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Tizer
Contributor I
December 28, 2017
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Dark theme request

  • December 28, 2017
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White theme is terrible looks very unprofessional and is not good on the eyes. Request : request
Any plans to upgrade to a dark theme option?
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      Best answer by Ryan S
      This thread is clearly way out of hand. I'm closing it down so we can all take a much-needed breather.

      Regarding the dark theme itself, there was a quote from me earlier in the thread that remains to be the last official message, I'll include it below for convenience. The team is looking into the colors of the app. I don't have specific details that I can let you in on today, but stay tuned for some upcoming updates.

      As to the tone of this conversation, we should all take a few minutes to calm down. Please don't attack any posters or throw around accusations that aren't at all meaningful or helpful to the discussion. Tone is hard to do in text sometimes, I know that, but this needs to remain a friendly and open board for communication. We all need to work with each other and respect the fact that everyone is entitled to opinions. You're welcome to disagree with community members, but please remain respectful or you won't be welcome here.

      Please feel free to message me directly if you have any questions or concerns. I'm happy to address them privately.

      Hi everyone, we appreciate the feedback all around.

      The team is listening and working to incorporate your feedback into the new app. You'll see some changes coming to the next versions of the app. They're looking into the brightness of the app and working on ways to balance the contrast. They're also looking into ways to improve the general flow of the app, and streamline navigation.

      Thanks for sharing and please let us know what you think as the app develops.

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      Keith N
      Keith N
      Sonos Staff
      December 28, 2017
      Hey there, Tizer. Thanks for posting and welcome to the Community. As of now, I have no information about a Dark Mode, but I am happy to pass this along to the team as a feature request. Thank you for the feedback!
      Building community is like building a garden. You build the frame, till the ground, plant the seeds, feed the plants & sometimes you gotta pull the weeds.
      User103951
      Renowned Enthusiast I
      December 29, 2017
      As of now, I have no information about a Dark Mode, but I am happy to pass this along to the team as a feature request.
      It's pretty unbelievable that 'as of now' there still is no information available about a dark mode, or something similar to that effect.

      How was all the feedback on this topic not clear enough to start addressing it?
      jgatie
      jgatie
      December 29, 2017
      Unless you are participating in a private beta that may or may not be happening, you aren't going to get any more information until Sonos decides to release it to the public. This is their policy, and complaining about it is an exercise in futility. Even more important, lashing out at Sonos employees about it is unfair, for they do not set the policy.
      Sononos_fan
      Enthusiast II
      December 29, 2017

      It's pretty unbelievable that 'as of now' there still is no information available about a dark mode, or something similar to that effect.

      How was all the feedback on this topic not clear enough to start addressing it?

      +1 would be great if they gave an indication of what's coming (when they know)
      User103951
      Renowned Enthusiast I
      December 29, 2017
      Unless you are participating in a private beta that may or may not be happening, you aren't going to get any more information until Sonos decides to release it to the public. This is their policy, and complaining about it is an exercise in futility.

      I wasn't complaining as much as i was expressing my skepticism about that statement of their being no information.

      If sonos is not willing to have an (open) conversation with their customers, they shouldn't pretend otherwise. And the reactions of this forum have made it clear that quite some of us do expect a more open communication after this screw up.

      The same holds for the beta. That should be open for feedback to ensure issues are dealt with piror to a release - instead of some debugging gimmick to entertain the incrowd. Something that clearly did not happen with 8.0

      Even more important, lashing out at Sonos employees about it is unfair, for they do not set the policy.
      This is nothing to do with Keith as a person. It's reaction against a (spokesperson of) sonos, And since he's one of the few that actually does 'talk to customers', he does have the honor of receiving our feedback, so he can pass it on to whomever is responsible for this mess.
      Chris
      Chris
      Lead Maestro
      December 29, 2017
      I think enough people have complained about "too much white" that we hopefully get less use of white in the next version of the controller that is supposedly fairly imminent.
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      User103951
      Renowned Enthusiast I
      December 29, 2017
      There might be a major disconnect than in the way feedback got interpreted. Personally I found it quite clear that people weren't asking for a little less white, they want to go back to black.
        jgatie
        jgatie
        December 29, 2017
        Oh please. You all know the people here are limited as to what they can say, and there is nothing they can do about it. To use them as surrogate punching bags over that policy is not only rude, it is cowardly. I find it hysterical that the same people who object to my tone when dealing with users who can fight back find nothing wrong with a similar tone (and sometimes much worse) with someone who has to eat it as part of their job.

        As my father used to say:

        "Why do people abuse waitresses?"

        "Because they can."
        Chris
        Chris
        Lead Maestro
        December 29, 2017
        What one person wants and another wants can be completely different. I'm sure there are those that like white parts. A less stark version I'm sure would be fairly welcome. Short of color preference by user. something Sonos has always frowned on - customization. As they want everyone to have exact same experience (yes call it good or bad they want it same from house to house). I don't see customization coming but without that I'm sure everyone will have their good bad things they like about overall color.
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        xb9
        Trending Lyricist I
        December 29, 2017
        that would be a great excuse if we were buying physical components and want our receiver to come in every permutation of 00,00,00-ff,ff,ff ... but this is software:)

        how about we make the UI forced changes as slow and requiring final opt-in by the user, corresponding with the drag feet over a dark theme, and then we will have something. 😉
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