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Dark mode saves power on most devices. In theory it also reduces eye strain, but the reality is that it's far more difficult to get colors to pop on a dark canvas so it generally increases eye strain unless the entire color scheme falls into the garish range with bright, clashing colors.
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I suspect this change was motivated by programmers. It was visible in their Visual Studio sooner (to me). I think that a lot of programmers like to use darkmode because it can make the different colours pop a little more making it easier to read their code. Plus a lot of us older school programmers used to program with monochrome monitors so we are pretty used to something like that already.
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There seems to be many advocates for light mode so I would speak up in support of dark mode. 
I use dark mode and was really happy when Windows 10 offered a dark mode. My screen brightness is set low. I've always used dark mode when its available.
In my work place (when we were on-site), the lighting is very low - it seems to be the preference of the majority of the developers here and dark mode works better in those conditions.
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Dark, dark, dark mode - as long as it's done properly!
Cheers,
Vikram.
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Light mode. I lost my right eye last fall and my left eye has problems with contrast, especially light text on a dark background. I've never been able to use applications that were dark mode only, like Expression Blend. I even have trouble with apps that have gone Modern™ with monochrome solid color icons. If the icons are small (I'm squinting at you, Visual Studio 2015 and 2017), it's very difficult to tell them apart.
Software Zen: delete this;
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whereas dark vs light is a user choice, the real question is why MS have made it such a PITA for a old school win32 desktop program to show in dark colors. New controls work with hacks and old controls, just forget about it.
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Some people find dark mode easier to read. Just from an accessibility standpoint, that's enough reason.
But the other reason is that emissive display technologies like OLED only burn power for light pixels, so dark mode saves battery life.
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Hi,
I used to use dark mode to help with my near blindness. Now that my blindness is total I fell like the best mode is light because if I am correct there are driver transistors or chips using power to twist the crystals in fact all the non char generation ones fully to make black and mostly to dark. Is this right? Using power to twist crystals seems a waist? I would love to teach my Lenovo Thinkpad to turn off the backlight and all display driving when the lid is closed. I keep it closed all the time unless I have to show a sighted person something.
Good question and anticipating the comments to com. thanks.
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Dark mode has better contrast, and is more confortable to use.
But that depends on you setup really, not every dark mode is optimal. Some seem to be made by UI designers, some seem to be just color inversion.
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Some of us are so blinded by our own light we need to a dimmer screen.
«The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled» Plutarch
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I prefer the look of dark mode, but found after a while that I just can't focus as well on it. I think part of it is that light mode provide enough light to cause the pupils to contract, which does actually make it easier to focus for those of us with aging eyes.
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The girl in the middle of the tennis court is Annette.
The less you need, the more you have.
Why is there a "Highway to Hell" and only a "Stairway to Heaven"? A prediction of the expected traffic load?
JaxCoder.com
modified 20-Jul-21 8:37am.
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You've broken the "latest jokes" alignment with your typo!
I hope you're happy with yourself...
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That was just for practice, now I can go on to the main objective.
The less you need, the more you have.
Why is there a "Highway to Hell" and only a "Stairway to Heaven"? A prediction of the expected traffic load?
JaxCoder.com
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I bet she's having a Ball!
toodles
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It's a racket
The less you need, the more you have.
Why is there a "Highway to Hell" and only a "Stairway to Heaven"? A prediction of the expected traffic load?
JaxCoder.com
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I’m in love!
(edit)
At least I thought I was... it turned out to be nothing!
If you can't laugh at yourself - ask me and I will do it for you.
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Serves you right.
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| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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I'm usually not good at word games, but I got it.
I aced it, they say.
CI/CD = Continuous Impediment/Continuous Despair
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I can see everyone's excitement over possibility affording a suborbital flight (not even that, more like just high altitude flight with fall back to earth). I would definitely salute them if they ever reach first orbital velocity of 7.8 Km/Sec
modified 20-Jul-21 8:32am.
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Too bad his rocket can't achieve orbit because that means he'll be coming back.
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Okay, if that is not thinking alike ... Well done 
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From what I could read, lots of people are expecting the billionaires to reach orbit so that they can stay there once they reach it.
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take me to your leader.
looks like it was a success. this is just the beginning...
can we all say Cyberdyne Systems[^]
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Even better: If they can reach something in excess of 43 Km/s (the sun's escape velocity from earth's orbit), you will never see them again in the entire solar system. 
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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