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On 11/18/2019 at 6:12 PM, PinkElephant said:

I prefer to have engineering hours invested into more forward-looking issues than to heal the shortcomings of one of the operating systems the app is running on.

But the most forward-looking issue on windows is the implementation of dark-mode according to the forums.

On 11/18/2019 at 11:11 PM, jefito said:

I doubt that anyone expects everyone here to understand the technical aspects of implementing dark mode; I don't fully understand it myself, as I've never implemented it, though I have a fair understanding of Windows programming. On the other hand, I don't understand how to fix anything much more complicated than a flat tire on my bicycle, and so, like non-techies here, I need to rely on others' understanding of the problem domain. Possible responses in that case range from "Oh, OK" to "You lazy programmers are just giving us fake news again!!!". Whatever. Again, according to the testimony of someone who had their hands on the Evernote Windows code, it's not a simple matter, and despite the feature's popularity it's apparently been prioritized down. Folks here can trust them or not (I do because they spend a fair amount of time on the forums helping users in a constructive way). BTW, note that Evernote have implemented dark mode on platforms where it where is feasible, evidently the Windows case isn't. If it were easy, they would have also done it Windows, don't you think?

Some fun dark mode reading: do a web search on "is dark mode a fad?"  

I also trust them when they say it's not a simple matter. Implementing dark mode probably requires them to restructure and hire more developers. But that's the whole point, right? To achieve complex things to stay ahead of your competitors like  OneNote and Keep. I'm an amateur when it comes to coding so maybe I don't understand, but amateurs on the internet have already build a semi-stable prototype of Evernote with a dark mode that works. If amateurs can do it in their free time Evernote surely could do it with the help of professional developers, a full access to the proprietary software, lots of moneys, and some elbow grease. 
You are clearly a person that I admire immensely, a person that helps stupid users like me in forums so I don't want to bicker but you must know as well that when users mention "lazy programmers" or "fake news" their feedback is hinting at something missing, in this case, a dark mode! And as a person that stares at a computer screen 12 hours a day dark mode is one lame fad that I can get behind 😎

On 10/21/2019 at 8:28 PM, PinkElephant said:

Maybe one should read through a thread before adding to it.

EN depends on the OS to set up something like a dark mode, unless they want to create it from scratch today, just to see it skipped by an OS update tomorrow. Windows currently does not support a dark mode from the OS.

So it is easy to get dark mode, if one is serious about it: Get yourself a Mac, get yourself an iPad, they all support dark mode by the OS, and in EN there is one simple switch: Stay in daylight mode all the time, or use the dark mode setting from the OS settings. If you choose this, you get dark mode always on, or depending on a toggle in the OS. MacOS can even use the daily sunset hour to switch to dark mode.

Or blame who is to blame, which is MS for not properly supporting a dark mode ...

I don't think we can expect the users to understand the technical constraints of implementing dark mode. Plus the claim that it's almost impossible is not obvious as many other MS apps have the feature; Adobe, OneNote, Keep, etc. The fact is that this company has had 7 years to implement this most requested feature and they have chosen not to - which is a shame. But I think this forum is a fine place for feedback from users, no matter how ignorant we are and how "impossible" the features we request. 

On 1/2/2019 at 3:04 PM, jefito said:

This is a duplicate of requests in the Windows feature request forum. Moving it there.

Yes, and duplicates will keep on appearing on this forum until Evernote gives the majority of their paying users a dark theme. 

I am using Simplenote and Notepad++ until this thing gets sorted. 

Due to the fact that Evernote refuses to listen to its customer base, I am forced to cancel my subscription and I am looking for an alternative app. Any suggestions?