Thread: Toggling the new Dark Mode with latest firmware
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Old 10-03-2021, 09:51 PM   #25
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Originally Posted by Quoth View Post
From 1981 to 2017 approximately no GUI offered dark mode though any could have. I used a lot of these as well as Amiga and Atari GUIs.
What exactly do you call a "Dark mode"? Windows and OS/2 always had dark desktop schemes. I would be surprised if the other windowing systems that had schemes did not as well. And as you said, lots of forum and other sites have dark themes. As do lots of applications.

The desire for dark mode has nothing to do with OLED. People have been wanting it on all screen technologies for as long as the apps or OS allowed people to change the looks. And people were asking for it on e-ink before the lights where added. If there has been a change, it is that the default schemes are darker than they used to be. And maybe on some devices, the default scheme is what would have been the dark mode a few years ago. Your argument about OLED is a good reason for that to happen. But honestly, I think it is much more likely it is the marketing department deciding it is "cool" and "modern" or whatever words they are using this week to justify their paychecks.

And note, I am not making any comment on whether dark mode, inverted screen or whatever people want to call it makes sense, is desirable or is better in any way at all. I'm only making a statement that I think that the existence of, and popularity of these modes has absolutely nothing to do with the introduction of OLED technology.
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