iOS status bar is near impossible to read in light mode

Is this common or unique to me? White text on the light background is fairly illegible.

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daniel@feddit.de · 22 pts · 3y (2 replies)

Sadly this is a known iOS PWA issue. Nothing wefwef can do about it. Hopefully it is (or will be) fixed in iOS 17.

baggyspandex@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 3y

Got it. Thanks for the insight.

notthebees@reddthat.com · 2 pts · 3y

Well then. Looks I'm sticking to memmy then. (iphone x doesn't support iOS 17)

Darc@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 3y (9 replies)

Fix: put it in Dark Mode.

baggyspandex@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y (8 replies)

I can’t without putting my entire phone in dark mode permanently, which I don’t really want to do.

Darc@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 3y (3 replies)

On the helpful side, that’s not true:

Settings >> Appearance >> Uncheck “Use System Light/Dark Mode” >> Check Dark Mode.

On the unhelpful side, I have never seen the appeal of light mode. Curious why people prefer it?

jiji@kbin.social · 16 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Honestly during the day I personally find light mode easier to read. I understand this seems uncommon but the contrast “feels” better. I use the “True Tone” on iPhone though which makes the whites not so stark and blinding.

baggyspandex@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 3y

Same here, yeah. I also don’t enjoy seeing fingerprint smudges in broad daylight and light mode hides them better.

clobubba@kbin.social · 12 pts · 3y
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nisby44@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 3y

You can activate dark mode onlly for wefwef in settings

andrewta@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y

https://freeimage.host/i/HsKtla9

This is what it looks like after the update

Deez@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 3y

There is a setting Use System Light/Dark Mode, if you uncheck that, you can select which mode you want.

andrewta@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y

Update to wefwef 15.1 they fixed it

I had to remove the Shortcut from my phone and redo the shortcut via safari

unwinagainstable@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 3y (1 reply)

I actually didn’t know it was visible at all. I glanced at it on occasion and could never make it out.

Tatters@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y

Same here, I just assumed there was no status bar, as it is practically invisible. Now I can see it is there, just about. This is my pet peeve with wefwef - I appreciate it is actually an IOS problem. I hope Apple fix it soon, as I don’t like dark modes.

I tried memmy, which does not have the status bar problem, but I still prefer wefwef. Memmy’s light mode is too faded for me - there is not enough contrast between fonts and the background.

Xepher@lemm.ee · 9 pts · 3y

...there's a light mode?

EyesEyesBaby@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 3y

I have this too and I’ve seen others complain about it as well

revs@feddit.uk · 5 pts · 3y

I think this is a iOS bug rather than Wefwef. I think I saw someone link to a long-standing WebKit bug a while ago

finn_der_mensch@discuss.tchncs.de · 5 pts · 3y

I have the same issue

adude007@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 3y (3 replies)

I’m using ios17 and not having this issue.

nitefox@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y

well, it just took 10 years for apple to fix

Tatters@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Are you using light mode?

My IPad mini 5th generation says it is up to date on 16.5.1. I see IOS 17 is out officially in September, but I don’t see my IPad on the compatibility list. Bummer.

adude007@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 3y

Set to system but works fine if I manually toggle the setting as well.

That is a bummer.

NoisyFlake@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 3y

Same issue. Dark mode is fine though.

EpicFailGuy@kbin.social · -8 pts · 3y (1 reply)

@baggyspandex

That's what you get for using light mode you PSYCOPATH

Jokes appart, I'm sure it will get worked out soon. May want to report it via official channels. I assume you're using MLEM, try reporting an issue in their official github here https://github.com/mlemgroup/mormaer-mlem

brcl@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y

That appears to be wefwef if I’m not mistaken. But still, your point of reporting it properly stands, obviously.