issue166:mon_opinion
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issue166:mon_opinion [2021/02/27 17:03] – créée auntiee | issue166:mon_opinion [2021/03/04 15:13] (Version actuelle) – andre_domenech | ||
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- | Thinking back, it seems quite strange to remember a time when all computer screens I used had light letters on a dark background. These include an Apple ][, a Sinclair Spectrum+, and several versions of Microsoft OSes. Most used shades of a green or amber in the foreground, with some very fancy equipment using shades of grey. On the UNIX front, various versions of BSD, AIX and System V all came with similarly looking consoles, though with the very first X-Windows terminals came the lighter-colored backgrounds, | + | **Thinking back, it seems quite strange to remember a time when all computer screens I used had light letters on a dark background. These include an Apple ][, a Sinclair Spectrum+, and several versions of Microsoft OSes. Most used shades of a green or amber in the foreground, with some very fancy equipment using shades of grey. On the UNIX front, various versions of BSD, AIX and System V all came with similarly looking consoles, though with the very first X-Windows terminals came the lighter-colored backgrounds, |
- | This is not about to change. | + | This is not about to change.** |
- | This is not to say I have not played around with the many choices of dark theme for my usual desktop managers, i.e. Plasma and Cinnamon. I have even tried the dark themes on Apple’s hardware and software, both on the iPad and a laptop. In all cases, I have run into an issue with coherence. When using a dark theme, all menu options and window decorations usually are dark, as are window backgrounds such as in a file navigator. However, many web pages come out with a white or light background, as do many word processors. The end result is large areas of glaring white, which defeats the main stated purpose of using a dark theme, which is that long hours of screen time can be easier on the eyes. | + | Quand j’y pense, me souvenir d’une époque où tous les écrans d’ordinateur que j’utilisais avaient des lettres claires sur un fond sombre, notamment un Apple II, un Spectrum+ de Sinclair et plusieurs versions de systèmes d’exploitation de Microsoft me paraît assez étrange. La plupart utilisaient des nuances de vert ou d’ambre en premier plan et des machines très sophistiquées utilisaient des nuances de gris. Côté UNIX, diverses versions de BSD, AIX et System V étaient livrées avec des consoles semblables, bien que les tout premiers terminaux X-Windows aient des arrière-plans plus clairs, ce qui était le cas au cours des trente années suivantes, avec Windows, Mac OS-X et à peu près tous les environnements de bureau chez Linux à un moment ou un autre. Ainsi, comme utilisateur, j’ai acquis l’habitude d’exécuter des applications graphiques avec des arrière-plans et des widgets plus clairs. |
- | Fine, so this problem can be solved by preferring dark themes -- for web pages that offer the choice -- and by setting up your word processor to suit. Most can do so nowadays, and the likes of LibreOffice offer to use a “System theme” that changes with the main screen appearance. Loading alternative application icons (try package libreoffice-style-breeze, | + | Il n’est pas question de changer. |
- | So, coming back to why I have not been convinced by the recent trend towards | + | **This is not to say I have not played around with the many choices of dark theme for my usual desktop managers, i.e. Plasma and Cinnamon. I have even tried the dark themes |
- | The second reason for my preference for light themes is that I try to choose quality screens when buying hardware. Along with a nice keyboard, it is one of the two main criteria that I find important and am willing to spend money on. Again, this has surely a lot to do with personal preference, and, as such, is debatable. However, an objective fact here is that modern computer screens have better contrast and have lighting levels that are easier to adjust than previous models. Where I do have a tendency to prefer dark themes is when using older machines, specifically those with very bright, glaring screens with lighting that is hard to adjust. On modern hardware, adjusting screen lighting levels is usually easy enough to make a light theme very workable for my (oldish) eyes. | + | Cela ne signifie pas que je ne me suis pas amusé avec les nombreux choix de thème sombre de mes environnements de bureau habituels, c' |
- | Along a further line of thought, it must be said that many desktop managers under Linux have plenty of configuration options. A distribution that has given me much joy in this sense is Kubuntu | + | **Fine, so this problem can be solved by preferring dark themes -- for web pages that offer the choice -- and by setting up your word processor to suit. Most can do so nowadays, and the likes of LibreOffice offer to use a “System |
- | To my point: I happen to particularly like the default Kubuntu theme, with a lighter background for windows and lightish-colored elements, but darker window borders and title bars. However, if I do wish to change any of its elements, this is just a couple of clicks away. | + | Très bien, apparemment le problème peut être résolu en préférant des thèmes sombres – pour les pages Web qui proposent le choix – et en configurant votre traitement de texte de la même façon. La plupart peuvent le faire aujourd’hui et des suites comme LibreOffice proposent l’utilisation d’un « thème Système » qui change en fonction de l’apparence de l’écran principal. Charger des icônes alternatives pour des applications (essayez le paquet libreoffice-style-breeze, |
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+ | **So, coming back to why I have not been convinced by the recent trend towards dark themes, there are two main reasons, both admittedly subjective in part. The first is that I find that light letters on a dark background work less well for my eyes. This has to do with the fact that very fine lines in many fonts of the Serif family are less visible in such conditions than when using dark text on a light background. The phenomenon is well known by designers: when drawing on a dark background, you need to increase line width just so very slightly. In other words, if we were to exclusively use large Sans-serif or monospaced lettering, a dark theme with lighter letters could work quite well. This may explain why developers that use mainly text editors or integrated development environments can get on very well with a dark theme, or indeed prefer it. However, my own workflow tends to combine quite a lot of reading documents in PDF format -- where I have no option as to which font face is used -- with much text editing, where my own preference for long texts goes to Serif fonts. In other words, I am probably not within the target demographic for a dark theme.** | ||
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+ | Pour revenir aux raisons pour lesquelles je trouve la tendance récente vers des thèmes sombres peu convaincante, | ||
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+ | **The second reason for my preference for light themes is that I try to choose quality screens when buying hardware. Along with a nice keyboard, it is one of the two main criteria that I find important and am willing to spend money on. Again, this has surely a lot to do with personal preference, and, as such, is debatable. However, an objective fact here is that modern computer screens have better contrast and have lighting levels that are easier to adjust than previous models. Where I do have a tendency to prefer dark themes is when using older machines, specifically those with very bright, glaring screens with lighting that is hard to adjust. On modern hardware, adjusting screen lighting levels is usually easy enough to make a light theme very workable for my (oldish) eyes.** | ||
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+ | La deuxième raison pour laquelle je préfère des thèmes clairs, c’est que, quand j’achète du matériel, j’essaie de choisir des écrans de qualité. Avec un bon clavier, c’est l’un des deux critères principaux que je trouve importants et sur lesquels je veux bien dépenser de l’argent. À nouveau, il s’agit d’une préférence personnelle et, en tant que telle, elle est discutable. Toutefois, le fait objectif ici est que les écrans d’ordinateur modernes ont un meilleur contraste et des niveaux de luminosité qui sont plus faciles à ajuster qu’auparavant. Là où j’ai tendance à préférer des thèmes sombres, c'est lors de l’utilisation de machines vieillissantes, | ||
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+ | **Along a further line of thought, it must be said that many desktop managers under Linux have plenty of configuration options. A distribution that has given me much joy in this sense is Kubuntu and its Plasma desktop, where not only can the user choose a general theme among a selection of pre-existing options (some created by the community at large), but can also change individual colors and to which types of screen element each color is applied. This means that even if one of the existing themes rather suits a user’s liking, but does not quite achieve a perfect fit, individual alterations can be made to fine-tune the theme.** | ||
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+ | En suivant une ligne de réflexion différente, | ||
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+ | **To my point: I happen to particularly like the default Kubuntu theme, with a lighter background for windows and lightish-colored elements, but darker window borders and title bars. However, if I do wish to change any of its elements, this is just a couple of clicks away. | ||
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+ | In a general sense, screen appearance is mostly a question of personal choice. I happen to find myself firmly in the camp of white screen, not black. But I am happy to see that alternatives are available in most Ubuntu and derived distributions, | ||
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+ | Ce que je veux dire, c’est qu’il s’avère que j’aime particulièrement le thème Kubuntu par défaut, avec un arrière-plan plus clair pour les fenêtres et des éléments de couleur assez claire, mais des bords de fenêtre et des barres de titre plus foncés. Cependant, si je décide de changer l’un des éléments, un ou deux clics suffisent, tout simplement. | ||
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+ | En règle générale, l’apparence de l’écran est surtout une question de choix personnel. Il s’avère que je me trouve résolument dans le camp de l’écran blanc, pas noir. Mais je suis heureux de voir que des alternatives sont disponibles dans la plupart des distributions d’Ubuntu et ses dérivées et que les gens les utilisent effectivement selon les préférences de chaque individu. Choisir un thème clair est très bien, choisir un thème sombre est aussi très bien, et choisir quelque chose d’entièrement différent peut être encore plus intéressant. Ce n’est que quand quelques environnements de bureau enlèvent une partie de la liberté de chaque utilisateur qui ne peut plus configurer son bureau selon ses désirs – là, je pense précisément à elementary OS et Ubuntu Kyrin – que je m’attriste. Mais, malgré tout, je suis content que ces distributions existent et que les utilisateurs qui les préfèrent puissent les choisir à la place d’autres distrib. qui sont, sans doute, plus flexibles. Là aussi réside la quantité de choix offerte aux utilisateurs. | ||
- | In a general sense, screen appearance is mostly a question of personal choice. I happen to find myself firmly in the camp of white screen, not black. But I am happy to see that alternatives are available in most Ubuntu and derived distributions, |
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