G'day haukex,

Short Response

I would vote against this proposal in its current form.

I would, however, vote for a similar proposal where AM has a "Switch to dark theme" (or similar) option.

Longer Discussion

I typically access PM via a bookmarked link to my home node. This has the following features:

• I am an AM at this point.
• I see the current, default "light theme". For me, this is a clear indication that I'm not logged in.
• I can see "Last here:". Because I typically log in daily (often more than once) this usually indicates <24hrs. Sometimes I'm away longer than that and this tells me how far back I need to look at "Newest Nodes" and "Recently Active Threads".

I will usually log in immediately. This has these different features:

• I am 'kcott' at this point.
• I see my preferred "dark theme". For me, this is a clear indication that I am logged in.
• "Last here:" just tells me a second ago: not useful for viewing "Newest Nodes" and "Recently Active Threads", as described above.

There are a few situations where I revert to AM (logged off) during a session. Some examples:

• [By choice] I'm investigating some issue raised in "PerlMonks Discussion".
• [By choice] I want to see how my post looks to an AM; usually with respect to code or data wrapping.
• [Forced] A node contains a hard-coded link; e.g. I was logged in under www.perlmonks.org, I'm no longer logged in under www.perlmonks.com.

Being able to see at a glance whether I'm logged in or not means I never accidentally post replies as AM.

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