Dark Themes versus Light Themes

[Shawn Gossman]

Which type of theme do you prefer?

A dark theme?

Or a light theme?

Vote and feel free to reply!

 

[B.F]

I voted dark because it’s easy on the eyes where winter was glooming and no sunlight I had to adjust my eyes to the everything bright even though winter was bad the fire in my heart remains.

 

[Cpvr]

I prefer light themes. I only use dark mode at night, but having both options for users can be a good idea.

 

[Tracy]

The answer is "yes".
You offer both to your users.. either on a selectable basis or following their device settings. With XenForo (and several others) it is really not that hard to do now.
For me, in my niche... using the system default is nicer as if it is bright out, I really don't want to be looking at a dark theme as the contrast can get tiring.
And if it's dark out, I sure as heck do not want a bright white screen shining in my face!

 

[Shawn Gossman]

I try to offer both.

But on my blog, I really just have one - light. I think that might be something that I (we bloggers) should consider!

 

[JWeb]

Overall, I prefer dark themes but depending on the environment I'm in I might switch to a light theme.

 

[Shawn Gossman]

Overall, I prefer dark themes but depending on the environment I'm in I might switch to a light theme.

How do you like the dark theme here?

 

[JWeb]

How do you like the dark theme here?

I like it. Some themes I've come across don't have a good contrast ratio and makes it harder to read and navigate. But not the case here!

 

[Cedric]

Other.

It’s 2025. If you’re not offering both light and dark themes, you’re leaving part of your audience behind - plain and simple.

 

[Shawn Gossman]

Other.

It’s 2025. If you’re not offering both light and dark themes, you’re leaving part of your audience behind - plain and simple.

Yeah, I think you're right about that.

 

[Tracy]

Other.

It’s 2025. If you’re not offering both light and dark themes, you’re leaving part of your audience behind - plain and simple.

hehehehe.
I take it a step further for my niche. In addition to a light and dark version... I offer a special one. Night vision. Mainly red/black and the prefixes tags have been toned down quite a bit. Need to do some tweaking on it as I noticed that the last upgrade messed a few things up.