[Clock][UX] app needs a dark theme variant

[Nekhelesh Ramananthan]

Users commonly use the clock app late in the night to set an alarm where the current light theme is a bit too bright. It would be nice to provide a dark theme variant (not by default) which user can switch to using the settings page.

In fact there was a suggestion to have this dark theme variant triggered automatically using the light sensor on the phone.

Here is a screenshot of how it might look like, https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-ux/+bug/1424328/+attachment/4324443/+files/device-2015-02-21-155207.png

We will need official background image assets if this solution is accepted.

[Giorgio Venturi (giorgio-venturi-deactivatedaccount)]

Thank you Nik for pointing this out. We actually have a night mode designed already, it just feel outside of the RTM scope. Maybe it's time to take it back into consideration!

Motion design:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ppubajlf5rmsrpy/Clock-user-journey.mov?dl=0

[Nekhelesh Ramananthan (nik90)]

@Giorgio, I remember the night mode we had, but I think this bug report is a bit different from that feature. The night mode that was originally provided in the design spec was intended to provide a night table clock experience, while this bug report is more about having a darker theme to navigate through the clock app without straining the eye.

[Giorgio Venturi (giorgio-venturi-deactivatedaccount)]

Hi Jouni,
It would be great if you could look into having a dark theme variation for the clock app. Maybe the app could switch automatically when a dark lighting setting is detected?

[Bartosz Kosiorek (gang65)]

Need UX design