I have as much trouble reading pure white-on-black as I do black-on-white. My own ability to handle that much contrast in connection w/ my dyslexia varies from day to day. I was on traditional black-on-white yesterday, today I need dark mode white-on-grey. Other people are more consistent in their dyslexia symptoms; my dyslexia just happens to be largely via a traumatic brain injury, so the symptoms fluctuate depending on other factors as well.
In any case, higher contrast is harder for many people w/ dyslexia to read. One of the best solutions is to change the background color to something other than white or black, and the ideal background varies from person to person, and situation to situation. ("Solarized" themes are often nice.) A lot of dark modes aren't just pure white-on-black anyway, whereas light mode is virtually always black-on-white. That's why I gravitate toward them.
I like Visual Studio Code, and Dark Reader in my web browser, for this reason! Both give me quite a bit of control over the colors. That's the important part ultimately. On LibreOffice, I'll typically change my document background (Tools > Options > Application Colors) to be light green, light yellow, or light blue.
Understand, though, "dyslexia" is something of a cover-all term. You'll be hard pressed to find two dyslexic individuals who experience it the same. Different severities and forms demand different techniques to mitigate; high contrast just happens to be one of the more common triggers.
I also saw in another comment something about matching your environment. I'd have to agree. I tolerate brighter themes better in daylight, and darker themes better at night. My eyes get quite tired if I get that backwards, which only exacerbates my dyslexia.
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Dark mode is, in fact, sometimes very helpful for comprehension w/ dyslexia. (Speaking from experience.)
wow, interesting. Would love to find out more behind the science of that.
It's a contrast thing.
I have as much trouble reading pure white-on-black as I do black-on-white. My own ability to handle that much contrast in connection w/ my dyslexia varies from day to day. I was on traditional black-on-white yesterday, today I need dark mode white-on-grey. Other people are more consistent in their dyslexia symptoms; my dyslexia just happens to be largely via a traumatic brain injury, so the symptoms fluctuate depending on other factors as well.
In any case, higher contrast is harder for many people w/ dyslexia to read. One of the best solutions is to change the background color to something other than white or black, and the ideal background varies from person to person, and situation to situation. ("Solarized" themes are often nice.) A lot of dark modes aren't just pure white-on-black anyway, whereas light mode is virtually always black-on-white. That's why I gravitate toward them.
I like Visual Studio Code, and Dark Reader in my web browser, for this reason! Both give me quite a bit of control over the colors. That's the important part ultimately. On LibreOffice, I'll typically change my document background (Tools > Options > Application Colors) to be light green, light yellow, or light blue.
Understand, though, "dyslexia" is something of a cover-all term. You'll be hard pressed to find two dyslexic individuals who experience it the same. Different severities and forms demand different techniques to mitigate; high contrast just happens to be one of the more common triggers.
I also saw in another comment something about matching your environment. I'd have to agree. I tolerate brighter themes better in daylight, and darker themes better at night. My eyes get quite tired if I get that backwards, which only exacerbates my dyslexia.