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The Plague Of Modern Light Themes #Linux #YouTube https://youtu.be/95dYgp3f-7w
in reply to Brodie Robertson

themes?? Wait, you guys use something else beyond the terminal? /s
in reply to Brodie Robertson

I dunno if I necessarily agree that modern light themes suck… but I can’t figure out why :think_bread:
in reply to Brodie Robertson

@BrodieOnLinux
Admit it you just want to see Hotdog Stand trending again:

https://imgur.com/gallery/SsVYqM1
(Windows 3.1 Colour Scheme image gallery)

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in reply to Brodie Robertson

Honestly, the next time someone takes a pop at Ubuntu's oranges and purples (and browns) …

It's such a classic that there are re- implementations for modern desktops.

But I'm not even sure if Hotdog Stand is both light and dark at the same time.

in reply to Brodie Robertson

This is why I miss the fun of Gnome 2 themes like Ubuntu's original brown theme and Debian Red. They were light themes, but they weren't blindingly bright and added a distinct character. We need to stop blindly following Windows as if it's the standard of desktop design to adhere to.
in reply to Brodie Robertson

As someone who is somewhat light sensitive, modern light themes can be physically hurt my eyes when Iook at them in low light, or even in normal lighting if I look at it long enough.

Especially in low light, I pretty much need an extension to force a dark theme on websites

in reply to Brodie Robertson

On Gnome it is also very easy to change the light theme to be more colorful using Gradience, for example:
in reply to Brodie Robertson

preach brother!
it is crazy that in the light theme of LibreOffice Writer, I can barely see the difference between the paper and the background... now they have some contour around, but for a few versions there wasn't...

what is going on with all the white and grey???

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