Dark mode is fashion. If it were about headaches from bright screens, you would turn down the brightness.
mubou2•1h ago
Oh, fuck off. I am sorry but you are exactly the reason this article was written. Ignorant people like you dismiss dark mode as "design" or "fashion" and completely dismiss users with eye conditions for whom it's ESSENTIAL. If you'd said something like that on any other thread I'd simply correct you, but this article literally explains the problem and you STILL felt the need to tell people they don't matter. That's why I'm mad.
You have no idea what it's like not being able to even LOOK at a webpage for more than ten seconds because the white background is so blinding you can't read the text.
And no, you can't just "turn down the brightness."
Honestly, this is like walking into a room full of people in wheelchairs and saying "Accessibility ramps are fashion. If it were about difficulty getting up stairs, you would get out of the chair and walk!"
Read the article before you comment. Sincerely, someone with an eye condition currently using Dark Reader to read HN because if I don't, I literally cannot read the fucking text.
kbon•1h ago
yes, and pushing the colour inversion (or 'turning down the brightness') breaks all of the default settings meaning the user's keyboard flips from dark to bright. This results on people with low vision who rely on darkmode having to toggle colour inversion on and off constantly - a 5 min task becomes 50mins!
kkmcmc•1h ago
hahaha - it might be farrshhhion for you. Clearly you haven't ever observed anyone who has low vision navigate the web
Tomte•2h ago
mubou2•1h ago
You have no idea what it's like not being able to even LOOK at a webpage for more than ten seconds because the white background is so blinding you can't read the text.
And no, you can't just "turn down the brightness."
Honestly, this is like walking into a room full of people in wheelchairs and saying "Accessibility ramps are fashion. If it were about difficulty getting up stairs, you would get out of the chair and walk!"
Read the article before you comment. Sincerely, someone with an eye condition currently using Dark Reader to read HN because if I don't, I literally cannot read the fucking text.
kbon•1h ago
kkmcmc•1h ago