On: 63% Prefer a Dark Themed Text Editor

[aresant]

This feels like the old Coke vs. Pepsi blind-taste challenge.

Pepsi won a majority of the time on first taste because it is instantly sweeter.

But long term people prefer the flavor and full experience of Coke.

In my experience this translates: the dark-theme instantly feels more clear and crisp.

But over time I find that the dark creates too much contrast and slows me down.

[burgerbrain → aresant]

Personally I'm a fan of dark backgrounds that use a dark grey background with various earth tones for the foreground. Rather low contrast.