I think it not only a matter of user preference, but also environment lighting conditions. In bright environments, as with natural light, I prefer to use the light theme. At night or with artificial light dark theme fits better.
Regards, Esteban A. Maringolo 2017-08-28 9:30 GMT-03:00 Tim Mackinnon <tim@testit.works>: > > I found the place to adjust this - but I need to debug it as it seems my > change also effects the colour used to highlight selected text (which is > weird). > > If you modify the following method (possibly in a subclass), I found this > helped - but haven’t figured out why text highlight colour would be impacted > by this change? > > configureWindowBorderFor: aWindow > "Made window borders a bit thcker and slightly lighter to its easier to > distinguish > overlapping windows" > | aStyle | > aStyle := > SimpleBorder new > color: self borderColor lighter lighter lighter; > width: 2. > aWindow borderStyle: aStyle. > > > Tim > > On 28 Aug 2017, at 01:08, PBKResearch <pe...@pbkresearch.co.uk> wrote: > > Dimitris > > > > Update – there is a sort of bug in the screenshot, which I have caused. I > opened the page with my usual light theme, then changed themes. This updated > the colour of the background, but not the text in the foreground. If I open > the same playground display with the dark theme, the text is white and shows > up OK. But I still don’t like it. > > > > Peter Kenny > > > > From: Pharo-users [mailto:pharo-users-boun...@lists.pharo.org] On Behalf Of > PBKResearch > Sent: 27 August 2017 23:48 > To: 'Any question about pharo is welcome' <pharo-users@lists.pharo.org> > Subject: Re: [Pharo-users] Dark Mode > > > > Dimitris > > > > Screenshot attached. Look particularly at the text in the right-hand page of > the playground. Also the control buttons of the playground window – the > buttons go black when the window gets focus. I opened the ‘About’ window so > you can see which version I have – not yet Pharo 6.1, but not very out of > date. > > > > Peter Kenny > > > > From: Pharo-users [mailto:pharo-users-boun...@lists.pharo.org] On Behalf Of > Dimitris Chloupis > Sent: 27 August 2017 23:10 > To: Any question about pharo is welcome <pharo-users@lists.pharo.org> > Subject: Re: [Pharo-users] Dark Mode > > > > Also most don't know this but light themes of Pharo were in part hard coded. > Esteban in order to create the dark theme which is based on the most popular > dark theme ( if my memory serves correctly) , Darcula , he had to remove all > this nasty code. He essentially made it possible for Pharo to have themes > without worrying about hard coded colors. So if you ever want to make the > light theme even lighter you have the dark theme to thank for making it > easier for you. > > Quite an irony , would not agree ? > > If the doctors say your eye sight is great , he knows what he is talking > about. > > Black foreground against dark grey background sound like a bug. Care to > share a screenshot ? > > On Mon, 28 Aug 2017 at 00:51, PBKResearch <pe...@pbkresearch.co.uk> wrote: > > I agree with Dimitris - it is all a matter of preference - not all eyes are > the same. For myself, I find the default dark theme in Pharo very > uncomfortable. On my system, some elements have a black foreground on a dark > grey background, which is almost impossible to see. This is always true of > the maximise/minimise/close buttons, but sometimes also of text fields in a > playground. Whenever I download a new image, I immediately switch to the > Watery theme, with light background and nice coloured buttons on the > windows. > > Of course, my eyes may not be typical. I am now aged 84, and I have had > cataract operations on both eyes. My sight is actually quite good - my > optometrist confirms that I am legal to drive without spectacles - but my > adverse reaction to dark mode is strong and immediate. > > Just my 2p worth > > Peter Kenny > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pharo-users [mailto:pharo-users-boun...@lists.pharo.org] On Behalf Of > stephan > Sent: 27 August 2017 21:46 > To: pharo-users@lists.pharo.org > Subject: Re: [Pharo-users] Dark Mode > > On 27-08-17 22:37, Dimitris Chloupis wrote: >> White or dark is a matter of preference. But the matter of preference >> is also a matter of biology . Not all eyes are same. > > The research is pretty clear: a large majority of developers does better > with light themes. I have been sufficiently clear on the choice to make > Pharo6 theme dark default > > Stephan >
