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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 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!

> 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.ht...

I was mostly joking about the energy savings, but yeah, you'll have to pry my Trinitron from my cold, dead hands.

(http://ecoiron.blogspot.com/2007/01/black-google-would-save-...)

I'd be interested to see figures for modern monitors.

That would be true for Amoled screens, but for now they're only used in mobile phones.

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