r/Mastodon • u/LcuBeatsWorking • 7d ago

Mastodon 5 dark mode

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So Mastodon 5.0 landed on mastodon social today, and while some stuff looks nicer, I really struggle to understand how the developers think "dark blue" (deep violet?) is appropriate as dark mode.

To be frank, it hurts my eyes. Why not stick to a dark mode color scheme like the rest of the web?

Edit: Mainly comparing it to the older 4.x dark mode, though a real black-ish dark mode would be great.

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u/LcuBeatsWorking 7d ago edited 7d ago

Also: Need to say that I now tested it on a different screen, where the "dark cyan" (aka green) looks great. But on a macbook everything looks way brighter.

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u/clgoh 7d ago

If you go in Settings => Appearance, I think the Cyan theme color is better.

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u/LcuBeatsWorking 7d ago

The dark cyan (green) theme is definitely better and less stressful, but still not really what I would call dark mode.

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u/clgoh 7d ago

For me, it's good enough.

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u/LcuBeatsWorking 7d ago

OK, I'd say it is good enough for me, too.

Still wish they would have stuck to the old blue dark mode theme of 4.x. Or had added a real grey/black dark mode.

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u/primalanomaly 7d ago

It looks dark to me 🤷‍♂️ I like it. There's a few different colour theme choices too. But if you want something else, like more customisation or an actual black theme, leave feedback. It's technically a beta, from what I've read.

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u/Dramatic_Mastodon_93 7d ago

I hate the background color.

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u/andypiperuk 6d ago

They literally have a Discourse community for you to share your comments directly with the developers and designers. https://community.joinmastodon.org/c/app-feedback/ux/6

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u/ishlia 4d ago

I created a css style in Stylus, and manually changed the colours, so that I can finally look at it... The grey colour scheme they used to use is actually very good.

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u/yami_odymel 7d ago

fixing problem that doesn't exist is my opinion to Mastodon 5

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u/victorian-ice-cream 1d ago

Yeah no Mastodon desperately needed a visual overhaul. It was maybe fine in 2020, but at this point it just begs for refreshment