While we did spot several inconsistencies-to briefly mention the Contacts pane and the Skype chat popups that still feature a white background-we expect those omissions to be addressed fully as Dark Mode over time becomes a fully-fleshed Outlook feature.

This should prove particularly helpful in situations when an email is difficult to read in Dark Mode.

TIP: To see an email in its original formatting, click “Turn on the lights”. TUTORIAL: How to enable Dark Mode on macOS Mojaveġ) Using your Microsoft account, log in at .Ģ) If you don’t see Outlook’s new design, click Try the Beta.ģ) Click the cog wheel icon near the top-right corner to open the Quick Settings panel.Ĥ) The relevant toggle should appear right under Theme selection.Ĭlick the Dark Mode option listed in the menu to instantly switch to a darkened interface. Starting today, the new design is no longer in beta-and with it comes the highly-requested Dark Mode! Microsoft unveiled this new theme following a major redesign effort on that began trickling down to select users back in March 2018. Taking 2017’s much-praised Halloween theme for as a starting point, the team has redesigned the colors and code “multiple times” for the web app’s Dark Mode. Many email clients on the web today advertise a dark mode, but we learned from interviews with others and our own usage that having the reading pane be on-light while the rest of the interface was left on-dark often made the experience worse than if the full screen were left on-light. One of the most crucial principles we had when designing Dark Mode was to minimize the amount of eye strain that people felt.

It’s available on the new experience, formerly known as the Beta experience. Here’s how to switch from the default color scheme to the shades of gray that generate panel contrast.ĭark Mode is a more-pleasant way to read your email on, especially if you’re in a low-light environment or simply prefer interfaces that are less bright. According to the team, Dark Mode is amongst, if not the most highly-requested featured for Microsoft’s web mail service, which counts approximately 400 million active users. comes with an optional Dark Mode feature.

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