Google's turned it's lights out :D

[Oreo]

Anyone else notice this ? i think they should keep it like this. Just looks plain cool.

Google

 

[Ste]

Thats uk google

Google is still white..

 

[peterhuang913]

That's pretty stupid considering black on an LCD takes up just as much power as white.

 

[dario03]

I think they did it to get people to turn off their house lights...

 

[MetalOwns]

I think they did it to get people to turn off their house lights...

Yeah....

Google users in the United Kingdom will notice today that we "turned the lights out" on the Google.co.uk homepage as a gesture to raise awareness of a worldwide energy conservation effort called Earth Hour. As to why we don't do this permanently - it saves no energy; modern displays use the same amount of power regardless of what they display. However, you can do something to reduce the energy consumption of your home PC by joining the Climate Savers Computing Initiative.

On Saturday, March 29, 2008, Earth Hour invites people around the world to turn off their lights for one hour – from 8:00pm to 9:00pm in their local time zone. On this day, cities around the world, including Copenhagen, Chicago, Melbourne, Dubai, and Tel Aviv, will hold events to acknowledge their commitment to energy conservation.

There ya go peter.

 

[Baez]

Yeah we have notices all around Toronto about this. Wonder if the city is doing anything? I probably will.

 

[carnageX]

I think they should have that an option to set in your google account settings...much easier on my eyes to look at a dark bg with light text, than stare at a bright webpage with dark text (think of staring into a lightbulb).

 

[Oreo]

Thats uk google

Google is still white..

That's because they know the UK are bad energy savers

 

[Oreo]

I think they should have that an option to set in your google account settings...much easier on my eyes to look at a dark bg with light text, than stare at a bright webpage with dark text (think of staring into a lightbulb).

Agreed.

 

[lancec2c30]

They blacked out US Google now too.