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I always use light theme because it looks cleaner(dont get me wrong dark theme can get clean but I've been using light for my entire life and on everything except discord bc ngl discord light looks a bit ugly)
i love how darkmode kinda just got the standard. Its just so much easier to look at. Especially when feeling tired or just after you woke up. But then when you open any window that isnt darkmode by default, its like looking directly into the sun and you can feel your eyes literally burning
I have been trying to find a good light theme, not so white with readable colors, but everything I find is either a blinding mess with an awful font contrast, or a dimmed background with barely visible letters.
The big thing for me is that I have an oversensitivity to light and having light modes actively hurts me and I have to stop doing whatever I'm doing after just an hour or so. Dark mode may allow me to "focus less" but I'll take 8 hours of 60% focus over a single hour of 100% focus lol
Such a good video Personally, I follow the advice you gave with that picture, about matching the surroundings So, during the day, I use light mode, and then switch it to dark at the evening
I must say that I don't really like to keep the charger always connected to the device. And that is all I love about the dark mode. One more thing is that I prefer the AOD (Always on Display) on the phones and which are on Dark Mode, so to match that with the whole phone I turn on the dark mode on phone and then on copy the same on the phone to make that seem like it is all connected. I don't know if it's only me or other people too. But I don't have the AOD on for now so, I have light mode everywhere and it must be said that I love it more than the dark mode.
Black color can't combine with all types of color but white background.And dark screen cause your eyes pupils to open widely but other text parts are still bright which cause the eyes stress.I always use light mode,but i also prefer black background with green color because green is a great wavelenght.
The research is talking about traditional printed text, black on white, like in books, which is totally different than the size, font and spacing of characters and words in any IDE, and for a good reason. In fact, by spacing and styling the code the way IDEs do, we are able to comprehend much faster the meaning of the code. But the spacing, font and styling, being very different from text in a book, are more suted to lightened text on a dark background, because otherwise, its much harder to read and understand the code, due to the font, styling and spacing of characters and words. Moreover, syntax highlighting uses bright colors more that dark colors, so this is another reason why dark mode is better. Not that you need any reason other than looking cool😂
sometimes when I find a tutorial of C (or any other programing language) and that guy who's supposed to be the teacher uses 'the light mode' then I try to find another video
Dear developers, just give us a choice. There are many programs like After Effects or Mudbox that have gone forever black. I had to quit working with visual effects because my eyes can’t handle dark mode. While my fellow animator wants a text editor with a black theme. Give us a choice, please!
I wish dark mode wasn't a thing in Windows lol, because it causes so many issues (namly if I use light mode all my tray icons turn black, which looks horid if your taskbar is aero, not w11's crazy default one, and if I use dark mode many things that I wish were light are dark, such as the scrollbar in the start menu, some but not all of the right-click context menus, and some but not all apps. Some apps use the App theme mode, which I've got set to light in Windows settings, while others use the Windows theme mode, which is set to dark otherwise the tray icons break.).
I'm light mode all the way.. I never code in the dark since I have 15m of rgb strip in my room that is always set to some orange yellowish tones so light mode just feels more positive and I enjoy coding more.. When open the code in dark mode it feels sad end depressing ngl xd But here me out now - I have never told anybody Oh WhY DonT u UsE LigHt MoDe iTs bEtTer Etc.. SO IF YOU SEE ME CODING IN LIGHT MODE JUST DON'T SAY A THING XD
Hi, former coder with dyslexia and OCD is here, I asked my friend whos currently in a psychology college about that and based on my own experience I can say that: Focusing is very hard for me, especially when I read, I can't focus on a light surface, it feels like the letters are getting mixed together, words doesn't make sense, I can't see the differences between one line and another, all letters look the same, and like, its irritating which also adds additional panic for me, I can't read even simple pages like that. Dark mode on the other hand is something I use all the time (including coding). When I'm researching something, if the web-page is white, I'm just enabling Opera's dark mode feature which allows me to read. So, if you have this mix of disorders (cuz I don't think it works with stuff like ADHD or something??? I guess it's only if you have anxiety issues or shit?), this study is false for you.
I think that it's more likely that the study found that there was a general trend towards proofreading being better with light modes, rather than it being better for any specific person (although I'm just guessing here, as I haven't read the study).
I have some mental issues too + very poor rest and it's hard for me to focus too. But for me, it's opposite that focusing on dark mode is much harder, and my eyes feel much more tired too when using dark mode. Sometimes I found that I couldn't read and remember anything on dark mode and my mind kept being blank.
Someone in my mobile app development class approached me today because they wanted to know what dark theme I was using on VS Code because it looked better than the one they where using.
Dark on light is ood for reflected light aka paper, in light mode dark letters occupy few perecent so you are starring at light source directly. In my personal case i have a some lens deffects and astigmatism and to much light worsens my vision and irritates me. I'm very very old (;)) so to adolescence i have only black&withe tv in my home. I spend fair amount of time in white mode (ZX Spectrum, ZX-81, PC(Delphi, Notepad etc.)), dark mode ( amber, green, monochrome PC, terminals), strange mode (withe on bluish C-64, white/yellow on blue Turbo Pascal) on TVs, CRTs and LCDs... And as blind programer says "I can't see the difference" ;) Seriously i shoud check now with current fonts this IMHO has more impact on eye strain than dark or light.
Generaly agree, but about fonts, I think it is more about brain strain than eye strain (clarity of font affecting how much brain processing is consumed on comprehension). Even more than fonts, matters the UI design, which has as a general trend gone horrible since the era of Windows 7 and all its contemporary crap, and has only gotten worse to this year. Clutter, unintuitivity and unclarity of UI elements, loss of buttonizations, categorical styling, colorfulness, and other things improving the intuitional interpretation of elements, all subconsciously increase stress levels due to brain having to work harder on comprehension. I can clearly feel the difference when using "modern" software vs. "obsolete" software with more profesionally designed UIs.
i wonder if theres any research like the study at the beginning of the video but for different groups of people? i certainly find myself reading faster and more easily comprehending with light text on a dark background, and ive heard similar things from friends with adhd and dyslexia. or maybe we're all just placebo'd to hell. who knows! :3
He says that if you use light mode, you'll get a reaction from other programmers. What he doesn't say is that reaction will be extremely negative. Never use light mode, unless you want to kill your eyes, that is.
I checked the study you mentioned, not about to spend $50 to read the full text, but I wonder what was the age they were testing against, older people may have been used to reading balck on white, whereas we spend more time reading code than books.
People who say that "light mode hurts their eyes" 1) Have you considered reducing your monitor brightness? 2) Have you considered using not shit monitors with proper color accuracy?
Oh if this aint a whole video of truths LMAOOOOOOOOOOO🤣🤣🤣🤣 update : I think I am going to try an light mode theme for a week and a dark mode theme for a week and see if I am any more proficient
There seems to be another good reason. The most popular browser (Chrome) doesn't seem to have a way to code in light (default) mode if your system is in dark mode. You have to change your entire system to light mode to code a UI in light mode for chrome. Other wise you will only be able to SEE the dark mode version of your UI work. dumb.
anyone that ever uses light mode has never pulled an all nighter because you forgot to write any code for your app due in the moring smh like responsible people are boring
idk about your editor but my editor's text is for to most part anything but white. so the claim is a bit vague. for a word file it makes sense but for an editor not really.
When the environment is extremely bright, it's better to use light mode... coz, dark mode would make the dust on the screen so obvious that affect your reading. Once you switch to light mode, you can't see the dust and the scratches on the screen.
Dark mode makes me lazy, Idk if it's just a personal thing, but in lightmode I feel more productive and willing to do more work. Also I started with lightmode anyway, so I will just stick with the good old Gruvbox light.
"If you want to get a reaction out of other programmers, use light theme." Dang, that reminds me of the countless times I've been judged for using light theme to code
i use dark mode because i usually code for 8 Hours + straight and i have notice that the dark mode just ease my eye strain so much more. When i started programming i didnt know dark mode was a thing, so i just use light mode and my eyes would burn after a while
I just reduce the brightness on my monitor. Dark mode is harder for me to read unless it's in eye-gouging colours. If i use dark mode, I use Black background, Lime text, Green bold, white highlights, red prompts and alerts, cyan keywords, and magenta for errors.
I'm used to light themes as a whole, in any app i can, i use light mode. But when coding, just because syntax highlighting is awful with light colors, i use dark. I find pure black text on pure white background easier to read than light gray text on dark gray background I'm even using discord light mode, fight me.
Me, who always has 0% brightness: "I see no difference" I only use dark theme when using an OLED display (for energy savings, and to reduce pixel wear), or when I'm in a pitch black room. Light theme helps me stay focused because the blue light gives me "energy"
Light mode + something like f.lux that offsets eye strain from blue light with a warmer color profile + having your monitor calibrated to match the ambient light level wherever your computer is would be the best choice if you're aiming for less eyestrain. I've been doing that for years now and it's really helped eyestrain.
I found it writing code better in dark, but reading code better in light. And one more thing. Those, who prefer more higlighting colors, better use dark theme, because, different colors at once easier to distinguish on dark background. If you don't care about many different colors (just highlight strings, functions and keywords, like i do), then light theme is perfect. It's very hard to distinguish dark blue from light blue on light (also, you just can't read ligh blue on white background), but very easy (check vscode default theme) on dark theme.
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I always use light theme because it looks cleaner(dont get me wrong dark theme can get clean but I've been using light for my entire life and on everything except discord bc ngl discord light looks a bit ugly)
Lets be honest here. If you don't use dark mode you want your eyes to burn in hell.
To be fair, most programmers will burn in hell anyways
@@osvaldo701 why?
I just watched your super weird bad apple video. The chances…
As a light mode user yes
@@avithedev coz that osvaldo is a weirdo
Warning: very unoriginal joke ahead
Programmers like dark mode because light attracts bugs
nice joke even if it wasnt original, first time i'm hearing about it
@@starpixel3998 haha same, cheers.
Heh
Recursive Authenticity
XD never heard that one before
Nice!
i love how darkmode kinda just got the standard. Its just so much easier to look at. Especially when feeling tired or just after you woke up. But then when you open any window that isnt darkmode by default, its like looking directly into the sun and you can feel your eyes literally burning
g r a y theme
@Happy Hippie Hose I don't know why I read that as System.out.println() haha
No it's not. When you have astigmatism it can be almost impossible to look at dark themes...
@@p0358 I have astigmatism and never had problems with dark theme (and use it everywhere)
Ying and yang theme
I have been trying to find a good light theme, not so white with readable colors, but everything I find is either a blinding mess with an awful font contrast, or a dimmed background with barely visible letters.
You could try to make your own theme
Try stylta material light. It's the one I'm using now
Solarized?
Catppuccin
Github light
As a 30+ year old programmer I can confirm that this is true for me at least. I find it way easier to focus on dark font on light background.
My beginner c++ professor in college
@@Inf4mousKidGamesyeah. codes in turbo c.
heresy!
Nice story bro, dark theme is better. You don't program.
"and with that being said i prefer dark mode"- that cracked me up so much XD
The big thing for me is that I have an oversensitivity to light and having light modes actively hurts me and I have to stop doing whatever I'm doing after just an hour or so. Dark mode may allow me to "focus less" but I'll take 8 hours of 60% focus over a single hour of 100% focus lol
Try turning the contrast on your monitor down and see if that helps with light theme.
Such a good video
Personally, I follow the advice you gave with that picture, about matching the surroundings
So, during the day, I use light mode, and then switch it to dark at the evening
I must say that I don't really like to keep the charger always connected to the device. And that is all I love about the dark mode.
One more thing is that I prefer the AOD (Always on Display) on the phones and which are on Dark Mode, so to match that with the whole phone I turn on the dark mode on phone and then on copy the same on the phone to make that seem like it is all connected. I don't know if it's only me or other people too.
But I don't have the AOD on for now so, I have light mode everywhere and it must be said that I love it more than the dark mode.
The bit at the end killed me 😂
I've been coding for about 8 years, and I'm always in light mode. In my experience I can't focus if I put my IDE in dark mode.
Black color can't combine with all types of color but white background.And dark screen cause your eyes pupils to open widely but other text parts are still bright which cause the eyes stress.I always use light mode,but i also prefer black background with green color because green is a great wavelenght.
If you want to get a reaction from other programmers - use pink theme
I have had a computer sine 94’ and there was no dark mode outside of DOS until way into the 2010s
If you get eye strain on light mode, then you probably have your display set too bright. Low brightness and light mode is best imo.
The research is talking about traditional printed text, black on white, like in books, which is totally different than the size, font and spacing of characters and words in any IDE, and for a good reason. In fact, by spacing and styling the code the way IDEs do, we are able to comprehend much faster the meaning of the code. But the spacing, font and styling, being very different from text in a book, are more suted to lightened text on a dark background, because otherwise, its much harder to read and understand the code, due to the font, styling and spacing of characters and words. Moreover, syntax highlighting uses bright colors more that dark colors, so this is another reason why dark mode is better. Not that you need any reason other than looking cool😂
Dark mode=coomer mode
True though not gonna lie but are we going to stay in the coding platform or we gonna surf github and reddit more ?
sometimes when I find a tutorial of C (or any other programing language) and that guy who's supposed to be the teacher uses 'the light mode' then I try to find another video
I totally agree with what you said... in the last part.
P. S. I subscribed too
Dear developers, just give us a choice. There are many programs like After Effects or Mudbox that have gone forever black. I had to quit working with visual effects because my eyes can’t handle dark mode. While my fellow animator wants a text editor with a black theme. Give us a choice, please!
I wish dark mode wasn't a thing in Windows lol, because it causes so many issues (namly if I use light mode all my tray icons turn black, which looks horid if your taskbar is aero, not w11's crazy default one, and if I use dark mode many things that I wish were light are dark, such as the scrollbar in the start menu, some but not all of the right-click context menus, and some but not all apps. Some apps use the App theme mode, which I've got set to light in Windows settings, while others use the Windows theme mode, which is set to dark otherwise the tray icons break.).
Hmmm, I wonder if there is any other reason for pupil to be smaller when using light mode
1:53 i actually usually dont go to stackoverflow even ONCE while working on a project
There were studies that if test text is written in hard-to-read font student perform better. So dark-mode is better for brain working
I'm light mode all the way.. I never code in the dark since I have 15m of rgb strip in my room that is always set to some orange yellowish tones so light mode just feels more positive and I enjoy coding more.. When open the code in dark mode it feels sad end depressing ngl xd But here me out now - I have never told anybody Oh WhY DonT u UsE LigHt MoDe iTs bEtTer Etc.. SO IF YOU SEE ME CODING IN LIGHT MODE JUST DON'T SAY A THING XD
ight, meet me outside son. We fightin'.
Hi, former coder with dyslexia and OCD is here, I asked my friend whos currently in a psychology college about that and based on my own experience I can say that:
Focusing is very hard for me, especially when I read, I can't focus on a light surface, it feels like the letters are getting mixed together, words doesn't make sense, I can't see the differences between one line and another, all letters look the same, and like, its irritating which also adds additional panic for me, I can't read even simple pages like that. Dark mode on the other hand is something I use all the time (including coding). When I'm researching something, if the web-page is white, I'm just enabling Opera's dark mode feature which allows me to read.
So, if you have this mix of disorders (cuz I don't think it works with stuff like ADHD or something??? I guess it's only if you have anxiety issues or shit?), this study is false for you.
Look at the end 😂
Bro wrote history in the comments
(Just a joke, I am really sorry for what you have to face)
I think that it's more likely that the study found that there was a general trend towards proofreading being better with light modes, rather than it being better for any specific person (although I'm just guessing here, as I haven't read the study).
I have some mental issues too + very poor rest and it's hard for me to focus too. But for me, it's opposite that focusing on dark mode is much harder, and my eyes feel much more tired too when using dark mode. Sometimes I found that I couldn't read and remember anything on dark mode and my mind kept being blank.
Someone in my mobile app development class approached me today because they wanted to know what dark theme I was using on VS Code because it looked better than the one they where using.
Is it Monokai? Or Solarized Dark? My fav is Monokai. SD is decent I guess
@@Rudxain both suck and are default garbage
@@Rudxain Monokai pro or just Monokai?
@@giganooz I haven't tried the pro version, yet 👀
I always get a headache from using light theme and I find that is lose focus often unlike dark theme which looks sleeker and isnt annoying so yeah
1:59
how about an operating system?
(written in rust)
i use arch btw
wait, you guys change the theme depending on what time it is ?, i uses dark mode 24/7 (also while outside)
Ill try to use light mode to see how it’s making any difference from dark mode
I usually just use the default and set the screen brightness to a minimum
Dark on light is ood for reflected light aka paper, in light mode dark letters occupy few perecent so you are starring at light source directly.
In my personal case i have a some lens deffects and astigmatism and to much light worsens my vision and irritates me.
I'm very very old (;)) so to adolescence i have only black&withe tv in my home.
I spend fair amount of time in white mode (ZX Spectrum, ZX-81, PC(Delphi, Notepad etc.)), dark mode ( amber, green, monochrome PC, terminals), strange mode (withe on bluish C-64, white/yellow on blue Turbo Pascal) on TVs, CRTs and LCDs...
And as blind programer says "I can't see the difference" ;)
Seriously i shoud check now with current fonts this IMHO has more impact on eye strain than dark or light.
Generaly agree, but about fonts, I think it is more about brain strain than eye strain (clarity of font affecting how much brain processing is consumed on comprehension). Even more than fonts, matters the UI design, which has as a general trend gone horrible since the era of Windows 7 and all its contemporary crap, and has only gotten worse to this year.
Clutter, unintuitivity and unclarity of UI elements, loss of buttonizations, categorical styling, colorfulness, and other things improving the intuitional interpretation of elements, all subconsciously increase stress levels due to brain having to work harder on comprehension. I can clearly feel the difference when using "modern" software vs. "obsolete" software with more profesionally designed UIs.
i wonder if theres any research like the study at the beginning of the video but for different groups of people? i certainly find myself reading faster and more easily comprehending with light text on a dark background, and ive heard similar things from friends with adhd and dyslexia. or maybe we're all just placebo'd to hell. who knows! :3
Which IDE do you use?
you use a light mode so you can code faster so you don't have to look at the screens as long
defo underrated
Random but when my Snapchat is in light mode. I remember more of what I see compared to it being in dark mode
He says that if you use light mode, you'll get a reaction from other programmers. What he doesn't say is that reaction will be extremely negative. Never use light mode, unless you want to kill your eyes, that is.
the stock footage he used gave all the context u needed to draw that conclusion, before committing the white theme sin
When dark mode was introduced...went for it quickly. I used to live the era of visual studio 2010 and there was no dark mode without moding it.
You don't live now ??? 😂
@@legendaryunicrest7326 Dark mode is my life😂
@@Dardasha_Studios 😂😂😂understood
I checked the study you mentioned, not about to spend $50 to read the full text, but I wonder what was the age they were testing against, older people may have been used to reading balck on white, whereas we spend more time reading code than books.
People who say that "light mode hurts their eyes"
1) Have you considered reducing your monitor brightness?
2) Have you considered using not shit monitors with proper color accuracy?
Oh if this aint a whole video of truths LMAOOOOOOOOOOO🤣🤣🤣🤣
update : I think I am going to try an light mode theme for a week and a dark mode theme for a week and see if I am any more proficient
Loved the vid. I could never give up dark mode xD
I like being able to see ngl
There seems to be another good reason. The most popular browser (Chrome) doesn't seem to have a way to code in light (default) mode if your system is in dark mode. You have to change your entire system to light mode to code a UI in light mode for chrome. Other wise you will only be able to SEE the dark mode version of your UI work. dumb.
You convinced me.
How about grey mode?)
Bro! You’re crazy ! You argue a lot for the light mode, but at the end you admit that … you prefer dark mode!
But if you wear glasses you might have blur effect with light theme
anyone that ever uses light mode has never pulled an all nighter because you forgot to write any code for your app due in the moring smh like responsible people are boring
i love light mode, it doesnt blur the text thus making it easier to read with suitable brightness
i use dark theme because it is the default in most ides and im too lazy to change it
Ah, thanks this’ll work greatly with my mod (even though it was ALWAYS in light mode) I’ll keep that in mind for when I move to visual studio.
idk about your editor but my editor's text is for to most part anything but white. so the claim is a bit vague. for a word file it makes sense but for an editor not really.
When the environment is extremely bright, it's better to use light mode... coz, dark mode would make the dust on the screen so obvious that affect your reading. Once you switch to light mode, you can't see the dust and the scratches on the screen.
This right here is what if prefer.
Can’t stay focussed if I get a headache after 10 mins of staring at my screen
Dark mode makes me lazy, Idk if it's just a personal thing, but in lightmode I feel more productive and willing to do more work. Also I started with lightmode anyway, so I will just stick with the good old Gruvbox light.
i like productivity
but i like having my retinas more
I get way fewer migraines now that I switched everything to dark mode.
Not having migraines does a lot for productivity.
but i dont want to be flashbanged everytime i open my text editor
It depends, if i had white monitors and stuff, light mode it is, but all my stuff is black
using light mode to code is like writing html without css
Agree 100%
I'm using white for java dark for python
Someone make him the kid the meme with the mom with wine and say it won't effect the baby
It blinds your eyes, I'm used to dark mode. And plus, I don't even know that much of StackOverflow
I don't like getting flash banged each time I open my IDE
"If you want to get a reaction out of other programmers, use light theme." Dang, that reminds me of the countless times I've been judged for using light theme to code
❤❤❤❤
i use dark mode because i usually code for 8 Hours + straight and i have notice that the dark mode just ease my eye strain so much more. When i started programming i didnt know dark mode was a thing, so i just use light mode and my eyes would burn after a while
I just reduce the brightness on my monitor. Dark mode is harder for me to read unless it's in eye-gouging colours.
If i use dark mode, I use Black background, Lime text, Green bold, white highlights, red prompts and alerts, cyan keywords, and magenta for errors.
Ive adapted with light mode
I'm used to light themes as a whole, in any app i can, i use light mode. But when coding, just because syntax highlighting is awful with light colors, i use dark.
I find pure black text on pure white background easier to read than light gray text on dark gray background
I'm even using discord light mode, fight me.
At least with dark mode I'll still be able to see after a coding session
Personally i use the blue theme in visual studio.
It's easier to read black text over white background, but for colored text it's easier to read when the background is black
i use light mode in literally everything. dark mode make my eyes hurt
Nice story twist at the end :D
Wow this explains it all in a very entertaining way, I love the memes you used Arden, please where do you got them from 🤗 ?
But on light mode I can't focus on how the theme looks (50% of coding)
Yes
Me who simply uses dark mode cause I think it looks nicer,not just for programming,but for everything
Me, who always has 0% brightness: "I see no difference"
I only use dark theme when using an OLED display (for energy savings, and to reduce pixel wear), or when I'm in a pitch black room. Light theme helps me stay focused because the blue light gives me "energy"
high contrast mode tho
I use dark mode. bc It describes the burning contempt at the world while im programming
Light mode + something like f.lux that offsets eye strain from blue light with a warmer color profile + having your monitor calibrated to match the ambient light level wherever your computer is would be the best choice if you're aiming for less eyestrain. I've been doing that for years now and it's really helped eyestrain.
You realize all of that is pseudoscience
Well, my eyes start tiring after like 2 hours of light mode versus 4 hours of dark
Light theme is best for me if it's the default option.
Here before sucess...
Hahaha the last sentence XDDDD
EVERYONE that know it exists prefers dark mode. Not just programmers.
Let's return on blue compilers
I’m slightly colourblind. When I use bright themes I simply can’t see any difference between tokens.
Man I use some blue theme I found on vs code 😂😂
revamped title: "Why"
dark mode is use low power and it's save the battery.
One excellent light theme for VS Code is Daobeam, for just the reasons talked about here.
Light mod may make us more efficient short term, but what is efficiency, without eyes
I found it writing code better in dark, but reading code better in light. And one more thing. Those, who prefer more higlighting colors, better use dark theme, because, different colors at once easier to distinguish on dark background. If you don't care about many different colors (just highlight strings, functions and keywords, like i do), then light theme is perfect. It's very hard to distinguish dark blue from light blue on light (also, you just can't read ligh blue on white background), but very easy (check vscode default theme) on dark theme.