My eyes are very sensitive to bright lights, and normally I view the display in Inverse Colors. Then, if I need to see images correctly, I use a short-cut key to quickly switch back to normal display mode. So, I am interested in 'dark mode', but the question is…how many screen elements will have the 'dark mode' capability? Apparently the top menus and dock are included. Will the screen background, application sidebars, or other textual areas on applications go 'dark'? Will everything go 'dark' except for the images?
If you think about it, your TV is in 'dark mode', with normal images, and usually have white text on a small dark background on the TV image. Or the white text may be an overlay. What you usually don't see is black text on a white background on a TV (except for set-up menus).
How did black text on a white background become the computer display norm? The idea was to replicate a typewritten document in a GUI environment. Before the GUI, many monitors attached to a mainframe had light green text on a black background.
How does that saying go.... the more things change, the more they remain the same.
Of course, that isn't valid here actually.
I love this screenshot. I want to buy some really old OS versions and get them running on virtual machine if I can. I joined the Apple eco-system too late - during the Snow Leopard days.
I do have a MacMini running Tiger, but I would love to get my hands on OS 9 and stuff before that...
I really like this theme. If you use it with the Solid Aqua Graphite background colour the OS looks quite tasteful. But then you open a Finder window and look at the icons in the toolbar and it doesn't look quite so good.
I actually don't believe Jony Ive had any input in to this GUI. He must be head of the department at an executive level but doesn't have any day to day involvement in actual product design. Because Apple's hardware is *so* tasteful, but their GUIs just aren't. It seems unlikely the same person could have done both. They seem like a different aesthetic.
To be done right it means apps will have to have an alternative dark interface. Native UI components like windows and dialogs can inherit from the system. Custom components will have to have 2 states and things like icons for menu bar items will have to have a light version to stand out agains the dark menu, unless apple can figure out a way to automagically create a mask for the icons. I'm sure there will be a whole slew of app updates with "now supports Yosemite dark mode." release notes.
You can do pretty much the same thing with the Accessibility pane right now; so what's the deal?
No, you can't. You can make a negative of the whole screen--which gives you black menus, along with messed up video, photos, graphics you're working on, icons, album art, games, Finder tags, wallpaper.... every aspect of color on the whole system.
Now we can have a dark theme for the UI without messing up non-UI elements. Looking forward to it!
I don't know why they don't make Dark Mode the default of the OS anyways. I think it looks so much better. I've always adored the UI of Apple's Pro Apps because of the dark interface.
I'd like to have the mode change to dark at sunset and light at sunrise.
I wish Safari had a "dark background" feature allowing the user to darken white backgrounds on web pages. I hate it when I am up late at night with the brightness turned all the way down but still squinting in pain at the bright screen.
appleinsider.com is a good example (no offense guys).
I'd like to have the mode change to dark at sunset and light at sunrise.
1) I doubt I could do it but I bet that could be done with a simple script that was loaded when you log in assuming it won't require the user to log out and then back in as it currently is with the Terminal command.
2) I would think a better solution isn't the time of day but rather the amount of ambient light in the room.
How does that saying go.... the more things change, the more they remain the same.
Of course, that isn't valid here actually.
I love this screenshot. I want to buy some really old OS versions and get them running on virtual machine if I can. I joined the Apple eco-system too late - during the Snow Leopard days.
I do have a MacMini running Tiger, but I would love to get my hands on OS 9 and stuff before that...
A proportion of the population will always be masochists.
I'd like to have the mode change to dark at sunset and light at sunrise.
1) I doubt I could do it but I bet that could be done with a simple script that was loaded when you log in assuming it won't require the user to log out and then back in as it currently is with the Terminal command.
2) I would think a better solution isn't the time of day but rather the amount of ambient light in the room.
I don't want a better solution; I want the mode to tell me when it's sunrise and sunset without having to do anything but look at the screen.
I'd like to have the mode change to dark at sunset and light at sunrise.
f.lux (https://justgetflux.com/) does something analogous with the display color temperature. I think what you propose would require a continuous spectrum of themes between light and dark to work well. Otherwise, a binary switch from dark to light could be quite jarring IMO.
<span style="line-height:1.4em;">f.lux (</span> https://justgetflux.com/) <span style="line-height:1.4em;">does something analogous with the display color temperature. I think what you propose would require a continuous spectrum of themes between light and dark to work well. Otherwise, a binary switch from dark to light could be quite jarring IMO.</span>
Looks good but I'm halfway done writing [@]Benjamin Frost[/@] a program that will shutdown his computer when the sunset and won't turn on again until daybreak.
I really like this theme. If you use it with the Solid Aqua Graphite background colour the OS looks quite tasteful. But then you open a Finder window and look at the icons in the toolbar and it doesn't look quite so good.
I actually don't believe Jony Ive had any input in to this GUI. He must be head of the department at an executive level but doesn't have any day to day involvement in actual product design. Because Apple's hardware is *so* tasteful, but their GUIs just aren't. It seems unlikely the same person could have done both. They seem like a different aesthetic.
I agree with ascii. This theme is nice but it is too dark. solid aqua graphite background color looks nice.
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My eyes are very sensitive to bright lights, and normally I view the display in Inverse Colors. Then, if I need to see images correctly, I use a short-cut key to quickly switch back to normal display mode. So, I am interested in 'dark mode', but the question is…how many screen elements will have the 'dark mode' capability? Apparently the top menus and dock are included. Will the screen background, application sidebars, or other textual areas on applications go 'dark'? Will everything go 'dark' except for the images?
If you think about it, your TV is in 'dark mode', with normal images, and usually have white text on a small dark background on the TV image. Or the white text may be an overlay. What you usually don't see is black text on a white background on a TV (except for set-up menus).
How did black text on a white background become the computer display norm? The idea was to replicate a typewritten document in a GUI environment. Before the GUI, many monitors attached to a mainframe had light green text on a black background.
Oh, the memories of years gone by...
How does that saying go.... the more things change, the more they remain the same.
Of course, that isn't valid here actually.
I love this screenshot. I want to buy some really old OS versions and get them running on virtual machine if I can. I joined the Apple eco-system too late - during the Snow Leopard days.
I do have a MacMini running Tiger, but I would love to get my hands on OS 9 and stuff before that...
I really like this theme. If you use it with the Solid Aqua Graphite background colour the OS looks quite tasteful. But then you open a Finder window and look at the icons in the toolbar and it doesn't look quite so good.
I actually don't believe Jony Ive had any input in to this GUI. He must be head of the department at an executive level but doesn't have any day to day involvement in actual product design. Because Apple's hardware is *so* tasteful, but their GUIs just aren't. It seems unlikely the same person could have done both. They seem like a different aesthetic.
I'd like to have the mode change to dark at sunset and light at sunrise.
Go to bed earlier. Problem solved.
1) I doubt I could do it but I bet that could be done with a simple script that was loaded when you log in assuming it won't require the user to log out and then back in as it currently is with the Terminal command.
2) I would think a better solution isn't the time of day but rather the amount of ambient light in the room.
A proportion of the population will always be masochists.
I don't want a better solution; I want the mode to tell me when it's sunrise and sunset without having to do anything but look at the screen.
I'd like to have the mode change to dark at sunset and light at sunrise.
f.lux (https://justgetflux.com/) does something analogous with the display color temperature. I think what you propose would require a continuous spectrum of themes between light and dark to work well. Otherwise, a binary switch from dark to light could be quite jarring IMO.
Looks good but I'm halfway done writing [@]Benjamin Frost[/@] a program that will shutdown his computer when the sunset and won't turn on again until daybreak.
I really like this theme. If you use it with the Solid Aqua Graphite background colour the OS looks quite tasteful. But then you open a Finder window and look at the icons in the toolbar and it doesn't look quite so good.
I actually don't believe Jony Ive had any input in to this GUI. He must be head of the department at an executive level but doesn't have any day to day involvement in actual product design. Because Apple's hardware is *so* tasteful, but their GUIs just aren't. It seems unlikely the same person could have done both. They seem like a different aesthetic.
I agree with ascii. This theme is nice but it is too dark. solid aqua graphite background color looks nice.
Oh, the memories of years gone by...
This brought me some fond memories from the good ol' 680x0 days, that's for sure
Batman Mode™
Hahahaha ....yeahh funny love it Batman Mode