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After Dark is a series of computer screensaver software introduced by Berkeley Systems in 1989 for the Apple Macintosh, and in 1991 for Microsoft Windows. [3] [4]Following the original, additional editions included More After Dark, Before Dark, and editions themed around licensed properties such as Star Trek, The Simpsons, Looney Tunes, Marvel, and Disney characters.
In 1989, software company Berkeley Systems released its immensely popular After Dark screensaver.The best-known of the various screensaver options was Flying Toasters. [4] [5] Jefferson Airplane sued Berkeley Systems in 1994, claiming that the toasters were a copy of the winged toasters featured on the Thirty Seconds album cover. [6]
An Easter egg that displays the names of all the volcanoes in the United States can be found in the 3D Text screensaver on all versions of Microsoft Windows prior to Windows XP by setting the text to display to "Volcano". [14] In Windows NT 3.5, setting the text to "I love NT" shows the names of the developers.
A screensaver (or screen saver) is a computer program that blanks the display screen or fills it with moving images or patterns when the computer has been idle for a designated time. The original purpose of screensavers was to prevent phosphor burn-in on CRT or plasma computer monitors (hence the name). [ 1 ]
With New Horizons (aka Season 3) came a new opening that amped up the scope of the flying and swooping visuals, as the camera takes the viewer on a tour of the titular vessel’s out-of-this-world ...
Long-pressing it will result in many ice cream sandwich androids flying across the screen, dubbed the "nyan droid" as they are a tribute to Nyan Cat. [174] In 4.1 – 4.3.1 a red jelly bean appears, which if pressed will show its face along with the OS version. If this jelly bean is then long-pressed, an interactive jelly bean mini-game will ...
On Macintosh systems, XScreenSaver works with the built-in macOS screen saver. On iOS systems, XScreenSaver is a stand-alone app that can run any of the hacks full-screen. On Android systems, the XScreenSaver display modes work either as normal screen savers (which Android sometimes refers to as "Daydreams") or as live wallpapers.
Hiryū (Japanese: 飛龍), meaning "Flying Dragon" may refer to: . Japanese aircraft carrier Hiryū; Mitsubishi Ki-67 Hiryū, Japanese Army bomber; Strider Hiryu, a ninja-like video game character