4 ms·
Yeah, but in those days we did that because there wasn't any other option. It's not like the colour scheme of the monochrome terminal was chosen for ergonomic
by ink_13 6y ago
Yeah, but in those days we did that because there wasn't any other option. It's not like the colour scheme of the monochrome terminal was chosen for ergonomic reasons.
If anything, amber terminals were easier on the eyes. Or the white on black ones. Those were nice.
- loa_in_ 6y agoAnd not the crisp white of modern LCD
- lupire 6y agoThat's why we use tunable brightness and white point like f.lux.
- notacoward 6y agoWas going to say the same thing. It was well known at the time that amber was better, but manufacturers mostly continued pumping out green anyway.
- TopInvestor 6y agoWhen I go outside green is the color my eyes are looking for to relax. Also pixels in the white background emit the maximum energy. One reason Apple introduced the dark mode is the pixels to emit mostly the valuable information and save energy , thus saving the battery life.
- notacoward 6y agoThat's not how LCDs work.
- TopInvestor 6y agoAll my devices are Retina ones. Who uses LCD today?
- notacoward 6y agoBillions of devices shipped every year. https://archive.is/LQFZu https://archive.is/LQFZu BTW, "Retina" doesn't necessarily mean OLED either. It's a trademark that Apple has applied to more LCDs, as recently as the iPhone 11. https://www.apple.com/iphone-11/specs/ https://www.apple.com/iphone-11/specs/
- athms 6y agoRetina is about pixel density.
- girvo 6y agoAmber terminals were gorgeous
- CTOSian 6y agonot "terminal" but IMHO the best monitor that at the past I used for development was the monochrome (b/w) one for Atari ST.