Just thinking about the instructor I had who was adamant that dark mode is "just better" and would keep bringing up the reduced consumption on OLED screens, etc. and I had to sit there fuming in silence because
- I checked and Website Carbon gives his personal business website an F, so clearly he's well beyond the point where fucking DARK MODE is providing any meaningful advantage, that thing CHUGS on my laptop
- It's the exact opposite on LCD screens—solid white is the least energized state of a liquid crystal while solid black is maximally energized, so until CSS starts listening for a user agent value representing the minimal resource state of the monitor (black for CRT and OLED, white for LCD and paper,1 etc.), you cannot prove that Joe Schmoe's budget PC will save energy with dark mode
- Dark mode is useful for some disabled people in some situations but if you try to go against the dark mode evangelists and say it isn't always best, you will be treated as if you must be either misinformed or stupid to not agree with them... despite the reasons a person might avoid dark mode ALSO often stemming from disability
Then again this instructor also waved off the concept of accessibility, saying it'd be nice but it's not a priority so. not really aligned with my design philosophy.
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I mention paper in part bc his website has no print CSS, so if someone attempted to print it, it would be at massive personal expense (so much ink! so much toner!!!) and most of the pages would be superfluous
