Should Eddie go back to light mode for streaming?

[stemount]

I know from years of accessibility research in government that there's actually an argument for both "dark background, light text", and "light text on a dark background" as it's pretty much split 50:50 on what people find harder to read, so I am open to this being a huge fat NO.

@eddiejaoude However my suggestion is only really about the legibility of text when YouTube realises your internet is struggling a bit to stream, it will lower the bitrate and I find that this turns dark mode websites and code editors into mush.

This is an example to show the comparison at 720p side by side (scaled)

Example of 1080p GitHub

At the same time though, if you're using 1080p YouTube and the bitrate is quite good, sometimes it corrects itself:

I think it should be clear now which horse I back ;)

[mikeysan]

Interesting. I have seen what you are referring to in terms of when the bitrate drops. However, for my experience, I would still prefer dark mode.

Here's why. Everything I am on these days from phone to laptop to kindle is all displayed in dark mode. The moment I visit any site that is not in this mode it takes a considerable time for my eyes to adjust.

Actually, maybe that's just age catching up to me. Who knows 🤷

[Vyvy-vi]

The same happens with me...
(or maybe I'm aging faster 🤔 xD)

[stemount]

yea I hear you @mikeysan @Vyvy-vi I was wondering what would happen. I've done some further research and my best guess to keep dark mode is to beat the compression™

e.g. a solution for this whole thing is basically whacking up the font size so more pixels change.

[eddiejaoude]

Thanks @stemount !! Amazing and super useful feedback ❤️

I am happy to switch to light mode for streaming, as well as increase the font size even further. I don't mind light mode for GitHub 🤓

[stemount]

Thanks all for the feedback. I think whacking up the font size is the fix overall and I totally hear @mikeysan and @Vyvy-vi with their feedback - and @srinath1412001 with thumbs up!