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What is your favourite light theme?
Many people use dark themes for IDEs, text editors, etc. Light themes don't usually get much love.
Do you like or use any light theme?
Many people use dark themes for IDEs, text editors, etc. Light themes don't usually get much love.
Do you like or use any light theme?
I like the solarized theme and the papercolor theme. both have light + dark variations, which is useful if you want a light theme during the day and a dark theme at night, or something like that.
The Paraíso light theme is the best in my opinion, though I rarely use a light theme: https://github.com/idleberg/Paraiso.tmTheme
The one I use exclusively is Solarized Light. I flirted with nofrils and acme-vim when I used terminal vim more, but settled on Solarized for its ubiquity. I do however have a large-ish list of other color schemes with a light mode:
I use one I wrote myself, based on nofrils and syntax off. I thought I had it online but I was wrong; I'll try and remember to throw it up somewhere this afternoon.
a plan9-acme-like themes.
That's like asking what's the best way to burn out your retinas and require glasses at the ripe old age of 30...
The human eye is not intended to be directed at thousands of LED lights on a full burn for hours.
The human eye is just fine with looking at the lux levels that come out of a screen, and using light themes is in many cases actually better for your eyes than dark. The idea that light themes are automatically bad for your eyes is pure nonsense, it depends on where and how you're using your screens.
I'm mobile and unwilling to do my usual full on spiel explaining it, but the summary version is thus:
Am a UX designer as a significant portion of my job. The issue that hurts your eyes is contrast, not light coloured pixels. If you're in a bright environment you want a light theme. If you're in a dark one, you want a dark theme. If you can, at home, setup bias lighting for your screens, it will massively reduce eye strain.
What do light themes have to do with that? Dark themes don't turn off the the LED lights.
They do however make it harder to see anything in light rooms, especially with reflective display.
No, but their light output is drastically reduced (and on HDR-esque screens they do actually turn off).
It's hard to see anything on my screen on sunny day. But yes, I agree. I love dark themes.
you love it is a thing, and it's harmful is totally another thing