Dark theme or light theme?

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Dark theme or light theme?

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  1. chris1120

    chris1120 Well-Known Member

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    All Hail The Darkness!
     
  2. elengee

    elengee Daoist Ninefaps

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    Two different urls 01-black , 01-white
     
  3. Sethnix

    Sethnix Well-Known Member

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    This is the only right thing you can do

    Dark Theme is the default answer, but don't go white text on black background, choose a dark gray instead of black
     
  4. lnv

    lnv ✪ Well-Known Hypocrite

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    Dark theme is much better in general and here is why:

    1) If you have an AMOLED screen on your mobile device, black background will save you over 2X battery life

    2) Modern white color contains Blue LEDs which spectrum wise effect your sleep schedule due to forcing your body to release melatonin



    By the way, can't you just implement a dark theme and light theme via css swapping?

    https://designshack.net/articles/css/lightsoff/
     
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  5. LysUltima

    LysUltima Riichi! Tsumo! Toitoi! Suuankou!?

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    The style tag is blocked, so I can't do that... (I think)
    I'm going to try changing background colors with various methods to see if one works now~
     
  6. elengee

    elengee Daoist Ninefaps

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    Can you use html tags? Like how they blew up text on topics on here.
     
  7. Asf

    Asf 《《The aria of souls》》

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    I never use dark themes.
    Its hurtfull to the eyes.
    Especially for reading.
    Im already reading stuff in a long periode, I dont need something that can strain my eyes further on top of that.
    It doesnt really metter for the website tho..
    Since I just use reading mode to whiten it most of the time.
     
  8. zekeinferno

    zekeinferno Well-Known Member

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    I would sincerely suggest @Shance's opinion on a gray theme. White is definitely out. A dark theme is the way to go but you're missing the point if the contrast is too sharp as that would also hurt the eyes.

    Pardon me for going off topic but it seems you have some insight into how the web works, couldn't you choose an alternative to wordpress?

    EDIT: Saw another post... Wordpress restricts you to utilize certain colors? Where's the theming capability O,o
     
  9. LoliSlave

    LoliSlave The Loli Pope

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  10. LysUltima

    LysUltima Riichi! Tsumo! Toitoi! Suuankou!?

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    I can only use these tags:
    address, a, abbr, acronym, area, article, aside, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, cite, class, code, col, del, details, dd, div, dl, dt, em, figure, figcaption, footer, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, header, hgroup, hr, i, img, ins, kbd, li, map, mark, ol, p, pre, q, rp, rt, rtc, ruby, s, section, small, span, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, var
     
  11. lnv

    lnv ✪ Well-Known Hypocrite

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    Pretty sure you could do css no?
    https://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/editing-css/

    Well technically, light theme would put more stress on the eyes. You are not talking about reading off paper but of digital. The only issue would be the contrast (hence people suggesting dark gray)
     
  12. LysUltima

    LysUltima Riichi! Tsumo! Toitoi! Suuankou!?

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    I could've... if it was 20 days ago... I can't get a refund from wordpress.com anymore...
     
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  13. LysUltima

    LysUltima Riichi! Tsumo! Toitoi! Suuankou!?

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    Note that I would have to pay 53 more dollars to get that...
     
  14. elengee

    elengee Daoist Ninefaps

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    If this change i just made enhances my sleeping habits, i'll accept you as an honorary disciple!~
     
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  15. Asf

    Asf 《《The aria of souls》》

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    I dont know about it technically.
    But when I tested it, the result are pretty clear.
    In dark theme, well... it gets pretty bad when I read from it. I got no problem reading twice as long in the light theme.
     
  16. lnv

    lnv ✪ Well-Known Hypocrite

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    How much are you paying now? You have the free version or the personal one?
     
  17. jossy48

    jossy48 Well-Known Member

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    i pick light. When some sites use the black background i have difficulty reading, especially when i read during night.
     
  18. LysUltima

    LysUltima Riichi! Tsumo! Toitoi! Suuankou!?

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    Personal...
     
  19. otoshi-god

    otoshi-god "Alive";[False Illusionist]

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    lnv ✪ Well-Known Hypocrite

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    Why not move over to godaddy wordpress? With coupons you could even save 2-3$ a month.