Shades of Google Posted Tue, 02 Oct 2007

So, you might have heard about Blackle. It's Google with a black background. Apparently, it's a misguided attempt to save electricity.

A little searching around shows that there's also a Greenle. And a Pinkle. All seem to be have been built independently. We need a Purple.

Update: Also, Bluegle and the the confusing similarly named, but fundementally different Graygle and Greygle.

Update: And Browngle.

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Sort of related, but pretty funny:

http://nm.merz-akademie.de/~helene.dams/ignome/

in response to:

Tim Berners-Lee: "They may call it a homepage, but it's more like the gnome in the garden than the home itself."
Posted by Christina at Mon Oct 1 02:19:06 2007
Why are there two ways to spell grey/gray?

WTF do we have dictionaries for?
Posted by Abe at Mon Oct 1 04:00:21 2007
It's funny, two weeks ago, I wrote a blog on how Google could (and they should) help our environment by rolling out Google Earth Points, a reward system for individual who willing to go extra miles saving our environment:


http://coolboykl.blogspot.com/search/label/Google%20Please%20Hire%20Me

u think they will notice?
Posted by Coolboykl at Mon Oct 1 04:50:08 2007
This would be a good idea if it was to save people's eyes instead of electricity. The white background used on most sites is really hard on the eyes and they usually aren't designed well enough to accept user specified defaults in the browser (Images often don't use transparency but mimic it by just using the same color as the site's background).
Posted by Paul at Mon Oct 1 09:41:21 2007
Funny that not a single one of these is anywhere near as efficient as using the Stylish Firefox extension to change the look of Google.com to something way more aesthetically pleasing (as well as allegedly being greener). I mean, these people have all purchased domains and are using extra traffic... the consolidation offered by Stylish is impressive by comparison.

Also, at Paul: modifying your display's color temperature, whether at the hardware or software level, should substantially reduce eye strain. Try to warm up the colors, for instance, and your eyes shouldn't get tired quickly.
Posted by Conor at Sat Oct 6 10:40:28 2007
Theres more in Australia

www.reddle.com.au
www.greengle.com.au
www.bluegle.com.au
www.pinkle.com.au
Posted by Luke at Thu Nov 8 00:37:06 2007

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