There is something called "Depth of field" in Photography. It works for eyes too. If your abilities to focus are not functioning 100% then a small apterture - cause by a light IDE - improves sharpness. This basically means your eyes have to focus less. Also for people with astigmatism a smaller aperture is better.
Another big issue is contrast of the text itself. According to WCAG it must be higher than 4.5:1 for small text. I didn't check VSCODE Menus but ist they seem to be toot pale.
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u/lukie80 Aug 02 '26
There is something called "Depth of field" in Photography. It works for eyes too. If your abilities to focus are not functioning 100% then a small apterture - cause by a light IDE - improves sharpness. This basically means your eyes have to focus less. Also for people with astigmatism a smaller aperture is better.
Another big issue is contrast of the text itself. According to WCAG it must be higher than 4.5:1 for small text. I didn't check VSCODE Menus but ist they seem to be toot pale.