• Hildegarde@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    10
    arrow-down
    22
    ·
    6 months ago

    Light theme used to be the only theme. People now need dark themes because they’re eyes are too week from all the worke.

    • Bookmeat@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      4
      ·
      6 months ago

      Well, you’re half right. White was popularized by early home computers looking to reproduce paper digitally. Apple, Amiga, and Atari all did this and it stuck around a very long time. In fact, many environments are still in transition away from white.

      Notable exceptions included professional audio and video environments who got into the dark themes early because they didn’t want glare from their workstations affecting what they saw when editing in their dark studios.