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Physical dark mode (startrek.website)
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[-] [email protected] 313 points 2 years ago

Books with white pages don't emit light, a screen with white backgrounds does

[-] [email protected] 127 points 2 years ago

It's like staring into a lamp.

[-] [email protected] 81 points 2 years ago
[-] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago

I like to think of it as staring into a fire

[-] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

I just put the brightness down

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

The sun at dusk will still burn your eyes.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Ask Trump about that, he knows better.

Checkmate libtard! (sorry)

[-] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Stare into the lamp and it'll stare back

Edit: also, u crazy, its just a lamp! —Ikea guy

[-] [email protected] 35 points 2 years ago

Yep. And a soft, warm desk lamp is a lot easier in a dark room that a bright white one.

[-] [email protected] 17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I've been reading a dark mode book on an OLED screen and it's such a treat. The background is pitch black but I crank the brightness up so there is a high contrast and the white letters look really sharp. It actually makes it easier to read

[-] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago

Unless it's an e-ink screen... then, it doesn't emit light

[-] [email protected] 23 points 2 years ago

And these also don't need a dark mode.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

They don't... But the option is still there if you want an emo-ink display

[-] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

When you put it that way... Yes, yes I do.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I use my e-reader’s dark mode when I am reading in the dark and the backlight is on. So, in the one instance where it is actually emitting light.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Even with the "backlight" it's far less harsh than an LCD or OLED panel because it's not actually a back light, e-ink display have a "frontlight" that actually directs the light back at the display instead of from behind it facing outward towards the user

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

FYI ereaders don't emit light even with the light on. They use lights hidden on the sides under the bezels, and that light gets distributed above the screen using a kind of gel layer. The screen then reflects that light back.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Isn’t the device emitting light though, if not the screen itself? I don’t know if there is a technical definition of “emit” that is narrower, but I just meant that there is one time where the device itself is the brightest thing in the room and dark mode reduces that.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah I guess that's fair, but I think that the fact that the light isn't directly shining in your eyes but is reflected, makes quite a difference. Still, use whatever mode feels most comfortable to you! Just sharing knowledge.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

They do reflect it, though...

[-] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

As someone with sensory issues, absolutely they do. I used to struggle so hard in school when I was supposed to stare at white paper in a well-lit room. I'm not sure if most people notice just how fucking bright paper can be xD

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Yeah for whatever reason, textbook paper always has a glossy finish to it. Combine that with bright overhead fluorescent lights in a school and I could see how that could be irritating as fuck.

Other types of written material don't seem to have a glossy sheen like works of fiction and dictionaries. Do you still have issues with those or no?

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I'm with you. I've been using invert colors before dark mode became cool. If only I could do it in real life...

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Not with that attitude.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

Plus doing dark mode with a physical book requires a crap ton of ink - it would be very wasteful.

[-] [email protected] -3 points 2 years ago

Everything refects lights, that's how our eyes see!

[-] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago
[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I think the point is that reflecting is ultimately just a form of emitting

it's possible to have harsh brightly lit white paper, as well as dim white screens

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