I generally like the new design much better than the very old fashioned of the previous version. For me its much more fun to work with the new design. Finally a modern and appealing design.
But I understand the requirement to be able to influence the design myself. Everyone has their own preferences.
I like it too. I’m just saying that it needs some tweeks. I certainly wouldn’t want to go back to the 90s look and feel. Oh and dark UI choice would be awesome.
Thank you all for supporting my ticket, guys! It would be good if they make side and top panels not so bright (maybe kind of light gray). Lets wait for answer from Axure team.
I will never understand why people like this “dark mode”. I always get eye cancer if a program runs only in dark mode 
And for programs that only offer a dark mode, my first feature request is a bright mode (that’s why I can understand that you demand it).
But what this has to do with a “pro” look remains hidden from me.
First of all, its totally OK if you prefer a light theme while you work! 
This article told me a lot about this : https://uxdesign.cc/dark-or-light-ui-the-ux-influence-ca6df6aff390
The conclusions are that the software should adapt itself to the user’s environment; also, when natural light goes off (evenings / nights), reducing the amount of blue light on screen will help the brain to prepare for the sleep; also, for UI where lots of options are shown, a low contrast greyscale UI helps keep all the buttons in the background, and let the user concentrate more on the content than on the UI.
My experience is that whenever I work for hours and hours in front of a UI, high contrast variations between background and foreground (specially if there is text involved) makes me sick.
Regards,
Vicente
Completely agree. I understand Axure’s desire for the clean aesthetic of the new design. However the resulting effect is a bright white screen with wiry UI where your wireframes literally start to blend in with the UI of the app, not enough separation. Since I usually need to maximize the window, I’m staring at a full white illuminated panel for hours, it’s hard on the eyes for sure. Either support Apple Mojave Dark Mode or allow at least a light grey UI.
This really is as a must-have for Axure 9.
I don’t have concerns about the overall brightness - my concern is it is much harder to delineate the document area vs the inspector panels since everything is bright white.
Mac OSX Native applications tend to have a darker sidebar or inspector panel to indicate that it is secondary to the document view:
https://developer.apple.com/design/human-interface-guidelines/macos/windows-and-views/panels/
Since the sidebars are bright white, the actual document has less focus.
And it’s even more so a problem when you think about the viewing angle on your monitors. I have some monitors that are rotated 90 deg and the light gray on white causes everything to bleed together… not to mention I have to really use contrast adjustments when working late nights.
I also would prefer it if a dark mode was available.
Bright interfaces like that tend to give me ocular migraines (meaning I can’t work or even function as a human being), and I spend full days prototyping.
Needing to stop working every couple of hours to avoid that is definitely slowing me down!
I would also add to previous comments that in fact, it is not just the fact it is “too bright”, but the UI icons aren’t being placed / displayed in a way that it stands out and intuitively guide your eyes in it.
As an example, I need to overly concentrate to make sure I am not changing the shadow/border color instead of the fill color. I always have issues finding the font color and borders options.
This is just killing me. RP8 was better at this even though the overall look and feel was less attractive.
It needs to change.
I agree the interface is too bright. Working for long hours I am sure that my eyesight has weakened. I picked up a blue light eliminator glass mainly due to Ax but it is still too bright. Please provide a old Ax color theme in addition to this.
Can we please just have native MacOS dark mode support. This is the only app I use that blinds me and I spend an average of 6 hours a day starring at it. Please!!
Hi all,
Dark mode is here! You can find it in the beta builds 3626 and later.
To try out dark mode,
-On Windows, go to File > Preferences
-On Mac, go to Axure RP 9 Beta > Preferences
and look under “UI Colors”.
Let us know if you have feedback or if you find any problems.
My eyes hurt both in the dark and light mode. Bring the grey mode back PLEASE!
Also old input boxes were soooo much easier to use, these google material underline inputs are much, much harder to find in the tool panels - it simply makes my work slower comparing to RP8. The bad news is - once you opened your prototype in RP9 version - there’s no way you can open it back in RP8 T_T
For a tool that is meant for UX people I find it really peculiar that Axure made the choices they did for RP9 canvas controls in both light and dark mode. Neither are good for usability, especially if you use the software for hours at a time. I’m not bashing moving toward a modern look, but it could have gone to a more modern look and still allow for less draining design choices.
I didn’t care for “light mode” because everything was too washed out and the light emitted by the white screen too harsh. It was also a problem because the fonts were small and not especially high contrast. Nothing stood out except a few bright green icons. It’s like a big flashlight with a few grey ants crawling on it.
“Dark mode” only solves part of the problems the overall design has: at least there’s less of a flashlight blast into your face all day. However, the fonts are still really small, and not a very good contrast against the black, given the font size. Seeking a particular control or icon still takes extra concentration (compared to PR8 or even iRise cloud DC). Agree with inveritia, above, these Google material design form inputs that are an underline and carrot only are much harder to spot (compounded badly by the line being relatively low contrast).
Axure, please push an update to 9.xx that allows for larger fonts and ease up on the scintillating , wince inducing design.
FYI, PC Win 10 user on corporate issued Dell monitors. Don’t assume everyone’s got an awesomely color corrected ultrafine Apple display.
