bert wrote: > > On 24.11.2011, at 17:23, Paul Fox wrote: > > > bert wrote: > >> > >> So I would rather not add that extra step "below 0". > > > > okay, i'm fine with that -- i was on the fence. but i think you and > > gary are saying two slightly different things. > > > > you're saying that the manual keypresses shouldn't have an intermediate > > "level 0 in color" step. gary's saying that auto-turnoff should go > > to level 0 in mono. i'm happy to agree with you. i don't think i'm > > ready to agree with gary. > > > > reason for not agreeing with gary: the switch from color to mono and > > back is very noticeable when you're in bright sunlight. the > > auto-turnoff should be designed to be as transparent to the user as > > possible. there will be times when the auto-turnoff won't do quite > > the right thing -- perhaps your hands are shading the sensor > > momentarily, or perhaps your laptop was sleeping when you came > > outside, and the auto-turnoff won't take effect until your first > > keystroke wakes it up. in those cases i think the auto-turnoff should > > stay in color mode. > > > > paul > > > I agree with you, but I thought Gary was referring to the brightness keys, > too. > I interpreted his message as "automatically switch to mono when the user > sets > brightness to 0", which is not what is in os12 right now, but will be > reinstated as per this discussion. >
re-reading for Nth time, i see i might have misunderstood -- sorry gary! sounds like we're all agreed. thanks! paul =--------------------- paul fox, [email protected] _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
