Less invasive night reading
Helps you focus more on text
Prevents you from fatiguing your eyes for long periods in front of your computer
But is this all really true? I still haven't found definitive science that says so. Judging from my own experience I want to gouge my eyes out everytime I see a website that puts white text on a dark background, I couldn't definitely read a long article or a book in such fashion (if the kindle were white on black I wouldn't read much). Books after all have been black text on white background for centuries and people have turned out fine. It's also true that printing white text on a black background would be enormously more expensive. At the same time though I've had a dark theme in the code editor for ages, since I've started developing I guess and I've been fine with that too. I recently converted to a bright theme and to be totally honest... it's fine, it just took a little bit of brainpower to adjust.
So, is it really true that a dark theme is better for a human's health or is it just that we're all used to them so we think everything should be "dark themed" ? I reckon the dark theme idea in computing comes from the days of green text on a dark console and it evolved from there.
I wouldn't be surprised if in the end it would turn out to be just a matter of personal preference...
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But is this all really true? I still haven't found definitive science that says so. Judging from my own experience I want to gouge my eyes out everytime I see a website that puts white text on a dark background, I couldn't definitely read a long article or a book in such fashion (if the kindle were white on black I wouldn't read much). Books after all have been black text on white background for centuries and people have turned out fine. It's also true that printing white text on a black background would be enormously more expensive. At the same time though I've had a dark theme in the code editor for ages, since I've started developing I guess and I've been fine with that too. I recently converted to a bright theme and to be totally honest... it's fine, it just took a little bit of brainpower to adjust.
So, is it really true that a dark theme is better for a human's health or is it just that we're all used to them so we think everything should be "dark themed" ? I reckon the dark theme idea in computing comes from the days of green text on a dark console and it evolved from there.
I wouldn't be surprised if in the end it would turn out to be just a matter of personal preference...