On PNGs, Dark Mode, and Light Themed Text Editors: A Slogging Thread

This article used graphs that had a transparent background and now the tables disappear into the background. How can we make this better?

Should I just ask him to reupload the photos? https://hackernoon.com/humanitarian-engineering-the-open-source-pandemic-response-r93g3349

Heya Amy, are you in dark mode and they are low contrast?

I’m in dark mode and it shows up like this

Ok yea sorry I always forget about dark mode :boomer:

Asking them is the easiest option. This is a PNG issue. They exported as a transparent background. If you fix on your own, export as jpg after importing in an image editor.

Maybe we do what my browser extension does... inverts black in images

Deluminate does a good job... I never actually use a website dark mode 💭

Not bad! I guess I’ll just email him and ask him to resubmit

Our darkmode is constantly missing the right styles for new features, it's a never ending battle. Would be neato to find a javascript library that replicated the browser extension...

Maybe https://darkmodejs.learn.uno/ one more thing to look into

Richard-kubina we'll handle that

Let's freeze it for now

Richard-kubina you never use dark mode??? I only exclusively use dark mode lol

Yea I realize I am a weirdo now

If it's late i just turn down the screen brightness... I hardly even use the extension... hmm

I hope you're not programming in a light theme because if you are, then yes bro - Weird Alert!!😂

Oh no fuck that

Why the dichotomy, I have no idea

Because light mode sucks when you spend enough time on it

There's a dark theme chrome extension that makes all my sites dark themed

I even use dark mode in kindle Utsav Jaiswal 😂

Hahaha - yes. It is so much better in dark mode

Maybe its so I don't start trying to type code into websites

Try the light theme once - your eyes will hate you

I'll leave my browser extension on and see how it goes... I think what happens is that the difference is so jarring that familiar sites feel unfamiliar and I want to go back to the fold where I am safe

Gotcha - not gonna be an evangelist here.

Actually, I do have a light theme handy in my editor for when I code on the deck. Glossy screens and sunlight :y-u-no:

Fun fact: Joe Biden’s https://www.whitehouse.gov/ used dark mode too and Kien https://www.facebook.com/kien.dao.2/posts/2888531904756025.

When my excel sheets go dark mode, I freak out too.

See!

We should publish this as a slogging post.

This dark mode is messing with me... now I think it's 2AM and I should go to bed. Thanks

Yeah - Thanks to Amy Tom and her PNG query that we hijacked.

Hijack away :pirate_flag:

Richard-kubina - can there be a way by which we can export just about any thread into slogging?

I think we can edit any slogging threads right?

In the drafts - yes.

You mean from any channel? Just need to add the app to the all the channels

This prompts me to create a new twitter poll:

If you don’t use dark mode you are an idiot:
a. totally
b. dark mode my a**

W.I.Z.A.R.D

Why have we not installed it in all of our channels already - We talk gold all day

Linh I am actually curious about the group I am in where you browse in light mode but code(work?) in dark mode

Sure let’s add one more option.
c. dark mode sucks except when you code

Everyone codes in dark mode - except psychopaths. Fun Fact

OMG

I think anyone can do it (see my light themed slack here?)

c. Dark mode sucks except when you code. If you code in light mode you are a psychopath.

Utsav, you click the circled

i icon,

then

more ...

and then

Add apps

. search for slogging

Yup - already on it

Wow - Is is weird that I feel attacked when someone sends me instructions to a tech thing?😂

RTFM