Re: Auto backlight management?

2008-04-26 Thread Wade Brainerd
On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 11:46 AM, C. Scott Ananian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have discussed with Chris implementing a hackish low-power mode to demonstrate optimal power management on the Gen 1 hardware to illustrate the potential of the XO. I would really enjoy this feature. I would use

Re: Auto backlight management?

2008-04-26 Thread Martin Dengler
On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 06:15:22AM -0400, Wade Brainerd wrote: On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 11:46 AM, C. Scott Ananian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have discussed with Chris implementing a hackish low-power mode to demonstrate optimal power management on the Gen 1 hardware to illustrate the

Re: Auto backlight management?

2008-04-25 Thread Martin Dengler
On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 11:05:10AM +0200, Bert Freudenberg wrote: On 25.04.2008, at 10:46, Martin Dengler wrote: On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 12:07:12AM -0400, Eben Eliason wrote: It's clear to me that it would be quite useful to have a bright backlight AND black white mode for reading a book at

Re: Auto backlight management?

2008-04-25 Thread Martin Dengler
On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 09:47:29AM +0100, Martin Dengler wrote: On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 10:54:34PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: my machines are out on loan right now. is this monochrome mode the high-res mode, or is this still using multiple screen pixels per display pixel like color

Re: Auto backlight management?

2008-04-25 Thread karl
Bert Freudenberg wrote: On 25.04.2008, at 10:46, Martin Dengler wrote: On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 12:07:12AM -0400, Eben Eliason wrote: On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 10:43 PM, John Watlington [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bert misread the spec. When the backlight is switched off, the

Re: Auto backlight management?

2008-04-25 Thread C. Scott Ananian
On Apr 24, 2008, at 10:39 PM, Frank Ch. Eigler wrote: Opportunistic use of the on-board camera and the time-of-day clock could yield such heuristics. Just for reference, in my mind the best mechanism to do this on the current hardware would have been to use the battery-status LED in reverse to

Re: Auto backlight management?

2008-04-24 Thread Frank Ch. Eigler
Bert Freudenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [...] The XO does not have an ambient light sensor. The backlight is not turned off automatically in sunlight. [...] Opportunistic use of the on-board camera and the time-of-day clock could yield such heuristics. - FChE

Re: Auto backlight management?

2008-04-24 Thread Yoshiki Ohshima
At Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:43:53 -0400, John Watlington wrote: Bert misread the spec. When the backlight is switched off, the screen automatically switches to BW mode. Why would you want to take that out of the control of the user ? Did he misread the spec? What you wrote here and what

Re: Auto backlight management?

2008-04-24 Thread Eben Eliason
On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 10:39 PM, Frank Ch. Eigler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bert Freudenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [...] The XO does not have an ambient light sensor. The backlight is not turned off automatically in sunlight. [...] Opportunistic use of the on-board camera and the

Re: Auto backlight management?

2008-04-24 Thread Ivan Krstić
On Apr 24, 2008, at 10:39 PM, Frank Ch. Eigler wrote: Opportunistic use of the on-board camera and the time-of-day clock could yield such heuristics. The camera lights up an LED when enabled, alerting the laptop operator to its use. This privacy-preserving feature would be rendered

Re: Auto backlight management?

2008-04-24 Thread Benjamin M. Schwartz
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jordan Crouse wrote: | On 24/04/08 22:10 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | this is the one drawback to the fantasic screen, any light from the | backlight that gets through is colored by the screen. it can be made to | appear white by allowing all