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Please change all interfaces over to dark by default, and NEVER flash the screen white while loading

Infrastructure Solutions
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February 23, 2024

Please change all interfaces over to dark by default, and NEVER flash the screen white while loading

This is a very simple task, please default everything to a dark theme, please don't flash any screen white, while it's loading.   I have visual problems, and the white flashing is very irritating, and the light theme is hard to focus on.   I especially do not want any area of your software to show up in a light theme, when I have the theme set to dark. 

This includes the settings panel, user pages, Atlassian administration, etc... keep everything in the same theme.

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Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
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February 23, 2024

I am with you on half of this.

The flashing screen during rendering is absolutely terrible and should not happen.  Other software doesn't have this problem.

But under no circumstances should a dark theme be a default.  A lot more people would struggle with it than those who don't work well with a light theme.  I work with people who simply can't use Atlassian's software when the dark theme has been enabled, including one who can work with it visually until it triggers a migraine.

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June 18, 2024

Light themes in general are hard to work with, since they are too bright and the contrast is usually terrible.  Well I'm typing this reply, I'm having a hard time focusing on the box, because my visual area is overloaded. 

I understand that other people will feel differently, so maybe the solution is to ask first, and then continue on with the theme they pick, so they can comfortably work with the software platform.

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