Blackle saves energy because the screen is predominantly black. "Image displayed is primarily a function of the user's color settings and desktop graphics, as well as the color and size of open application windows; a given monitor requires more power to display a white (or light) screen than a black (or dark) screen."

http://www.blackle.com/
http://www.blackle.com/about/

what if BI was darker .. :sailing:

http://www.bahamassecurity.com/bi/bigs.gif

what if BI was darker .. :sailing:
http://www.bahamassecurity.com/bi/bigs.gif

you mean with more black members?

that's what i'm using from now on, i like dark-based web design
except if they added all of google's features - images, news, etc it would be even better

you mean with more black members?

:dgi:

that's what i'm using from now on, i like dark-based web design
except if they added all of google's features - images, news, etc it would be even better

I dont know if the google custom search feature allows users to access those other areas.

my homepage is always set to google, but check this out with all the google features, plus you can add custom links:
http://www.awesomestart.com/ (http://www.awesomestart.com/)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v103/godsign/awesomecrop.jpg

you mean with more black members?


ooooookkkkkkkkkkkkk!!
:gi:

Blackle saves energy because the screen is predominantly black. "Image displayed is primarily a function of the user's color settings and desktop graphics, as well as the color and size of open application windows; a given monitor requires more power to display a white (or light) screen than a black (or dark) screen."
http://www.blackle.com/
http://www.blackle.com/about/



A'hh Rory I knew you were a "closet" tree hugger all the time.

Lol, laugh buddy...........I only pullin yer chain.:angel:

my homepage is always set to google, but check this out with all the google features, plus you can add custom links:
http://www.awesomestart.com/ (http://www.awesomestart.com/)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v103/godsign/awesomecrop.jpg

Nice BahamaWave, like da chirren dem say......sweeeet!:)

my homepage is always set to google, but check this out with all the google features, plus you can add custom links:
http://www.awesomestart.com/ (http://www.awesomestart.com/)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v103/godsign/awesomecrop.jpg


Nice...works well with my Opera skin! Thanks bahamawave...and Rory!

A'hh Rory I knew you were a "closet" tree hugger all the time.
Lol, laugh buddy...........I only pullin yer chain.:angel:

LOL ... well dont know but perhaps. My Desktop background is just black, no image. Also I set the DVRs up with the same.

yea I like a plain black desktop too. your PC will run faster without an image.
but I share my PC with my kids and they say it's "boring". lol.
so every now and then I'll use a wallpaper... like now:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v103/godsign/desktop55.jpg
and I use only one icon with all other icons placed within. I'm a neat freak. lol.

yea I like a plain black desktop too. your PC will run faster without an image.
but I share my PC with my kids and they say it's "boring". lol.
so every now and then I'll use a wallpaper... like now:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v103/godsign/desktop55.jpg
and I use only one icon with all other icons placed within. I'm a neat freak. lol.

:)

For others that may be interested, instead of deleting all your programs, files, and shortcuts from the desktop (or using the above tip, which is a good method), you can also just hide them by a simple change of a value in the registry.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced

Though you will need to logoff and log back on again, or just terminate explorer.exe and restart it.

You could then just create a shortcut to the desktop and place that in the quicklaunch for whenever you want to view those files. Also auto hiding the taskbar will make the whole screen the background, except a very small part of the taskbar will still show even when hidden.

:)
For others that may be interested, instead of deleting all your programs, files, and shortcuts from the desktop, you can also just hide them by a simple change of a value in the registry.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
Though you will need to logoff and log back on again, or just terminate explorer.exe and restart it.
You could then just create a shortcut to the desktop and place that in the quicklaunch for whenever you want to view those files. Also auto hiding the taskbar will make the whole screen the background, except a very small part of the taskbar will still show even when hidden.

I use TweakUI (http://www.download.com/3000-2341-2830963.html) to do that. didn't delete the icons at all. simple to use. no headache. and I always auto-hide the task bar.