Blackle - Google's Energy Saving Counterpart

**kcnychief** · July 30th, 2007

This is pretty cool

Apparently it takes more energy for your computer monitor to display a white web page than a black one. So while the modern web standard of white and bright colored backgrounds with dark text is great for readability, it might not be great for the planet.

Heap Media decided to do something about it by creating a custom version of one of the most popular white-backgrounded sites on the web. Blackle is basically Google, but black. It's powered by Google, so you should have pretty much the same user experience when using Blackle as you do with Google. Only darker.

www.blackle.com

http://www.downloadsquad.com/2007/07...-google-black/

**LordOfLA** · July 30th, 2007

Except that TFT panels use more power to be black than white

**Vanquished** · July 30th, 2007

erm k,
Plus where is the image search!

**madmatt** · July 30th, 2007

One word sums it up from the madmatt camp: "DUMB".

**LordOfLA** · July 30th, 2007

I count 10 words there....

**Sazar** · July 30th, 2007

I like it.

And y'all have to stop being so racist

**muzikool** · July 30th, 2007

Dumb idea. Terrible name.

**Steevo** · July 30th, 2007

So when is Google going to come out and say that one person idling around Wal-Mart in their Ford Exscursion to find a parking space two feet closer as they are fat, lazy and stupid is wrong?

Oh wait, I just said that.

**gonaads** · July 31st, 2007

Originally Posted by madmatt

One word sums it up from the madmatt camp: "DUMB".

Yep I agree, you're Dumb. *runs*

I like it painted black. I also like the Stones. *Waits for odd derogatory joke*

**kcnychief** · July 31st, 2007

I think it's kinda cool actually - at least the color scheme.

**Unleashed** · July 31st, 2007

Same here. I like black backgrounds with lighter (but not white) text.

**SPeedY_B** · July 31st, 2007

Ok, so we search for a term, then we click through to a link on Wikipedia which is *gasp* white... pointless. If you're really that concerned, just invert your screen colours, then it makes everything dark (well, almost everything

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July 30th, 2007	Top \| #1
kcnychief █▄█ ▀█▄ █ Joined: April 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 16,949 Reputation: 4941 Power: 305	Blackle - Google's Energy Saving Counterpart This is pretty cool Apparently it takes more energy for your computer monitor to display a white web page than a black one. So while the modern web standard of white and bright colored backgrounds with dark text is great for readability, it might not be great for the planet. Heap Media decided to do something about it by creating a custom version of one of the most popular white-backgrounded sites on the web. Blackle is basically Google, but black. It's powered by Google, so you should have pretty much the same user experience when using Blackle as you do with Google. Only darker. www.blackle.com http://www.downloadsquad.com/2007/07...-google-black/ XBOX Live Gamertag: kcnychief

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LordOfLA Godlike! Joined: February 2004 Location: Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK Posts: 7,031 Blog Entries: 5 Reputation: 4137 Power: 213	Re: Blackle - Google's Energy Saving Counterpart Except that TFT panels use more power to be black than white If HK-47 and GLaDOS had a child, the character they create would cause the video game world to overdose on awesome. -sheridanmovieguy: Dragon age forum user.

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Vanquished B's logo for a game! Joined: January 2006 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 4,840 Blog Entries: 1 Reputation: 1816 Power: 144	Re: Blackle - Google's Energy Saving Counterpart erm k, Plus where is the image search! Phenom II X4 955 BE \| 12GB DDR3 1600mhz \| Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 \| ATI Radeon 5770 CrossfireX \|Windows Awesome (I Mean... Windows 7 Ultimate!) OSNN - The Best Place to Stay on the Internet! Watch Improv-A-Ganza!

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madmatt Bow Down to the King Joined: April 2002 Location: New York Posts: 13,312 Reputation: 4090 Power: 297	Re: Blackle - Google's Energy Saving Counterpart One word sums it up from the madmatt camp: "DUMB".

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LordOfLA Godlike! Joined: February 2004 Location: Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK Posts: 7,031 Blog Entries: 5 Reputation: 4137 Power: 213	Re: Blackle - Google's Energy Saving Counterpart I count 10 words there.... If HK-47 and GLaDOS had a child, the character they create would cause the video game world to overdose on awesome. -sheridanmovieguy: Dragon age forum user.

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July 30th, 2007	Top \| #6
Sazar F@H - Is it in you? Joined: April 2002 Location: Between Austin and Tampa Posts: 14,888 Reputation: 4110 Power: 313	Re: Blackle - Google's Energy Saving Counterpart I like it. And y'all have to stop being so racist Help to find cures for Alzheimer's, Mad Cow (BSE), CJD, ALS, Huntington's, Parkinson's disease, and many Cancers. Folding@Home, is it in you?

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muzikool Act your wage. Joined: December 2001 Location: Texas, USA Reputation: Yes, please. Posts: 7,626 Reputation: 2900 Power: 232	Re: Blackle - Google's Energy Saving Counterpart Dumb idea. Terrible name.

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Steevo Spammer representing. Joined: September 2004 Posts: 2,566 Blog Entries: 2 Reputation: 1630 Power: 136	Re: Blackle - Google's Energy Saving Counterpart So when is Google going to come out and say that one person idling around Wal-Mart in their Ford Exscursion to find a parking space two feet closer as they are fat, lazy and stupid is wrong? Oh wait, I just said that. Meow. Equal oppertunity hater.

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gonaads Beware the G-Man Joined: March 2002 Location: XP-erience, NTFS, OSNN, Bay Area, California Posts: 18,474 Reputation: 4070 Power: 348	Re: Blackle - Google's Energy Saving Counterpart Originally Posted by madmatt One word sums it up from the madmatt camp: "DUMB". Yep I agree, you're Dumb. runs I like it painted black. I also like the Stones. Waits for odd derogatory joke *"I play violent video games, I could snap at any second."*

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kcnychief █▄█ ▀█▄ █ Joined: April 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 16,949 Reputation: 4941 Power: 305	Re: Blackle - Google's Energy Saving Counterpart I think it's kinda cool actually - at least the color scheme. XBOX Live Gamertag: kcnychief

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Unleashed We Speak Geek Joined: July 2003 Location: Fredericton, Canada ex Norwich, England ex Hougang, Singapore ex Durban, South Africa Posts: 1,249 Reputation: 460 Power: 124	Re: Blackle - Google's Energy Saving Counterpart Same here. I like black backgrounds with lighter (but not white) text. CPU: Intel Core2 Q6600 \| Mobo: BFG nVidia 680i SLI \| RAM: 2GB 2x Corsair XMS6400 \| PSU: Hiper 580 Watt \| HDD: WD160GB SATAII \| GFX: BFG GeForce 8800GTS OC 640MB \| DVD: SAMSUNG 20x DVD+/-R/RW/RAM SATA

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SPeedY_B I may actually be insane. Joined: March 2002 Location: Midlands, England Posts: 15,800 Reputation: 2877 Power: 310	Re: Blackle - Google's Energy Saving Counterpart Ok, so we search for a term, then we click through to a link on Wikipedia which is gasp white... pointless. If you're really that concerned, just invert your screen colours, then it makes everything dark (well, almost everything ) 1. SPeedYB.co.uk 2. CamPortal.co.uk 3. MacIRC.co.uk

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