> Viewers may also be in environments with low ambient light, where staring into a white light is painful.
I find that turning my phone/laptop/monitor brightness down as needed solves that problem. Conversely, however, I often find myself trying to turn my phone brightness up when it is already at maximum, and sadly I still can't see the content (because the ambient light is too strong).
There is a reason Google Maps switches between light and dark mode based on ambient light sensor. I challenge anyone to use maps in dark mode on a sunny day; there is no device bright enough to make dark mode content visible outside. It would also be absurd to burn so much energy trying to make thin colored lines and text be as bright as the opposite - dark lines on light background.
> Most popular dark themes are low-contrast for some reason, but it doesn't have to be that way.
Probably because viewing the highest contrast dark mode color schemes is more painful than switching to light mode and dimming the monitor.
> I find that turning my phone/laptop/monitor brightness down as needed solves that problem.
Turning down brightness this much makes the content less readable, especially when it's low-contrast.
> There is a reason Google Maps switches between light and dark mode based on ambient light sensor. I challenge anyone to use maps in dark mode on a sunny day; there is no device bright enough to make dark mode content visible outside
I'm pretty sure I always use Google Maps in dark mode.
> It would also be absurd to burn so much energy trying to make thin colored lines and text be as bright as the opposite - dark lines on light background.
On AMOLED screens, dark mode saves energy.
> Probably because viewing the highest contrast dark mode color schemes is more painful than switching to light mode and dimming the monitor.
I find that turning my phone/laptop/monitor brightness down as needed solves that problem. Conversely, however, I often find myself trying to turn my phone brightness up when it is already at maximum, and sadly I still can't see the content (because the ambient light is too strong).
There is a reason Google Maps switches between light and dark mode based on ambient light sensor. I challenge anyone to use maps in dark mode on a sunny day; there is no device bright enough to make dark mode content visible outside. It would also be absurd to burn so much energy trying to make thin colored lines and text be as bright as the opposite - dark lines on light background.
> Most popular dark themes are low-contrast for some reason, but it doesn't have to be that way.
Probably because viewing the highest contrast dark mode color schemes is more painful than switching to light mode and dimming the monitor.