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I have this (perhaps mistaken) notion that when I'm staring at a screen for 12 hours straight, it's better for my eyes to be looking at a mostly dark screen tha
by ghc 15y ago
I have this (perhaps mistaken) notion that when I'm staring at a screen for 12 hours straight, it's better for my eyes to be looking at a mostly dark screen than a mostly lit one.
At the very least, thanks to that link a year ago about how google would save electricity for the world by adopting a black background, I know that I'm saving the environment!
- DaveChild 15y ago> At the very least, thanks to that link a year ago about how google would save electricity for the world by adopting a black background, I know that I'm saving the environment! Sadly not, at least not with flat panels. Google responded to the "blackle" think on their blog - http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/08/is-black-new-green.html http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/08/is-black-new-green.ht...
- ghc 15y agoI was mostly joking about the energy savings, but yeah, you'll have to pry my Trinitron from my cold, dead hands.
- DanBC 15y ago(http://ecoiron.blogspot.com/2007/01/black-google-would-save-3000-megawatts.html http://ecoiron.blogspot.com/2007/01/black-google-would-save-...) I'd be interested to see figures for modern monitors.
- erwanl 15y agoThat would be true for Amoled screens, but for now they're only used in mobile phones.