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dannymccann

 posted on 27th Jul 07 at 11:29

whether its true or not, for me its harder to read light on dark background than it is dark on light background so i wont be using it :)


Bart

 posted on 27th Jul 07 at 11:19

as posted, its google custom search, exactly the same as ive added into my Website.


ed

 posted on 27th Jul 07 at 10:55

Well done for copying and pasting the about page.


Steve

 posted on 27th Jul 07 at 10:27

the website isnt created by google, its created by heap media, and it just links to a custom google search when you search


Leighton

 posted on 27th Jul 07 at 10:27

Blackle was created by Heap Media to remind us all of the need to take small steps in our everyday lives to save energy

it was not done by Google :P


Dom

 posted on 27th Jul 07 at 10:21

quote:
Originally posted by John
I've not read it yet but the backlight is always on on the screen anyway, unless its uses that much more to display a white pixel than a black pixel then I doubt it.


This is only for CRT monitors where power consumption is higher depending on the brightness (ie: a white screen). On a LCD monitor, the backlight is continiously on and there is no difference in power consumption between a black and white pixel (a black pixel is the LCD blocking out the backlight).


John

 posted on 27th Jul 07 at 10:11

I've not read it yet but the backlight is always on on the screen anyway, unless its uses that much more to display a white pixel than a black pixel then I doubt it.


Doug

 posted on 27th Jul 07 at 10:08

When your screen is white - an empty word page, or the Google page, your computer consumes 74 watts, and when its black it consumes only 59 watts. Mark Ontkush wrote an article about the energy saving that would be achieved if Google had a black screen, taking in account the huge number of page views, according to his calculations, 750 mega watts/hour per year would be saved.

In a response to this article Google created a black version of its search engine, called Blackle, with the exact same functions as the white version, but with a lower energy consumption, check it out.

http://www.blackle.com/

Do you reckon thats true?