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I have recently switched from dark to light as well in my editor and I have noticed it is easier to read darker text over a light background as well. You, or at least I, notice this as well when I turn off Trueq.io's dark mode on the pages with more text like the 'about' page.

You are being down voted, but not countered, so it seems like people are being emotional about this for some reason. Ah well, to each his own.

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I don't know if there are any studies about why dark mode is so popular these days, but my guess is because of using screens on poor lit rooms or even in complete darkness.

In those conditions it's super annoying to switch from a dark UI to a bright one which I guess its why light mode gets so much irrational hate.

Obviously users should be able to choose what works best for them.

I'm in my 40s now and I care much more now about my vision. I guess most proponents of dark mode are actually much younger than me.

OLED screens save power if it's darker.

But you could just not use dark mode in your editor right?

I generally wind dark (but not black, more live a navy blue or dark grey or similar) better for stuff with lots of color (e.g. code) but light (but not white - creme like HN or a kindle screen) much better for reading paragraph text.

Just wanting to state that we did not down vote on pier25's comment. Everyone should feel free to use the theming mode he / she likes best.

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