[ink_13]

Yeah, but in those days we did that because there wasn't any other option. It's not like the colour scheme of the monochrome terminal was chosen for ergonomic reasons.

If anything, amber terminals were easier on the eyes. Or the white on black ones. Those were nice.

[notacoward]

Was going to say the same thing. It was well known at the time that amber was better, but manufacturers mostly continued pumping out green anyway.

[TopInvestor]

When I go outside green is the color my eyes are looking for to relax. Also pixels in the white background emit the maximum energy. One reason Apple introduced the dark mode is the pixels to emit mostly the valuable information and save energy , thus saving the battery life.

[notacoward]

That's not how LCDs work.

[TopInvestor]

All my devices are Retina ones. Who uses LCD today?

[notacoward]

Billions of devices shipped every year.

https://archive.is/LQFZu

BTW, "Retina" doesn't necessarily mean OLED either. It's a trademark that Apple has applied to more LCDs, as recently as the iPhone 11.

https://www.apple.com/iphone-11/specs/

[athms]

Retina is about pixel density.

[girvo]

Amber terminals were gorgeous

[CTOSian]

not "terminal" but IMHO the best monitor that at the past I used for development was the monochrome (b/w) one for Atari ST.

[loa_in_]

And not the crisp white of modern LCD

[lupire]

That's why we use tunable brightness and white point like f.lux.