Black Google Would Save 3,000 Megawatts a Year

Google should try this out for a day.

You're right gui_* they should try it. Those savings numbers are astonishing. I have never really thought about it before. Wow, great post.

@ Carolyn E. Price (gohomelaker):
You're right gui_* they should try it. Those savings numbers are astonishing. I have never really thought about it before. Wow, great post.

it's guj_* not gui_* :) ,lol

i thought it was gui - that'd be much cooler.. lol

You know I would not be surprised if Google tried it out, or if they at least make it an option in the future. If the popularity of the idea spreads through the proper channels, Google is pretty good at listening.

You can already do this easily if you have Firefox and GreaseMonkey. Here is Google Dark but I like Google Redux myself.

who actually goes to google.com to search instead of using the much more convenient google toolbar?

About 200 million people a day... ;)

wow! great find DigitalSoul... it's funny - apparently no matter what you think of, someone is already doing it. very nice find.

I have the Google toolbar on Firefox and I still tend to goto google.com sometimes. Its a habit.

I'm using this now - Google Dark. I love it.

I'm glad I could find something you enjoy Malan.

yeah the design is just hot - damn it's so much nicer than Google's although I doubt Google will update theirs any time soon.

I want dark google. Great find.

the best black google is http://gBlack.02d.pl just CHECK THIS OUT and use ;)

I think it's wrong of Blackle to exploit FALSE energy savings to attract people to their site (black screens only save energy on CRT monitors; 75% of monotors are LCD). What's worse, is that they copied the idea for a black google page from http://www.jabago.com. Jabago's black google page was the original and it states right on the home page that it's intended to be easier on the eyes and saves energy with CRT MONITORS ONLY. I've been using Jabago's black google for over a year now and I've found it's a lot easier on my eyes than the regular google page. My eyes get tired and start stinging after about 7 hours of staring at a computer screen (which I do 6+ days a week). At the end of the day, visiting an white background page is much harsher on my eyes! I tried blackle, and I found thier color scheme was better than a white background, but still a it was more difficult to read that Jabago's. If anyone is reading this post still, let's get a discussion going. Try the http://www.jabago.com black google page for a day, then, at the end of the day, try switching to regular google. Please post below whether you found the white screen to be harsh on your eyes. Thanks to Digital Journal and Ecoiron for this article and to anyone else who participates.

Yeah, the white screen effect is a problem for a lot of people with eye conditions. I use a green pastel screen to write, because of the reduction in reflected light, and because that color is a naturally neutral part of the spectrum.

Anyone experiencing any eye problems, suspect your color scheme, and see if you can find something on the display which is obviously less of an irritant. It'd be good if browsers could be configured to achieve these neutral tones.