Now I am imagining a retro-Mac-like computer (after all, Macs started at 1 bit per pixel) with a vertical page display.
As for greyscale, with enough pixels, you can do dithering quite well. We used to do that with laser and ink-jet printers (by playing with reticule in PostScript, because the default was not definitely NOT designed for 300 dpi) with decent results.
In fact, a step back into monochrome could be a huge opportunity to explore new ideas in UI.
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Now I am imagining a retro-Mac-like computer (after all, Macs started at 1 bit per pixel) with a vertical page display.
As for greyscale, with enough pixels, you can do dithering quite well. We used to do that with laser and ink-jet printers (by playing with reticule in PostScript, because the default was not definitely NOT designed for 300 dpi) with decent results.
In fact, a step back into monochrome could be a huge opportunity to explore new ideas in UI.
Yes, I and others have considered a more retro feel for the user interface. I mainly want a Symbolics Genera-like interface :)