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''After Dark'' is a series of computer screensaver software introduced in 1989 by Berkeley Systems for the Apple Macintosh, and for Microsoft Windows in 1991. Following the original, new editions were introduced including ''More After Dark'' and ''Before Dark'', as well as editions themed around licensed properties such as ''Star Trek'', ''The Simpsons'', Looney Tunes and Walt Disney Company characters.〔 As well as the included animated screensavers, it allowed the development and use of third-party modules, of which many hundreds were created by the height of After Dark's popularity. ==Flying Toasters== Of the screensaver modules included, the most famous is the iconic ''Flying Toasters'' which featured 1940s-style chrome toasters sporting bird-like wings, flying across the screen with pieces of toast. A slider enabled users to adjust the toast's darkness and an updated ''Flying Toasters Pro'' module added a choice of music—Richard Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries or a flying toaster anthem with optional karaoke lyrics. Yet another version called ''Flying Toasters!'' added bagels and pastries, baby toasters, and more elaborate toaster animation. The Flying Toasters were one of the key reasons why After Dark became popular, and Berkeley began to produce other merchandising products such as T-shirts, with the Flying Toaster image and slogans such as "The 51st Flying Toaster Squadron: On a mission to save your screen!" The toasters were the subject of two lawsuits, the first in 1993, ''Berkeley Systems vs Delrina Corporation'', over a module of Delrina's ''Opus 'N Bill'' screensaver in which Opus the penguin shoots down the toasters. Delrina later changed the wings of the toasters to propellers in order to avoid infringing the trademark. The second case was brought in 1994 by 1960s rock group Jefferson Airplane who claimed that the toasters were a copy of the winged toasters featured on the cover of their 1973 album ''Thirty Seconds Over Winterland''. The case was dismissed because the cover art had not been registered as a trademark by the group prior to Berkeley Systems' release of the screensaver.〔(Another Poppin' Fresh Lawsuit ) By Lance Rose, Issue 2.10 (Oct 1994)wired.com〕 A 3D version of the toasters featuring swarms of toasters with airplane wings, rather than bird wings, is available for XScreenSaver. A flying toaster was used as a logo of the club called Peach Pit After Dark in the TV series Beverly Hills 90210. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「After Dark (software)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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