Hi Dan and Others, I've never checked display brightness with an iMac screen. On all the Mac laptop screens I've used, setting screen brightness to 0 seems to have the same effect as turning on the screen curtain. That's why I asked whether this was an iMac and what the display settings were in terms of automatic adjustment under System Preferences. I'd be really surprised if a laptop user said the screen stayed bright a 0 level display brightness setting.
Cheers, Esther On Jun 10, 2011, at 16:52, Dan wrote: > Hello, > When the screen brightness is set to 0, my family can still use the iMac's > screen without any problems what so ever. > > Dan > > On Jun 10, 2011, at 7:38 PM, Esther wrote: > >> Hi John and Tom, >> >> Are you sure that you're using the appropriate keyboard shortcut? On my >> Macbook Pro, where I have checked the box for "Use all F1, F2, etc. keys as >> standard function keys" on the "Keyboard" tab of the "Keyboard" menu under >> "System Preferences", using the Fn+F1 key to lower the display to where it >> says keyboard brightness is "0 per cent" has the same effect as turning my >> screen curtain on, according to other users. This also checks out if I try >> to use the iPhone "Light Detector" app; I get no sound when the iPhone is >> pointed to my laptop screen when the display brightness reported by >> VoiceOver is "0 per cent" -- same as with my screen curtain turned on. As >> soon as I start to raise my screen brightness with Fn+F2 the "Light >> Detector" app on the iPhone picks it up. Of course, if I don't press the Fn >> key along with the F1 or F2 key, nothing happens to the brightness >> adjustment with the above settings. >> >> Are you using external displays like with an iMac? Also, what setting do you >> use when you check your "Displays" menu under System Preferences? Under the >> Display tab is the box for "Automatically adjust brightness as ambient light >> changes" checked or unchecked? When you interact with the slider and push >> it all the way down to 0 does your screen go dark? >> >> Cheers, >> >> Esther >> >> >> On Jun 10, 2011, at 15:40, John Sanfilippo wrote: >> >>> Wow! I quite aggree with your need to dim the screen even further than it >>> currently allows. I've resorted to the screen curtain (shift vo f11), >>> though that's not really the answer. >>> >>> Thanks for sharing. >>> >>> John S >>> >>> >>> On Jun 9, 2011, at 10:25 PM, Tom Frank wrote: >>> >>> Hi all, >>> Even at zero percent the screen is too bright for me to see maps on Google >>> . Is there any way to dial down the brightness even further? It may be >>> limited because screens are now LEDs and not CRTs. >>> Tom Frank >>> vermont...@gmail.com >>> >>> >>> >>> On Jun 8, 2011, at 10:21 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> Why not just leave it at 0%, and then when a person needs to see the >>>> screen, just press function F2 to brighten to the persons desired level. >>>> Then, just press Function F1 to lower brightness back to 0%? >>>> >>>> Ricardo Walker >>>> rwalker...@gmail.com >>>> Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 >>>> www.mobileaccess.org >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Jun 8, 2011, at 9:22 PM, Shameless FanGirl wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi again all, >>>>> >>>>> For those of you who choose to dial your brightness down on your Mac, but >>>>> who choose to have it bright enough to be able to be adequately viewed, >>>>> should you need it via sighted assistance, I'm told it's still perfectly >>>>> fine at 10 to 15% brightness. Just thought I'd share that observation >>>>> with the list. >>>>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
