Darkoogle's (black Version Google) Theory!

[bingorsay]

If that is true, then thats a lot of energy we can save by using it.

http://www.darkoogle.com - Default
http://www.darkoogle.com/darker - Darker version

DARKOOGLE'S (BLACK GOOGLE) Theory:　
　
"A typical white screen uses around 74 watts of electricity. A blackversion of the same screen uses around 59 watts - so saving around 15watts per hour.
　　
"A saving of 15 watts isn't huge on it's own - you couldn't even run a household lightbulb with it."
　　
"However, Google gets around 200 million hits a day. Multiply ourmodest 15 watt saving by 200 million and things start to getinteresting."
　　
"The idea was first suggested in a blog entry in January whichestimated that a "black Google" could save 750 megawatt-hours a year."
　　
"To save the most energy, it is advisable to set your browser'shomepage to Darkoogle and email friends and family about it so they canall help together to save energy."

[Risaa]

Hmm, that's pretty interesting. I don't really know much about saving energy other than closing the fridge and turning unused lights off, but I doubt this is going to work. The problem is... I think most people prefer to look at a white screen than a black one.

[Raykun]

dark google looks kinda nice

[felix]

Interesting prospect, but it's hurting my eyes. I don't know how many kilo-whatnot-hours it needs to save to make up for all the eyesight bills it would cause.

I'm against white fonts on black backgrounds.
(except for terminal fonts on a command line)

[bingorsay]

I actually find the green on black to be more easier for my eye

[Nightbat®]

Thankfully I don't give a damn about the enviroment
changing my bookmarks takes too much of my valuable energy

Edit:
We didn't invent color TV for nothing you know

[[DOT].L]

I'm gonna have to agree with Cats on this. It is uncomfortable to look at.

[User65554]

I tried it, but had to stop after a couple of minutes, as it just hurt my eyes. I can't see it ousting google, no matter how much energy is saved. They want to help, but they need to look into something much easier on the eyes.

[Diaboso]

i hade no probles looking at it I actualy like it (^^)

[Slice of Life]

My monitor consumes only 40 Watts. 34 Watts reduction by doing nothing, yeah.

Everbody else, watch more Darker than Black ...

[Blaarg]

I like it, much easier on my eyes.

[WanderingKnight]

Everbody else, watch more Darker than Black ...

Or Claymore. I think they ran out of shades of dark when doing that series.

[Gemstar]

I support black google

[Blaarg]

I just realized Darkoogle doesn't have an image search. Guess I revert back to regular old Google.

[Veritas]

Black screen is easier on my eyes, too. I frequent another messageboard that has a black background with yellow text, and everyone loves it. It was white for a while and there was nearly a crisis.

How many people actually look at Google's main site long enough for it to actually hurt their eyes?

[Kyomi]

I'll pass, actually hurts my eyes with all that black, need to focus too much, I'm already blind enough.

Why don't we just go save some whales or something.

[anti-random]

What da, ut really sucks and if you use Darkoogle like a person uses Google your goona have a lot of hurt eyes out there

[Aoie_Emesai]

hum... It's not so... friendly to the eyes. I'll accept my white google screen ^_^ for now...

[Takeru]

hmm...I actually kind of like this. I actually prefer a darker UI. I find it much easier to focus on. I try to make my OS as dark as possible already because I find white hard to focus on.

I'm actually using the Darkoogle "Darker" theme for my homepage. Much better than the Green on Black.

[Chibi Nasu]

It's pretty much a myth unless you have a CRT monitor. Most LCD monitors use just as much energy, or more, for a black screen:

http://www.businessweek.com/technolo...814_994723.htm