I can honestly get down with both and can use them interchangeably.
I’d have to go with light mode as my favourite, though, as it keeps me awake and attentive with all the light (which helps when I need to do something important such as online classes).
I tend to use light mode for everything. For one thing, it’s the default. So to use it, I’d have to constantly change the settings on everything, or put up with switching back and forth a lot.
I also find it more natural, since most everything else I read is black or color on white. And I find that bright vs. dark can affect my mood, and light is better. I don’t even sleep without enough light to be able to read a paper if I wanted to.
That is also why the one functional aspect of dark mode doesn’t appeal to me. I don’t tend to have the issue where the white is too bright for my eyes. Plus I don’t keep my screens on the highest brightness, usually shooting for about the brightness of a piece of paper in a well lit room. Though I admit I use my phones autobrightness so it can handle when I go outside or go into a darker room. It seems to adjust rather well, as long as I don’t accidentally cover up the light sensor or have it positioned to look directly at the light source.
I don’t like dark mode but will use it if I’m on a device in bed at night and don’t want the light to disturb my partner.
I’ve switched to dark mode - it’s what my day-to-day software is set to (Adobe Creative Suite, Slack) so I’m just used to it now. Bright mode suddenly feels really glare-y.
Dark mode causes me serious visual disturbances when I look away from the screen after reading for more than a few seconds. I honestly don’t understand how people can deal with it, but I expect it’s just me being special.
Edit: this only happens with pages of text; some of the applications I use have dark mode as the only available interface, and that seems to work fine - it’s just that reading lines/pages of light text on a dark background causes really weird visual issues, accompanied with nausea similar to motion sickness, for about a minute when I look away
I usually prefer dark mode. A few years ago I had eye problems and couldn’t bear to look at a bright white screen for an extended length of time. It’s better now, but I still prefer dark mode. I even have installed browser extensions to change a light web page to a ‘dark mode’ page, which I find much easier to read.
Maybe this is a generational divide: older people finding dark mode easier because of failing eyesight or because they started with computers when these all used ‘dark mode’ (black screen with light characters)?
I don’t think it’s a generational divide. I use light mode for everything, prolly because it simulates the printed materials I’ve read since the early 80’s. My GF, who’s 14 years my junior, uses dark mode, and can’t stand the “bright” white on my screen, much to my amazement. I constantly adjust my screen brightness, to keep it just right, and not too glare-y.
I tried it and got some minor eye strain, so I switched back. Really not seeing any reason to repeat the experiment, not because it was that bad, just saw nothing better about it.
Dark. I read in bed often and light is way too bright (bugs the wife).
My Twitter is set to go to dark mode at sunset, that’s worked perfectly for me.
I prefer dark mode for pretty much everything. The instant I was given an option of dark mode, I set it and never looked back. This is not something new – on screens, I’ve always preferred white text on black (or dark) background. In print, I prefer what would be “light mode.” Dark mode is just far easier on my eyes.
I’ve switched more and more to dark mode. I spend too much time in front of screens, and I have less total eye strain from dark mode.
Light. Sometimes magnified. My old eyes let me down.
Light mode.
Everytime gūgle updates something, mostly maps, it sets the setting to automatic, meaning it’s supposed to switch back and forth based on something, I think. It never does, just stays on dark. I loathe this. Back in the foggy mists of ancient history, when Commodore 64 was the hep shite at my house, I’d play with print amd screen colors, but if memory is reliable, the IBM clones of those days came in some variation of monochrome, orange or green on black seemed most common.
I don’t despise dark or “night” mode, but I don’t like it.
I wish every app had a setting for dark/light mode (not just social media). I found out the hard way that playing the (addictive) Yahtzee game on the phone causes screen burn-in because it’s using light mode. It would not be a problem with dark mode (I think).