News Everything needs a Dark Mode now that OLED is everywhere

[admin]

Dark mode is more critical than ever in the age of HDR and OLED, so why don't more major sites and services offer it? Here's how our computing editor avoids getting blinded in 2023.

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[manlyfists]

Or, here me out here, you can simply turn your monitor down unless you're playing a game or watching something, instead of blasting your eyes for absolutely no reason?

 

[mdulcey]

In the early days of the web I designed pages using a cream-colored background, reserving pure white as a highlight color. I never figured out why that didn't catch on; it was far less eye-searing than white. That was back in the days when we were still using CRTs.

 

[MisterWhisker]

There is a program that might be of use to those who are forced to use legacy applications which do not support dark mode:

Dark Mode Any App – Enable Dark Mode On Any Windows Application

darkmodeanyapp.com

It is called "dark mode any app" and as the title suggests, it will make anything run in dark mode - even that 20 year windows program you can't live without.