One of the perennial high powered technology debates is whether Light or Dark mode is better. This ranks alongside similar torch and pitch fork ‘discussion’ events like iOS or Android, PC or Mac and tabs or spaces. Luckily, just about everything these days, including Microsoft 365, supports a choice of modes.
Now I’ve dabbled with switching to dark mode over the years but recently I’ve decided to go all in for at least 30 days. This means I’ve switched EVERYTHING to dark mode. Every app, every device. Dark mode everywhere.
So, I’ve switched my Office apps (OneNote above), browsers (Edge and Brave) as well as Microsoft 365 and Azure into dark mode.
A few days in, I gotta admit, that it takes some getting used to. The border of desktop windows is much harder to find along with the dialog windows header. I notice far more reflection from what’s behind me when using my Surface PC, which is somewhat distracting, and the local post office had issues scanning an email QR code on my iPad until I changed it back to light mode. However, I’m sticking it out for the full 30 days to see but I’m not a convert as yet by any means.
I think that dark mode works a lot better if you are a coding type who spends hours and hours every day looking at lines of code. That is not the case for productivity workers who are regularly swapping between applications. This, in my opinion, is much harder when using dark mode.
Let’s see what the 30 day trial brings. I do appreciate the benefits but whether these are noticeable to me, only time will tell.
CIAOPS 