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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: What Is The Point Of Dark Mode?
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2025 01:25:18 -0000 (UTC)
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On Fri, 21 Feb 2025 00:38:49 +0000, Richmond wrote:

> But the 'paper' colour was dazzling, and in the early days VDUs were at
> 50-60hz and I could see the flashing.

There could have been a point about refresh rates. I used the original 
small-screen Macintosh a lot in the mid-1980s, which as you know used a 
light background when everybody else was still dark, and that had a 60Hz 
(actually 60.15Hz) refresh. It was fine when I looked at it directly, but 
I could see the flicker in my peripheral vision.

Then I went to a Macintosh II, with a bigger screen (13” or 14”, depending 
on how you measured it), with a 67Hz refresh. That higher rate worked well 
at that larger size.