What do you think of the design?
I'm looking to get member feedback on the design of the site.
Lemmy comes with many default core themes. Some parts of these themes are broken with dark mode. For example, upload boxes might show white if your system is set to light mode.
I want to set a decent default theme. If unaware, you can change your theme in your account settings. There are 10 different themes currently.
There are 12 different theme options:
- Browser Default
- When this is set, it uses Darkly or Litely depending on browser settings
- Browser Default Compact
- When this is set, it uses Darkly Compact or Litely Compact, depending on browser settings
- Darkly
- Darly Red
- Darkly Compact
- Darkly Pure Black
- Litely
- Litely Red
- Litely Compact
- Vaporwave Dark
- Vaporwave Light
- i386
I currently have the default set to Browser Default Compact, which should set dark or light mode depending on whether your browser is dark or light.
I use Vaporwave Dark, personally.
What do you use? Which do you prefer?
I could make something new. I tried some new ones that broke with an update. I didn't fix them after the update, so I removed them. I could create new ones again.
Let me know what you think. This is a discussion/poll on what I should do as a default.
Thanks, Jason
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I agree. I'd mostly do a color scheme. Lemmy's UI doesn't support themes exactly. It's mostly a matter of tweaking Boostrap 5 variables.
I don't like Green as the primary color of the auto dark/light mode themes; however, the auto swapping between dark/light mode based on your system is hardcoded and will not work with newer theme schemes.
I'm somewhat limited in what I can do. I can change colors, some positioning, and fonts. Anything CSS/Boostrap 5.
I was thinking of making a couple:
Before I even get to it, I have some other things to wrap up. I posted this to see gauge the members.
Thanks for your feedback, it's helpful.
For me, it's i386
I'd like it more if the blue was more dull. I understand it matches the old monitors but we don't have to live with that anymore haha
Love the Vaporwave Dark but the font is hard for my dyslexia to read.
Also light text on light background is challenging as well.
I had a theme with OpenDyslexic before. Did you happen to use it, or would you find that beneficial if it were an option? Like Vaporwave Dark with OpenDylexic font.
I did not try it, happy to, I could also just force a different font.
Here are some examples of contrast conflicts that make it difficult to read.
https://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/advice/employers/creating-a-dyslexia-friendly-workplace/dyslexia-friendly-style-guide
Thanks a lot! I'll work on a new theme in about a week and see if I can make something easier to read.
Very kind of you, I really like the base of the vaporwave dark if you just want to tweak that.
I was thinking the same thing
I use "Darkly Red". Light themes are too bright for me. Maybe a theme that resembles old yellowish book pages would be nice. On mobile, the sidebar is hidden by default and you can see it by clicking on the button - this is a nice feature that lets you see content more centered.
That's a good idea. The light theme I made before had a yellowish tint but wasn't super noticeable. I'll keep that in mind. Perhaps it would make sense for me to make a new theme.