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Nemeski to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 10 months ago

Dark mode’s bright future: How dark mode will transform Wikipedia’s accessibility

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Dark mode’s bright future: How dark mode will transform Wikipedia’s accessibility

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Nemeski to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 10 months ago
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Dark mode is here for Wikipedia (finally!). Dark mode has been one of the most requested features. It improves accessibility and reduces eye strain for readers and communities across Wikimedia proj…
  • @brsrklf@jlai.lu
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    8•10 months ago

    My 80’s computer was (by default) bright yellow text over bright blue background.

    It probably sounds quite bad. It was. You could change that with a few commands but you’d have to do it each time you boot the thing, and I didn’t bother, it was “normal” to me.

    That didn’t prevent young me from spending hours copying lines of BASIC code from magazines, but it was tiring. Nowadays I’m just like, seriously, who thought that colour scheme was a good idea?

    • @norimee@lemmy.world
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      6•10 months ago

      Yeah, I remember our first computer was green text on a dark screen.

      • @brsrklf@jlai.lu
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        3•10 months ago

        Bright colour on dark background makes sense IMO.

        This, however :

        https://www.digitalretropark.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/cpc-01-1320x990.jpg

    • @Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      4•10 months ago

      Now get ready for red text on vibrant blue background :)

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