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Posted by Dormouse
Jun 21, 2023 at 06:13 PM
My eyes are very sensitive to glare from the screen. I can cope with light mode for only a limited amount of time. A dark mode with large areas of white is unusable. It used to be common for programs to have low quality dark modes, but this has generally improved. Excel is widely known to be problematic so that there’s a well publicised workaround involving putting a dark image behind all cells; Google Sheets just works. I’ve learned only to use programs that work for me.
As a more general point, it’s about attention to detail.
Paul Korm wrote:
I’m always curious why the appearance of software is enough to almost
>instantly repel, before probing the depths to see the possible fitness
>of that software to serve one’s needs.
>
>Dormouse wrote:
>With all the praise for TheBrain, I thought I’d try it again.
>>Uninstalled it in less than five minutes. No decent dark mode,
>>antiquated interface.
Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Jun 22, 2023 at 01:32 PM
I won’t say it is the most attractive implementation of “dark mode,” but you can surely make TheBrain operate without any light or white areas. Just in case you missed it.
Dormouse wrote:
My eyes are very sensitive to glare from the screen. I can cope with
>light mode for only a limited amount of time. A dark mode with large
>areas of white is unusable. It used to be common for programs to have
>low quality dark modes, but this has generally improved. Excel is widely
>known to be problematic so that there’s a well publicised workaround
>involving putting a dark image behind all cells; Google Sheets just
>works. I’ve learned only to use programs that work for me.
>
>As a more general point, it’s about attention to detail.
>
>Paul Korm wrote:
>I’m always curious why the appearance of software is enough to almost
>>instantly repel, before probing the depths to see the possible fitness
>>of that software to serve one’s needs.
>>
>>Dormouse wrote:
>>With all the praise for TheBrain, I thought I’d try it again.
>>>Uninstalled it in less than five minutes. No decent dark mode,
>>>antiquated interface.
Posted by Dormouse
Jun 23, 2023 at 12:18 PM
Stephen Zeoli wrote:
I won’t say it is the most attractive implementation of “dark mode,” but
>you can surely make TheBrain operate without any light or white areas.
>Just in case you missed it.
I switched to dark mode but still had half the pane glaring white.
I went through the preferences looking for a setting to turn it off, but found nothing.
I’m not saying that there isn’t one somewhere, but I couldn’t stomach looking further in the face of the glare.
A well thought out dark mode is an absolute requirement for me and most programs have it now. In my experience, programs with antiquated interfaces are more likely to have issues.
Posted by Amontillado
Jun 25, 2023 at 11:25 PM
Today I learned a new Devonthink trick. You can put commands in URLs. Search is my favorite.
For instance, I downloaded all of our State statutes (I didn’t break any that I know of). In six months the new version will come out.
It’s about 5,000 files and I don’t want to assume the next release will have the same file name so wikilinks may not survive refreshing the data.
Instead of conventional linking between a note and the supporting file, I can do a Markdown link like this:
[Unemployment](x-devonthink://search?query=content:%22TEXAS%20UNEMPLOYMENT%20COMPENSATION%20ACT%22%20AND%20209.001)
In Devonthink terms, it’s like a link being a smart group, pretty much.
By default it searches in all open databases. You can add %20scope:DatabaseName at the end of the query string to select a particular database, and it works from applications supporting the x-devonthink URLs.
Happy, happy, happy.
I can see a lot of use for this.
Posted by satis
Jul 2, 2023 at 10:53 PM
FYI I thought this recent video offered a very evenhanded comparison of Logseq and Obsidian:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H99yBZQRIq8