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I wish more sites would adopt dark designs. Easier on the eyes and saves energy. When you spend 8-16 hours in from of a monitor every day those become important
by anExcitedBeast 12y ago
I wish more sites would adopt dark designs. Easier on the eyes and saves energy. When you spend 8-16 hours in from of a monitor every day those become important factors to consider.
- sosborn 12y ago> saves energy As far I understand this is not true. Can anyone smarter than me comment?
- dflock 12y agoIt depends on the type of screen you're using and whether it's actually black - rbg(0,0,0) or just dark. In some cases, yes, it saves energy, some not.
- jckt 12y agohttp://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fact-or-fiction-black-is/ http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fact-or-fiction-bl... I think it only saves energy on CRT screens, which is not popular these days.
- guelo 12y agoSome of the phone screen technologies such as AMOLED also save power with black.
- rootedbox 12y agoThey only save energy if you are using a CRT.
- rullgrus 12y agoAs mentioned above (by guelo), an OLED screens power consumption also varies with the gray level of the displayed image.
- oblique63 12y agoNot to mention it's just a breath of fresh air design-wise (when executed well), unlike the massive sea of indistinguishably homogenous 'light-themed' sites... EDIT: I can't believe people seriously downvoted you for that simple comment. The pedantic negativity this community is filled with is ridiculous sometimes.
- recursive 12y agoIt's probably based on the factual inaccuracy of the energy saving claim.
- oblique63 12y agoWhich can be (and was) remedied by a simple reply to correct that one particular part. Indiscriminately pedantic downvoting on the other hand, just kills the potential for any fruitful discussion all for the sake of some silly minor mistake. Luckily, more people came in and got the comment out of the grey zone in this case.
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- keehun 12y agoI would disagree that it's not easier on the eyes. At least 98% of dark-background designs. Perhaps this is just preference/different eye thing.