The iconic Windows fish screensaver was inspired by a dentist's office, which makes a lot of sense when you think…
The classic After Dark Fish screensaver, popular in the early '90s on PC, was inspired by aquariums commonly found in dentist's offices. Ed Fries, a co-founder of After Dark and former Microsoft executive, recounts how an artist's request for an aquarium in a dentist's office scene led him to program moving fish, eventually evolving into the iconic screensaver.
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- Company: After Dark
- Company: Microsoft
- Topic: Screensaver
- Topic: Software History
- Person: Ed Fries
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