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When your IDE is in dark mode but every webpage you visit has a white background... And alt-tabbing makes your eyes bleed.23
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I see my friend open devRant on his mobile.
I tell him to use dark theme.
He switches to dark theme.
I salute.
He salutes.
University is thrilling.12 -
Senior : You sure you can do this job?
Me : Yea, it's easy, I just need to write a simple subroutine.
Senior : *Still sceptic* You sure?
Me : Yea of course.
Senior : *Walks away after sighing*
Me : What was that all about?
Fellow Dev : *Looking at my screen* Dude, you really need to start using the dark theme on your editors. It makes you seem more of a professional developer.
*We both burst into laughter* 😂8 -
*Me using dark theme on everything*
Me: Hey, look at this, I finished that thing that you wanted me to do.
*Project partner looks at my screen*
Partner: Ugh, why do you use that dark theme? It really strains my eyes.
Me: :-|
That is one of the reasons I use dark themes15 -
Tired of staring at white background in github.
Searched for dark theme extension.
Guess what... My github is now dark.
FTW
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YOUTUBE HAS A DARK THEME?
How long has this been going on and why didn't I know about it? In all cases, I just turned it on and it seems like the start of a good day.16 -
Is it just me or the new dark theme on Windows 10 looks really bad?
Too much contrast and bad icons.
Why they didn't used the colors of the really nice looking Visual Studio?
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If anybody right now is making an app/website, please make dark theme the default, everyone will love you.7
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I had genuinely forgotten devRant had a light theme until I saw a rant about it. I went into settings and turned it on for about four seconds, screamed "MY EYES" and rejoined the dark side.4
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Since every piece of software is developed by us, I sincerely request everyone to keep dark themes as the default theme.
Thanks.8 -
How many converted to the Dark Side after working Sublime??
And, now, whenever we encounter the Light Side, we initially search the settings to turn it to Dark...
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Coworker: I wish excel had a dark theme.
Other coworker: it does just use this macro
Ctrl + A, Ctrl + A, Alt + HH + right arrow + enter.
I tried it... it selects every cell in the whole worksheet and changes the background color to black.5 -
There are people in my workplace who ask "why did you set your IDE to dark theme?". How do I convince them that turning off the lights above my cubicle, lowering the screen brightness and having a dark theme is the best thing ever to concentrate?
Not to mention earbuds and a hoodie.
How do I convince them that once you turn to the Dark Side, there's no coming back?9 -
Currently trying to write a dark theme solution for the security blog in pure JavaScript (no jquery).
This is way easier than I thought!115 -
So my girlfriend was complaining about the lights late night. As a regular dev I code until about 2am in the morning.
So here I present the ultimate dark theme. Darkroom red. No additional light source required, just your monitor(s).
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Devrant black theme is here! Thanks to @Floydian and @Stuxnet for the idea and the tag! You can also grayscale all images, for that late night devrant viewing.
https://github.com/7twin/...
Previous rant: https://devrant.com/rants/1554399/...
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This is just evil.
Unlocking a dark theme by inviting friends to a service I just wanted to try out.
Also the wording is annoying. Yes, I do want the dark them, I just don't want to spam my friends for it. Subscription process cancelled, dickheads.
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Have guys ever thought that all te devs are vampires...
reason 1: Loves Darkness (dark theme)
reason 2: Most active during the night
reason 3: If the dev finds a capable victim then they can make them fellow dev.25 -
When people request you change your badass dark IDE theme to a white/light one during a presentation.6
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So, taking an entry course for Java.
Also, you people have corrupted me... Now I have switched everything to dark-themes.12 -
Why does Google not have a dark mode for their freaking home page? I have dark mode on everything on my computer then I go to look something up on Google and get blinded. If they can do it for YouTube why don't they get it together on their nearly blank, bright white search page. You're better than this Google. And while I'm on that topic same to you stackoverflow. When I'm copying someone else's code at least let me do it in dark mode.11
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UGH the Slack dark theme hack broke with the newest version of Slack. apparently the Slack devs have had a dark theme "on the to-do list" for over 2 years. COME THE FUCK ON SLACK, ITS A CSS FILE.7
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Today i had to set my theme to white for my listeners to see clearly what i was explaining.
My eyes hurt😭😭
Please make it stop😭3 -
Okay, windows, it's cool that you're getting a dark themed explorer and overall UWP-Fluent Design improvements but...
What's up with this context menu, which has a button saying "close [context] menu"?
(this is made up of screenshots, not a recording - the actual animation is much smoother)
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Why not make the dark theme the default? Most of us developers use it for most things, so it seems appropriate to set the dark theme as default.9
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Please add option to share results on Facebook. I worked on a grading software for teachers. Do they want to share "I just failed a student. Come and join me on (link)!"??1
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When I opened my textbook today it took my brain a second to figure out why it isn't in dark mode.1
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I have gotten so used to code with dark themes (I even made Devrant from standard light to dark theme) that everytime i see someone with a light themed text editor, my eyes cry a bit.8
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I finaly managed to make a dark mode on slack desktop app! Still has some bugs (like scrollbar being white) but works well enough for me. If anyone is interested tell me in the comments 🙂
How i did it (Linux paths but should be the same process for Windows):
You can execute scripts in /usr/lib/slack/resources/app.asar.unpacked/src/static/index.js
Using that i figgured out that slack desktop is basically an actual webview to their website and some os hooks.
To edit the contents of the webview you can call `document.getElementsByClassName('WebViewContext')[0].executeJavaScript("alert(1)")`
Then i just simply packaged up some custom css to be loaded with JS.
Quite simple actually.
Using this method you can create all kinds of plugins for slack, so go wild!
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In my quest to find a nice dark theme file manager, I stumbled upon this thing called Q-Dir. By default it looks like it comes straight out of the 90's, but after a bit of tweaking here and there it actually turned out really nice!
If you're like me and want the dark theme before Redstone 5 finally arrives but don't want to gobble up all your data in Insiders either, this is actually a pretty solid replacement. Hopefully that'll save some poor sods from having to go through the trouble of finding the holy grail of the dark theme in file managers :)
http://softwareok.com//...
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Would you rather only be able to use Internet Explorer for the rest of your life or only use Light themes also for the rest of your life?16
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I like dark themes but I really don't like it when the black of the desktop theme is clashing with a different shade of black in the program2
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I can't believe I haven't looked much earlier for an updated github dark theme with support for different syntax highlighting
https://github.com/StylishThemes/...
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alright let me pull someone out of this dark theme disillusionment. Setting your IDEs or editors theme to dark does NOT improve your skills at all, it does NOT make you a better developer and it does NOT mean that you are better than someone who likes a light theme. And it does NOT make you a hacker at all. The only real benefit is increased productivity for you only (because you prefer it) . Other developers may be more productive on a light theme.
So next time I see a silly dark theme comparison I'm down voting it, peace ✌
FYI, my devrant is dark, my editor is dark and I like batman 😂😂16 -
Please forgive me father, for I have sinned. I turned on light theme on DevRant, for the dark one doesn’t work that well in the sun9
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The main reason I want to be an app developer is so that I can enable dark themes by default. That way people can see for themselves and the dark side can take over!4
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So if I understood it correctly...
Google rolled out YT-Dark for quite some time now FOR IOS(!!!)
And Android doesn't really have it? Random users get random popups asking if they wanns switch to dark but there's no official dark theme?
(Seriously:) WHAT THE FUCK?!
No wonder everyone switches to other services9 -
Soft paywall is "forcing" me to see their site in dark-theme because I have adblocker on.
I was BORN in this briar patch!3 -
Do any of you know about Dracula?
It’s this great looking dark theme that you have to check out!
https://github.com/dracula/...
Everything it supports:
alfred
atom
base16
bbedit
brackets
chrome-devtools
coda
conemu
emacs
gedit
highlightjs
hyper
iterm
jetbrains
kate
konsole
light-table
lightpaper
liteide
macdown
mintty
monodevelop
notepad-plus-plus
nylas-n1
pygments
qtcreator
quassel
quiver
sequel-pro
slack
sublime
telegram
terminal-app
textmate
textual
ulysses
vim
visual-studio
visual-studio-code
wox
xchat
xcode
xresources
zsh
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My main rig has 8 monitors connected to it.
Do not ask why.
Whatever I do, whenever I go I pray there's a dark theme.13 -
Why the hell OS X doesn't have a developer friendly dark theme? :@ Puts so much strain on the eyes.21
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I feel like I was very productive today. At last, I found myself a nice dark theme for NetBeans based on IntelliJ darcula theme. I also found a perfect Java API 8 SE class for date manipulation called LocalDate.
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I know you all do love the dark side. Let me help out with the web version for ya' too :)
Dark theme:
https://userstyles.org/styles/...
Optimize for big screens:
https://userstyles.org/styles/...
Have fun :)
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Why the hate for light theme?
The whole freaking Internet is using light themes. Switching between dark and bright is tiring for the eyes. Simple as that.11 -
Finally found motivation to get back to my side project game on Corona sdk :) you all know you should get back too (i'm fairly fresh programmer be gentle)
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So on a sign up website for a programming competition they ask you to choose your screen size to fit the webpage....
Oh the irony1 -
While working, I suddenly noticed my own reflection on monitor
*starts thinking*
"I should get a haircut"
*starts coding again*
😐2 -
Recently I switched my phone and installed devRant in new one. After I logged into my account, I was like "what the fuck just happened to devRant, where the fuck am I ?"
* then I changed the theme and everything was fine.1 -
I really hate when I have to go to a colleuges desk to help when they need some troubleshooting . It is not because I don't want to help. It is just because of their light themed IDE.3
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At first, the dark theme was a bit unsettling, but now I find it just beautiful!
Anyway, welcome me among the devRant supporters! I'm proud of that ++ tag near my username 😊!
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Random Tip (since ppl don't seem to know)
Dark Reader chrome extension
turns everything to dark theme
works on devrant too, although their native dt is better
not sure about firefox2 -
Just switched to dark theme in my code editor from a custom Grey color palette.
I dunno, it feels... evil? Like it wants me to commit the overlord of a bug I just wrote.1 -
People complaining about me using white theme are like people being dicks about what I wear.
Just take care about your business12 -
Android Oreo went to the light side.
Why would they do that?
The dark side is much more fun 👹
I hope they add an option later on....2 -
Messing about with inline functions in regards to performance. In general, when am I supposed to use them?
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Dear theme designers, unless you are designing an app specifically with OLED in mind... Do not use black as a main background colour.
It just looks horrible IMO, key example on good dark theme is the windows store and a example of horrible dark theming is the settings app.
And mini rant over.2 -
Mood swings are:
When you get bored of black theme and change to light theme.
And later changing back to the good old dark theme6 -
I just registered to GitHub. (Don't be surprised, I'm just a 16 yo student.) Is there a dark theme for it?9
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So I agree with some arguments against using dark themes but only because they all seem to be about white text on black, but I would never use that as a dark theme... (who would?) Dark shades are where it's at! Take devRant itself as an example.
I had a hockey accident where the hockey stick hook caught me in the eye and among many other things, tore my iris to the point that the doctors couldn't stitch it (something about cutting being reparable but tearing not :/ )
Luckily with some exercises, it healed a lot in its own but still let's in about double the light it should. Since then, black on white for more than a few hours will, without fail, give me a migraine. But then so would white on black, too much light allowed in means that white on black give an almost blurry effect on the characters. Hence, colour shades for the win :D
Just my 2 cents ¯\_(ツ)_/¯1 -
Sometimes I ask myself why dark theme isn’t the default setting on apps. I mean, light theme WRECKS YOUR EYES!!! How can the common way of designing is to make light theme default or JUST NOT HAVE A DARK THEME!!!!! It’s so unnatural!!!! Anyway...9
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I have been using OSX Mojave, ever since the app store released it. I must say, I like the dark theme. I wish that my Windows desktop would have a working dark theme... but it's nice that now two of my three operating systems have a dark theme.
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Right, I get that you prefer light theme. Understood it the first time you told me, even though I've never asked you. But why the hell do you feel the urge to whine and whinge about it literally every fucking time you stroll behind me and see my beautiful dark-and-pastel-colored ide?1
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Renovated my desktop from light Mac like theme
https://devrant.com/rants/878731/...
To dark theme.
Feels so good to return to dark world.
Until now I was not using computer much so it was still a bright world. Now it is dark again
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another chrome plugin that is AWSOME!!!
(It adds dark theme to google search results and more)
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/...2 -
I think dark mode is the best thing ever invented and glad devRant has it, otherwise I would have been blinded by my bright white screen.
*Awkwardly starts playing Blinded by the Light song*8 -
All my friends make fun of me because of a rumor I watch porn… I'm only on private for the dark theme…4
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Fucking finaly I'm back on devRant after my phone decided to die during the weekend. But why the fuck do I get a light theme again? @dfox, could you save the preferences in the profile? Or at least display the options on first start? :*2
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"You can Download Sublime Merge, and try it for yourself - there's no time limit, no accounts, no metrics, and no tracking. The evaluation version is fully functional, but is restricted to the ***light theme only.***"
In your butt light theme haters ;)4 -
I wish you could just make chrome into dark theme such that ALL the websites become dark..!
It'd be so much easier on the eyes...!5 -
We all love dark themes right?
Anymore uses ES explorer for Android?
Hey the dark team is back... Just install this bullshit app about car parts that I'll never use and you can change to the dark theme7 -
Fellow dark theme lovers, here's a chrome plugin to make every website have a dark theme: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/...5
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Dark theme tip for windows users
Use magnifying glass set it to 100% then options invert colors. You'll get everything dark themed now but no missing stuff like you would get from a high contrast dark theme.5 -
Im new on GitHub, and google didnt give me an answer simple enough for me to understand, so here i go.
How do i commit to GitHub and keep my files up to date, but without committing my password/oauth tokens?
Does one remove the line before committing, or what are you supposed to do?
Im using IntelliJ, dark theme11 -
My eyes don't feel comfortable on some dark-schemed IDEs or text editors. But when it comes to Sublime & Atom, I like them dark.4
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Since half of the apps that currently exist on Android are white themed, and I'm desperate to get dark themes, I've got a solution.... Invert colors and set all apps to white theme.4
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Dark theme or Light theme??
Some ranters here become fanatics about dark theme. and this subject turned out from a personal choice to a standard, and people start calling light theme "garbage", "crap" etc...
First of all, for the grand range of people the light theme is healthier and more clear, some researches were made on this topic and found that ark characters on a light background are superior to light characters on a dark background (when the refresh rate is fairly high). Also, with a bright display (white background) the iris closes a bit more, decreasing the effect of the "deformed" lens; with a dark display (black background) the iris opens to receive more light and the deformation of the lens creates a much fuzzier focus at the eye.
Like I said, it's a personal choice, so stop being lame and pretend that dark theme is the slogan of developers. Don't get it wrong, I use dark theme for some IDEs too, but I will never ever call people using white theme with some lame words..
And finally, grow up, it is not about the theme, it is about the quality of what you deliver3 -
Just a friendly heads up that you can find plugins for any browser that'll give any web page a dark theme!4
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What's your favorite vscode theme ?
Personally i use one dark pro and i am looking for a new one maybe.
Share17 -
Why the fk is there still no dark theme for google calender? Mostly for phones. This shit is lame google. Even freaking outlook has a dark theme by now!9
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I used to not care whether I used light or dark themes, so I mostly used the light theme in IDEs. But, seeing as all of you like dark theme so much, I decided to only use dark theme.
Now my eyes burn when looking at white surfaces.8 -
Just been to a hackathon and made a react native app with lots of shenanigans without having used js before. Feels good :)2
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Light theme + inverted colors = devRant supporter dark theme. Also, when you browse through Android in this mode, you can get some design inspiration.
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SOOO last monday I got a new MS Office and Outlook in my office. It's ugly as fuck and not as functionable as the old one we got here, and I cannot install Thunderbird or so...
But at least NIGHT THEME WUUUU
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Just started using the Dark Reader extension for Firefox. Where has this been my whole life! The entire internet is now dark theme no matter what haha! My eyes are in heaven.
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I don't wanna be ridiculed for this, but I have really been meaning to ask. What is people's obsession with the dark theme? It seems like such a noob thing to do.8
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This extension is awesome. You can have dark theme on every website. Although sometimes it fucks up the website layout a bit.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/...3 -
Do any of you guys know an android app which sets a "fake" location and goes along a path (and does not contain ads if possible)? Currently have a GPS based project I need to test
Thanks bros6 -
How to put dark theme on Windows?
Do not suggest using Linux, I am a gamer and dual boot is a pain.
I already have dark theme everywhere, Chrome, IDEs, and even my phone... its just Windows that hurts my eyes. :-/9 -
Why is every dev obsessed with dark themes? I feel like I NEED to like them as well to fit in. :/10
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Off all the websites out there, I think GitHub should know the importance of having a dark theme for the site!
It's 1 am and the night is still fresh..4 -
Every time I use an application that has both light and dark mode, I always use dark, and when I decide "Hey, I want to try light again" I immediately regret ever clicking the option.4
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I mostly can’t see properly on dark themes. Thank you light themes for existing. I use slightly dark themes for IDEs though (One Dark)
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While most of the developers like to work on an IDE with dark theme, I still prefer my code to be on a white background.
Am I the only one with this odd taste or are there any other fellow devs with similar interests 🤔10 -
Microsoft's new Windows RS5 build has File Explorer Dark Theme.
https://blogs.windows.com/windowsex...
"Today’s build marks the turning point where we’ve finished what we set out to do for this release."
🤣🤣🤣2 -
Is there a proper dark theme for ecplise or do you have to meddle with the source code to get something proper?
I am spoiled by atom and now deeply upset.2 -
The sun is glaring on my laptop screen so badly, that I can't see my dark-theme console. I really hope `git add .` does only what I wanted it to today. That's why we have source control, right?
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Why tf is DevRant not saving my theme settings. I select dark theme and it reset back to the light theme after every new login <.<16
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I am really fed up with people emailing me asking about how they can use methods of a library I wrote when the answer is literally in the f***ing JavaDoc. At first I thought it might be me not being comprehensive enough in my doc, but when I literally started sending copies of what I wrote there and got a lot of "Thanks that makes it clear"emails I became really fed up with the laziness of some people. I find it disrespectful to my weeks of work for someone who wants to use it to not read a few lines when in doubt.1
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Use less dev rant. Yes I know it's ironic to post this here, but I waste way too much time on browsing through posts every day :/
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Been doing some sprucing/ricing up of the ol' desktop and wm, what themes would you guys say work most smoothly with the Plano Dark WM theme? (got it here https://xfce-look.org/p/1174518/ ). Adwitta dark is doing an... ok job for now. i'd rather have something a little flatter to match with my titlebar though!2
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My senior today, jokingly: "That dark background of yours looks definetly scary"
That was only notepad++. My main tools do not even have option for dark theme 🤨1 -
Hey guys.
Is there any alternative for CLion? I can't use codeblocks since there is no dark theme(sounds silly but I prefer dark theme).12 -
Black background in Settings, black taskbar, black cursors .. that's the extent of dark theme in Windows.1
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It is quite a hard pick either generally coding with friends for fun or getting my first ever program done completely by myself (and I don't mean Hello world but rather my first small 'project') . But I'd probably go with my first ever program. Even though retrospectively the code is let's say not that great, it was still an awesome learning experience to actually create sth working out of code
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Did anyone else take up a subscription just so they could get the black UI?
@dfox I see what you did there.6 -
Dear fish (shell for anyone who doesn't know) ,
why the hell do you also color non errors red. Just gave me a damn heart atrack -
I love that Travis-CI lets you change all the on site fonts to comic sans, but no dark theme. Maybe if I paid them...
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If you're making a dark theme and you make it completely black. I don't know what to tell you (Looking at you Microsoft)
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I was using prismjs to do some code block hightlighting stuff, and while it has some different themes it doesn't have my favorite one: the Darcula theme from JetBrains... So I made one :D https://github.com/LucaScorpion/...
I mainly use it with Gatsby but since it's just a css (or scss) file you can use it pretty much however you want. If you guys do use it let me know if you have any suggestions/improvements! -
I am thinking about quiting my job. The version of Eclipse my company is using has a bug for dark themes when highlighting a repeated word... it has the same color as the background...2
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Light theme in Notepad++ and dark theme everywhere else. I tried dark themes in npp but didn't find any of those as good as default light theme.2
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Anyone knows a good way to enable dark mode for any website? I used to use the Stylish plugin for firefox to get dark themes on sites I am visiting frequently such as github, gitlab etc however most of these themes broke pretty often.
Are there other ways to dark theme websites, in a way that is more reliable and doesn't break on every second website visit? ._.5 -
I had to reinstall ROM for some reason on my phone. After installing devRant again I saw the light theme (the default theme) and I was like woah! too much light, take me back to the dark side my friend.
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I think I'm the only one who doesn't like the new black theme... I think I'll stick with the current dark instead3
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Okay. Confession time:
I made a devRant account to "Join the Dark Side". Dark themes are so much better than light themes. They're easier on the eyes (at least for me), they have more aesthetic appeal, and I personally love the color combinations. So I just wanted the dang dark theme. What I got was an addiction to devRant. Well done you sly developers you just hooked another user.1 -
Hello, guys please suggest a dark (preferably black) theme for my Linux Mint 18.1 PC with Cinnamon7
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I was always a huge dark theme guy. Still am for most things, like here. But I’ve found myself starting to like the black on white with lighter themes. Am I nuts or does anybody else who has been doing this longer than me have input? Any schemes that we love or are the easiest on the eyes (referring to hurting my eyes after hours of working) ?2
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@dfox
Found a bug: UI doesn't rescale properly on Android when hiding and unhiding virtual buttons
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Complaining about no dark theme? Just be like me - add one to your projects!
#NewProject #TimeForAnApp
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A retraction/update to my previous rant: use Stylus over Stylish for dark website themes. It is a fork of Stylus before it was bought by an analytics company. Thanks to those who pointed it out.1
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Getting started with my dissertation project for my degree. Using Java and Dropwizard for a backend service with a nice iOS client in Swift. Will make such a refreshing change from hacking crappy eForms together with jQuery and an Objective-C native bridge.
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Handling null like null is to be handled in production. And in current times null is good news (The app is of one of the most important german newspapers)
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Another dark theme with Monokai conversion achieved today. I feel like I'm leaving this world in a better place.
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Be open to other people's code and read a lot of it. Also just trying out new things. Code to learn and improve don't learn to improve code.
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