A question on font colors.

[Edward78]

Why are they gray now, they should be black on light mode & white on dark. The OSes were so much easier to read when they were not gray.

[BiotechBen]

16 minutes ago, Edward78 said:

Why are they gray now, they should be black on light mode & white on dark. The OSes were so much easier to read when they were not gray.

On mobile mine are white on black/dark grey. 

Don't even get me started on Sheets dark mode and having fill color.

[Edward78]

1 hour ago, BiotechBen said:

On mobile mine are white on black/dark grey. 

Don't even get me started on Sheets dark mode and having fill color.

Can I make all the fonts white?

[BushMasterJM]

You can change them sometimes but I agree, black and white text is way easier to read.

[Edward78]

9 hours ago, BushMasterJM said:

You can change them sometimes but I agree, black and white text is way easier to read.

Why did they ever change it? Back in the 00s and earlier that is how it was? It really sucks with vision issues.

[BushMasterJM]

5 hours ago, Edward78 said:

Why did they ever change it? Back in the 00s and earlier that is how it was? It really sucks with vision issues.

To make things look sleek, idk. Some crack head software engineer.

[Mark Kaine]

On 10/14/2023 at 6:22 AM, BushMasterJM said:

You can change them sometimes but I agree, black and white text is way easier to read.

personally i prefer neon green on pitch black... could do this at least until Vista, but nowadays its just "no customization for you!" ._.

 

 

[Biohazard777]

2 hours ago, Mark Kaine said:

personally i prefer neon green on pitch black... could do this at least until Vista, but nowadays its just "no customization for you!" ._.

Haven't done it myself, but you should be able to do that on Windows, even today:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/change-color-contrast-in-windows-fedc744c-90ac-69df-aed5-c8a90125e696

[undergroundbeef]

Designers will tell you dark gray text on a slightly off-white background looks better than black on white. I assume the same logic was used when flipping to dark mode.

 

I have to believe half of it is designers trying to justify their job, when they turn out minimal designs that don't look like much, saying to use #2f3640 text on a #f5f6fa background (I just picked a random dark and light color from a pallet site), will give them more cred than #000 on #fff.

 

mock up: https://jsfiddle.net/kgv7mxc6/2/

 

There is an argument that avoiding a harsh white is easier on the eyes, but it seems like that could be left up to the browser settings, for people who have issues with that.