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2 years agoIt’s not even that. Applications should ask the desktop environment to present information, and not need to know about your colour choices. There’s no reason to have separate “modes” in different applications.
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It’s not even that. Applications should ask the desktop environment to present information, and not need to know about your colour choices. There’s no reason to have separate “modes” in different applications.
Some types of application I prefer light, some dark. But the premise is wrong:
Only if you’re using OLED, which most people aren’t, and by very little. You could save more battery by using a low-power mode when you don’t need all the bells and whistles.
Debatable, different for different people.
That’s not objective, it’s personal taste :)