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does anyone know if the Windows dark theme will be improved and stuff? like will task manager and the control panel get a dark mode?

  1. LukeSavenije
  2. Windows7ge

    Windows7ge

    It makes sense to me that they haven't and I wouldn't hold my breath that they will. Those are advanced windows that normal people would never look at. Just like network adapter settings, services, or the registry editor. If you need to kill a task, assign an IP, or anything in control panel like remove an application from the system it's not something normal people are going to be doing all the time so why would Microsoft invest the time in making a dark theme for something most people will never look at?

     

    If you're willing to modify your own windows install though you can change the colors.

  3. Ashley MLP Fangirl

    Ashley MLP Fangirl

    @Windows7ge if that's the case why did Apple bother to make every single app, even the really advanced one's like terminal and the network utility, properly support dark mode? 

  4. imreloadin

    imreloadin

    @firelighter487 because Apple's entire shtick is "User Experience"? I mean it wasn't that hard to figure out...

  5. Windows7ge

    Windows7ge

    Because Microsoft ≠ Apple. Big corporations don't have to follow what every single other one does.

     

    Not to mention it's possible the code that controls the colors in OSX(or whatever they're up to now) may be called from the same location every time a window is opened which would make different themes very easy to implement.

     

    It's possible Windows has to call the window colors theme from multiple different sources depending on what windows are being accessed making dark theme integration more work and quite possibly an extremely low priority.

     

    Regardless of the reason the OS's are different made by different manufacturers each with their own ideals. The way Microsoft operates I just don't see dark theme coming to advanced function windows. Better off implementing it yourself.

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