Submission timeline
2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
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HN comment orderBeautiful. The nostalgia hit me very hard with this. I remember in the original version you had all sorts of options, and could even combine screensavers. For people who may not remember: screensavers used to be a neccessity as old CRT tubes would 'burn in' an image if they held it static for too long - leaving a shadow of the static image permanently. Screensavers kicked in after a few minutes and displayed something dynamic so as to save your…
What a great time for recreating 90's computing nostalgia. Remember when they used to sell these things in stores? https://www.amazon.com/After-Dark-Screen-Saver-4-0/dp/B0009H... https://forum.winworldpc.com/discussion/11461/software-spotl...
Very nice! I have many fond memories of the After Dark screen savers - my favorite was from the "Twisted" collection had featured a silhouette of a big city apartment building with crazy stuff happening in the windows. There was an old lady that would bank on the ceiling with a broom, a guy spanking a monkey, lovers that would chase each other, a crazy guy with a shot gun trying to down a UFO, and ton of other stuff…
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 1168
- Total comments
- 271
100+ points or 50+ comments
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-05-27 | After Dark in CSS | calpaterson | 29 | 1 |
| 2021-07-30 | Berkeley Systems “After Dark” screensavers recreated in CSSFirst breakout | 256DEV | 461 | 149 |
| 2021-10-09 | After Dark (90's screensavers) in CSS | thunderbong | 119 | 14 |
| 2023-03-05 | After Dark Screensavers in CSSBest thread · Latest 20+ point return | ohjeez | 555 | 106 |
| 2024-06-12 | After Dark Screensavers in CSS | danielxli | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-07-02 | After Dark ScreenSaver | bonefishgrill | 3 | 1 |