Magic and After Dark were designed with restraint for a business context. did NOT distract everyone in the office from working animated something to let you know the computer is still on C. blanked the screen when you weren’t using it B. Not the funniest or most distracting screensavers, but the most useful (ie most VALUABLE). Myth #3 Old screensavers weren’t that greatġ989–1993 was the golden age of screensavers that were actually useful. Therefore, home users weren’t the focus until years later when screensavers became “entertainment software”. Business users always paid for it, but some portion of home and student users pirated it. However, it was also the world’s most pirated software, estimated at 8:1. I’ve received a lot of fan mail from individuals. Yes, home users loved it and bought After Dark as well. Ergo, we made it entertaining, amusing and with a super-smooth user experience. The tricky part was making it something that users actually wanted to install.
Any business could easily see a 10–20x return on investment (ROI) from buying a small screensaver to save all those expensive screens from burn-in and lock down company data. Protecting sensitive data on office computers was worth even more than the cost of replacing a monitor. Years before lock screens were added to the OS, I introduced screen locking as part of screensavers. They wasted a lot of money replacing $300-$600 computer screens when *somebody* inevitably forgot to turn them off and a static image burned in. Businesses spent a lot of money buying and replacing hardware. We sold more copies than people bought Microsoft Word, Mac computers or even Windows itself. Home users loved screensavers, but my screensavers were the #1 business utility in the world because they were designed for business. Modern devices are less susceptible, but screens still burn in, such as the 2015 smartphone shown below: When I developed screensavers, everyone needed them. It’s also a waste of energy to to keep all of the pixels powered when you’re not using a screen. Users have shared burn in horror stories for decades! Every screen used to be vulnerable to to burn in if you didn’t buy a screen saver. The common saying “nobody needed a screensaver” is wrong. Screensavers were toys Myth #1 Nobody needs a screensaver In remembering screen savers, many people accept the following myths: The myths of screensavers 1. It is currently on display at Het Nieuwe Instituut, a design museum in the Netherlands. In fact, my work has been displayed in three design museums. Not all screensavers were distracting novelties. I learned a lot over the course of designing 80 screensaver animations, two different product lines, several screensavers for Microsoft, a version of Pointcast for AOL Time Warner and the Inner Space screensaver game. I am known as the designer of the world’s best screensavers, including After Dark, the #1 selling product in the world.
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