Bring bak a light theme! about stacer

[tissatussa]

i learned light letters on dark background are more pleasant for the eye .. since i set my text editor like that, i'm indeed enjoying it more, so i think this 'theory' is correct .. i feel your position though, having difficulties with this display type.

[CIKoolK]

I have not seen any studies supporting dark themes. Though as with most things of this nature it is quite subjective. I did review a study reporting that user's eyes grow accustomed to it after a period of time, damaging their real world "white light" visual acuity.

In my first experiences with computers, over 50 years ago, monitors were "dark themed", white on a dark gray background; this was a limitation of the technology, not intentional. White phosphor was soon phased out in favour of green, then amber, as it was found to produce considerable eyestrain in long term use.

In the late-70s we considered the WIMP (Windows, Icons, Menus, Pointer) user interface (introduced by Xerox, then copied by Apple and Microsoft); with it's dark on light presentation was considered a GIANT step forward.

I consider dark themes to be no more than a trendy "Look at me, I'm different" juvenile sort of thing, with no science supporting it.

It hurts my eyes just like the DEC VT52 I used in 1975...

I was taught years ago that if forced to print something you don't want read, print it reverse-set--or better yet, reverse-set all caps to be certain no one will read it...