Dark vs. Light Screen Modes

Skills

  • Data coding

  • Data analysis

  • Study creation

  • Self driven

Tools

  • Tobi Eye Tacking

  • Excel

  • Unity

  • Canva

Methodology

  • Convenience sample of 10

  • Participants were given, and signed, a consent form

  • Participants were instructed to rewrite sentences to the best of their ability; 5 in dark, and 5 in light mode

  • Sentences were given in escalating difficulty based on academic reading test guidelines

One of life’s big questions… is light or dark mode better for reading and understanding information digitally?

Findings

  • Most participants started with a dark mode preference

  • Average spelling mistakes: light - 1.4, dark - 0.9

  • Average sentence fixations: light - 36.8, dark - 35

  • Overall, participants had an easier time understanding content in dark mode

Takeaways: Doing Research Alone

  • I was the only one responsible for planning and creating the test and for how data was collected. This meant I got experience with pivoting halfway through

  • Experience with eye-tracking software, and having to learn it very fast

  • Ended up with lots of experience in coding data from video recordings

  • I got experience with creating a Unity prototype that became the test

  • Experience with creating a test based on academic guidelines