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Ben Lovy
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Pink Theme > Any Other Theme

Change my mind

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Ben Halpern

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Ben Lovy

I don't think I could have said it any better.

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Avalander

Pink theme is great, but it would be better if it was dark.

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Ben Lovy • Edited

I'm usually "dark theme all the things" I didn't love DEV's incarnation. I find the dark text on dark background hard to read, and find all the still-gleaming-white input boxes jarring.

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Avalander

Have you tried it recently? I think it's only getting better.

However, I do love the pink theme. If it was darker I'd definitely use it, but I simply browse dev.to too much to withstand a light theme.

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Ben Lovy

Yep, I tried it out this morning - still not quite my jam, but DEV moves fast - I'll make a point to check in periodically! Pink is doing it for me for now :)

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Mihail Malo

Yeah, it's a bit too dark, and way too high contrast.

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Vuild

🀒

how'd I do? 🀣

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Ben Lovy

Well excuse me for having some culture :P

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Vuild

I already did, but now we are gonna have to address your snark too Ben.

😭

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Ben Lovy

Hey, I use the Pink theme. Snark feels like it comes with the territory.

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Vuild

I never knew those were the rules but it makes sense. U&I agree.

Snarky masculine pink is an unusual combination.

businessinsider.com/pink-used-to-b...

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Itachi Uchiha

I love 2000s themes. Do you have any plan for this kind of theme? @ben

This is an example :)

akrepnalan.com

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Ken Bellows

Have you seen @ben 's own website? benhalpern.com/

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Vuild

Wow.

I wish I had seen that before I signed up here. I am in so much pain.

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Ben Lovy

Definitely a very specific aesthetic.

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Itachi Uchiha

Hahahah yes πŸ€“πŸ€“πŸ€“

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Andrew Brown πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦

Sorry I just see "salmon" colour

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Vuild

πŸ‘

"off salmon"

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Ben Lovy

Technical term, of course.

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Vuild

bada55.io extremely, πŸ˜ƒ but not listed.
(☝️nsfw, maybe, I dunno, it's words)

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Ben Lovy

Hah, i love this

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Max Antonucci

Hot Pink Theme > Pink Theme

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Ben Lovy

This pink is already pretty hot!

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Prahlad Yeri

BTW, has anyone tried setting the base font as "comic sans" πŸ˜„

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George

I run Pink Theme with comic sans. Fite me bro!

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Ben Lovy

Oh no :(

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Desi

I cannot because that is the truth

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Fulton Browne

ONLY dark theme.

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CΓ©cile Lebleu

Well, duh. Been using it since I discovered there are themes.

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Josh M

Ah, but have you seen Hot Dog Stand?

blog.codinghorror.com/a-tribute-to...

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Ben Lovy

Glorious

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Shawn McElroy • Edited

It's not pink, its light red

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Ben Lovy

Potato, potato.

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Shawn McElroy

And here my inner monolague pronounced them the same as potato, potato

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Ben Lovy

Hah, me too!

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Clay Murray

I can't because you are right.

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Craig Butcher

Nothing wrong with pink themes. I find them better for visibility!

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Pandita

completely agree, no need to try changing your mind. :3