List: discuss@lists.openscad.org
From: nop head
Re: Dark mode support
Fri, May 8, 2026 11:37 AM
ant(?) fact: when printing inverse text the bleed
> reduces strokewidth, so text needs slight bolding)
>
> I notice that it is harder to see coloured text, or what colour the text
> is when light mode, so dark mode is "required" for syntax highlight.
> Personally I find syntax highlighting with 10 different colours confusing.
> Comments is enough, italics can do that. (Those who have synesthesia or chromesthesia,
> get significantly uncomfortable with "wrong" colours. Not me, fortunatly)
>
> Thinking about past terminals (back when ASCII was all you could display
> on the 80 × 24 terminal) they were all green on black. Ah, well.
>
> All in all, I can not get exited about dark mode.
>
> fre. 8. maj 2026, 11.21 skrev Roger Whiteley via Discuss <
> discuss@lists.openscad.org>:
>
>> The first thing I turn off is Dark Mode, the modern trend for UI's that
>> don't highlight URL's properly, allow sites to force browsers into
>> changing their entire colour scheme is both irritating and bad UI
>> practice.
>>
>> Its like looking for a black cat in a coal hole.
>>
>> I have defective eyesight, not just age related long-sightedness, I find
>> Dark Mode [in general] horrible to use, FWIW I find Cornfield soothing
>> on the eyes and its easy to pick out an object I've prefixed with a #.
>>
>>
>>
>> just my two pennorth.
>>
>> Roger.
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