New "Dark" theme Is Unusable for Migraine/Sight-Impaired Users - Make the OLD Dark theme an option
I have to make a post with this plea again because it really shouldn't be lost. This is a serious issue that impacts people's ability to even engage with the app without physical harm, and there was a tidal wave of feedback on this after the update at the beginning of December that you can see here on this forum and on reddit and elsewhere. But updates released right before the holidays are typically very strategic by a company - they're meant to allow outrage to fly while they have the excuse of being out for the holidays so that the company can be unresponsive, and with the hope that by the time a team is back at work the customers will have given up on their grievances.
This isn't one we can give up on, nor one the Discord team should ignore.
Your new dark mode is actually unreadable for people who suffer from vision issues like astigmatism, or for those who suffer from migraines or other vision-triggered conditions.
There are many changes made with the new mobile app update that people don't like, but this one is actually harmful. All it would take to fix it is to make the OLD dark mode an option that we can pick.
PLEASE.
The coding for the old dark mode colors is still there, you can see it still being used in the Settings options menus, and it's still on the desktop. Rename it to GRAY mode if you want, no one cares, just make it AVAILABLE again.
What was the point of REMOVING it? Add all the new themes you can think of, there will always be some that are good for some people. But it was completely unnecessary to wipe out an existing theme to do it. Just bring it back as a selectable option!!
And I'm sure that a lot of people will hate me for this suggestion (and justifiably so to some degree because it would be incredibly underhanded of Discord to remove a standard mode and suddenly put it behind a paywall that impacts disabled people specifically), but I rely on Discord so much, and this new dark mode is so negatively impactful, that I would even subscribe to Nitro to get the old mode back. Just make it an option SOMEWHERE.
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Huh? Old dark theme is still there. Now there is light, dark and midnight.
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Lontry - It's NOT still there. If you look back to dozens and dozens of posts made here (not to mention on Reddit) in the days and weeks after the patch hit, you will see many people reporting the same. The theme now called “Dark” is not the same as the previous dark theme. Anyone could put their phone up next to the desktop version to see the difference; the old and familiar low contrast gray of the previous Dark theme is still present on desktop (and in fact still present in the settings menus panels and bubbles of mobile), but no longer present on mobile as an overall theme. (To add insult to injury, it WAS present for a while if you set the theme to Automatic, and then that was changed after people were reporting it as a solution.)
If you have not noticed the difference, then you are fortunate enough to not have a disability that makes the difference very painfully apparent. The background color tone is no longer the same, the text is brighter, and the overall contrast is much more intense.
It is NOT the same dark theme, and this new theme is agonizing for people with visual problems or migraine sufferers, and there was a LOT of feedback about this that can still be found on these forums and elsewhere. My concern is that the devs not sweep it under the rug with the holidays in between as an excuse to say it fell off the front page. The response was very strong, and this change is causing physical harm to many users. (Before anyone laughs that away, just know if you're not one of the people being harmed then you are fortunate, great for you, but other people have disabilities that you don't.) There is no reason that they can't simply make the OLD dark theme an option again.3 -
yes, it’s too high contrast! it hurts my eyes :( for some, high contrast is helpful, but for others, it’s physically painful. we need to have different options. its frustrating that discord hasn’t been listening to its disabled customers so far.
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I’m sorry to hear that the high contrast on Discord is causing you discomfort. High contrast can indeed be helpful for some users, but it can also be physically painful for others. Discord has recently introduced a dedicated Accessibility section in its User Settings that includes options such as High Contrast Settings and Saturation Slider. JCPenney Kiosk The High Contrast Settings feature is currently being rolled out slowly to all Discord users on a Windows device. If you’re on a Windows device, you can enable Windows High Contrast Mode to apply custom, high-contrast themes natively across Windows. You can also choose to opt out of the high contrast mode by turning off Sync contrast settings from your Accessibility settings tab. If you prefer to keep Discord’s theme colors on your client even with High Contrast Mode enabled on your device, you will have to disable Sync contrast settings from your Accessibility settings tab. I hope this information helps you find a solution that works for you. If you have any other questions or concerns, feel free to ask. 😊
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