Hello Esther, This is true. I just had my son look at my MBP at 0 brightness and he said the screen was not at all visible. HTH.
Dan On Jun 10, 2011, at 8:02 PM, Esther wrote: > 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. > -- 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.
