the change back helps

[i-strip-on-your-grave]

Got dark mode everywhere. Damn eye floaters.

[The.Elastic.Assassin]

[Slim_Intoxicado]

@The.Elastic.Assassin

there is a “save changes” at the bottom.of that page.

mine switched back to dark too. ill see if saving the change back helps

Yes that worked for me.

Didn’t realize i had to scroll down to save the changed setting.

[Jamie999]

Dark mode is less readable.

Effects of Contrast Polarity on Visual Acuity and Proofreading

Cosima Piepenbrock and her colleagues at the Institut für Experimentelle Psychologie in Düsseldorf, Germany studied two groups of adults with normal (or corrected-to-normal) vision: young adults (18 to 33 years old) and older adults (60 to 85 years old). None of the participants suffered from any eye diseases (e.g., cataract).

The participants were given two different types of tasks:

• A visual-acuity task, which involved detecting the gap in a Landolt C optotype — in other words, showing them a symbol similar to the letter “C” oriented in various ways and asking them to identify where the gap is (e.g., top, bottom).
• A proofreading task, which involved reading a short passage and identifying different types of errors.

The tasks were presented in different contrast polarities — for some participants, they were in dark mode and for others they were shown in light mode. Contrast polarity was a between-subjects variable, meaning that each participant saw only tasks in one contrast polarity (e.g., only dark mode).

The researchers also collected pre- and post-test fatigue-related measures: participants rated their eyestrain, headache, muscle strain, back pain, and subjective well-being at the beginning of the experiment, as well as at the end.

Their results showed that light mode won across all dimensions: irrespective of age, the positive contrast polarity was better for both visual-acuity tasks and for proofreading tasks. However, the difference between light mode and dark mode in the visual-acuity task was smaller for older adults than for younger adults — meaning that, although light mode was better for older adults, too, they did not benefit from it as much as younger adults, at least in the visual-acuity task.

When researchers looked at fatigue metrics, they concluded that there was no significant difference of contrast polarity on any of them (meaning that it wasn’t the case that dark mode made people more tired, or vice versa).

Another study, published in the journal Human Factors by the same research group, looked at how text size interacts with contrast polarity in a proofreading task. It found that the positive-polarity advantage increased linearly as the font size was decreased: namely, the smaller the font, the better it is for users to see the text in light mode. Interestingly, even though their performance was better in the light mode, participants in the study did not report any difference in their perception of text readability (e.g., their ability to focus on text) in light versus dark mode — which only reinforces the first rule of usability: don’t listen to users.