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burke on Dec 20, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: 63% Prefer a Dark Themed Text Editor

I didn't understand the love for solarized until I got a decent quality monitor. Now I use it for MacVim, iTerm2, and Adium (I just tweaked the colours in minimal_mod, and can share if anyone cares). It's perfect.

teilo on Dec 20, 2011 [–]

Yes, if you don't have a proper gamma curve, a lot of the medium-contrast darker themes look poor.

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