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Redid my site's dark mode after seeing a side by side comparison from 3 months ago
I was digging through old design files last night and found the first version of my portfolio site's dark mode from October. Put it next to what I have now and wow, the difference is huge. Back then I was just using pure black backgrounds with white text, no contrast control at all. Now I use a deep gray (#1a1a1a) and subtle blue tones for highlights, it's way easier on the eyes after 20 minutes of reading. The main thing that changed was I started testing on my phone at night with brightness at 40%, that forced me to fix all the glare issues. Has anyone else gone back and cringed at their early dark mode attempts?
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jamesblack2mo ago
Dug through my own old code last week and found I had #0000FF links on #000000 backgrounds, looked like I was trying to blind people on purpose lol. @morgan.cameron that ransom note comment is gold but also way too real for most of us.
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the difference is huge" is exactly what my buddy Dave said when he found his old dark mode code from 2020 on his GitHub. He had used #000000 with bright yellow links, said it looked like a ransom note from a horror movie. Now he's on that deep charcoal and says his eyes don't feel fried after an hour of coding at 2am.
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