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Re:Why Apple’s iMessage is winning: teens dread the green te... by GrantZvolsky on Saturday January 08, 2022 @05:14PM (#29856988)
The look was entirely different. Black on green IIRC. It's white on somewhat neon green now.
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Re:Why Apple’s iMessage is winning: teens dread the green te... by Lammy on Saturday January 08, 2022 @05:44PM (#29857313)
> Black on green IIRC

Yep, inherited from iChat way back in the Jagwire days: https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/archive/revie...

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Re:Why Apple’s iMessage is winning: teens dread the green te... by sharps1 on Saturday January 08, 2022 @05:43PM (#29857292)
If you turn on Increase Contrast in the accessibility features the green is darker and much nicer.
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