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Someone swallowed a history book... a fictional one
eti:
Was this written by a 20 year old, who wasn't around at the time of terminals and DOS? LOL... :palm:
This was not "for power saving", it was the state of the technology; GUI OS did not yet exist ;D
https://dev.to/codesphere/should-you-really-be-coding-in-dark-mode-4ng8
The Soulman:
Kids..
eti:
--- Quote from: The Soulman on October 04, 2022, 12:31:25 am ---Kids..
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10-20 mins of trivial research would've saved this article from falsehood. It's not that difficult to Google things, or ask someone in a forum, like, for example, here...
xrunner:
I thought most early computers used black ink on white paper. :-//
james_s:
There's no reason early computers couldn't have used dark text on a white background, simply inverting the video signal will accomplish that. Some even did, the boot screen of the old Sun workstations had dark text on white. The reason it was done was largely to reduce eyestrain. It would have saved power and extended the life of the CRT too but I don't think people cared much about that back then.
As for dark mode in modern UIs, I see it as a bandaid over the trend to use vast amounts of bright white space resulting in unnecessary eyestrain.
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