Originally Posted by shlind
The dark mode has nothing to do with if a GUI is modern or not.
It is the functionality of the GUI, i.e. how the user can work in the GUI that makes the difference.and makes it modern. And if it is configurable.

It is only a user preference. Some people like it (find it easier to work) in dark and some in light mode.
I agree with you and I think I needed to make a finer point than I made! IMHO, dark mode BIAB, with a better font choice, looks more modern than the default 2026 version or any previous version of BIAB (especially the old colorful icon versions!) And I agree 100% that this must be user configurable (and it is) since some people prefer light mode!

My main point was (or should have been) that PGM should present the product in the most modern-looking configuration possible to definitively distinguish it from past incarnations. I believe the chord sheet's default pale background and that old font detract a bit from the NEW UI stuff and remind me too much of the old BIAB. I just feel that a better approach would be to move everything forward and then allow full user config. And I get that there may be some benefit with old-timers that there are still familiar artifacts from the "good old days" but I was thinking more about new, younger potential customers. And maybe reviewers who have seen the old BIAB would be more impressed seeing what's possible in the new UI.