Ricardo, you are too damn sensible! I think logical is your middle name young man :)
PS I still want ya bonus beats from those podcasts On 12 Aug 2011, at 08:17, Ricardo Walker wrote: > Right, > > Its not possible to turn off the display as it were, without locking the > device. I guess they figured, why would anyone want such a feature. You > would have a lot of paniced sighted folks. lol. On the Mac, restarting your > macbook will turn back up screen brightness. But there's no intuitive way to > restart an iPhone without sight unless your a voiceover user. > > Ricardo Walker > [email protected] > Twitter & Skype: rwalker296 > www.mobileaccess.org > > On Aug 12, 2011, at 3:12 AM, Chris Moore wrote: > >> If only we could turn the screen brightness down to complete zero on the >> iPhone too (it is still visible with the brightness way down). >> On 12 Aug 2011, at 08:06, Ricardo Walker wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Just like to add to this, If using a macbook, turning on screen curtain is >>> not a substitute for turning down screen brightness in regards to battery >>> conservation. If all you do is turn on screen curtain, your display is >>> still blazing away just with well, a black curtain over it. lol. >>> >>> hth >>> >>> Ricardo Walker >>> [email protected] >>> Twitter & Skype: rwalker296 >>> www.mobileaccess.org >>> >>> On Aug 12, 2011, at 1:09 AM, M. Taylor wrote: >>> >>>> Hello Johnny, >>>> >>>> You can enable/disable the screen curtain on the MacBook Pro by >>>> triple-finger, triple-tapping the track pad. >>>> >>>> Mark >>>> On Aug 11, 2011, at 3:39 PM, John Chilelli wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi! >>>>> >>>>> How does one enable and disable the screen curtain? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> >>>>> Johnny >>>>> >>>>> On Jul 24, 2011, at 6:22 PM, Missy Hoppe wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi! Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately, I've already confirmed >>>>>> more than once that my keyboard's backlight is >>>>>> completely turned off. I have light perception, and am about 95 percent >>>>>> definite that the backlight is not glowing at all. >>>>>> Same with the screen. I keep brightness at 0 and also enable the screen >>>>>> curtain. >>>>>> It's an excellent suggestion, though, and I hope it helps someone. >>>>>> Missy >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>> From: [email protected] >>>>>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of M. Taylor >>>>>> Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2011 5:49 PM >>>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>>> Subject: IMPORTANT: To MacBook Pro Lion Users >>>>>> >>>>>> Hello Everyone, >>>>>> >>>>>> After posting my last message to the list regarding the increase in heat >>>>>> generated on my MBP since installing Lion and the definite lessening of >>>>>> battery life, I took a closer look at my MBP and discovered what I hope >>>>>> will >>>>>> prove to be useful to you. >>>>>> >>>>>> F Y I: Until yesterday, I was running Lion on an external FireWire drive >>>>>> and did not notice the increase in heat since the computer is always >>>>>> sitting >>>>>> on my desk when running Lion. Additionally, when I have the FireWire >>>>>> connected, I also have the power cable connected. >>>>>> >>>>>> Anyway, and I have confirmed this twice on my MBP and I called a friend >>>>>> who >>>>>> installed Lion this morning and she confirmed the same, said same being: >>>>>> The backlight on the MBP keyboard is set to on when Lion is first >>>>>> installed. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Now I want to be clear, I keep my keyboard backlight off and so it was >>>>>> when >>>>>> I upgraded to Lion. However, when I looked closely at my keyboard, >>>>>> today, I >>>>>> discovered that while it was dimmed, it was not set as it had been before >>>>>> the upgrade. >>>>>> >>>>>> After I turn the backlight off/or to its lowest setting, the increase in >>>>>> heat went away. >>>>>> >>>>>> So, I recommend that those of you noticing a change in heat/battery drain >>>>>> confirm that your MBP keyboard backlights are set as they were before >>>>>> upgrading/installing Lion. >>>>>> >>>>>> F5 and F6 decrease and increase keyboard backlight, respectively. >>>>>> >>>>>> Mark >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>> [email protected]. >>>>>> 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 [email protected]. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>> [email protected]. >>>>>> 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 [email protected]. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> [email protected]. >>>>> 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 [email protected]. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> [email protected]. >>>> 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 [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> 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 [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> 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 [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > 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. 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