That is correct, Ron, after all, it is called "Screen Curtain On" or "Screen Curtain Off" when you do a 3-finger triple tap and not "Screen Off" or "Screen On".
One has to remember that we are talking about a "touch screen" here, so turning off the screen which basically is what happens when you lock the phone, also disables touch. Here is what Apple writes about the screen curtain: For added privacy, you can prevent those around you from reading the screen by using the screen curtain, which temporarily turns the screen black. The screen curtain is also useful for sighted users who want to avoid reading the screen while learning to use VoiceOver. Regards, Sieghard -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ron Pelletier Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2013 6:30 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Screen curtain. Hi, The way I understand it, this statement would be wrong. The screen curtain does not turn the screen off, it merely hide's it and, after many, many tests, does not make any difference on battery drain. Brightness levels make a difference on battery drain but not the curtain. Ron & Danvers -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alex Hall Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2013 11:24 AM To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: Screen curtain. The screen curtain turns the screen off. You can leave your brightness werever you want and when the curtain is disabled, it will return to that setting. Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 6, 2013, at 11:06, Chris H <[email protected]> wrote: > > First of all it's screen curtain not screen courtain. Just so we all > know what you're talking about. > It's best to only use screen curtain in situations where you would > rather have some privacy by nobody being able to look over your shoulder. Otherwise leave it off. It doesn't seem to make a difference on the battery at least at my end. The brightness however does consume power. The higher the percentage the more power the device consumes. > > E-mail Facebook and iMessage > [email protected] > >> On 06/11/2013 15:36, Dan Rossi wrote: >> My apologies for such a newbee question, but I just want to make sure >> that I fully understand the functionality of screen courtain. I only >> just realized what might be happening with this feature. I had >> turned the brightness way down on my screen, and had probably engaged >> screen courtain at some point. When I was attempting to show my wife >> some pictures, she said she couldn't see anything, so I turned up the >> brightness. She still couldn't see anything. She said the screen >> was black, so I did the three finger triple tap to turn off the >> screen courtain, and all was happy. >> >> So, my question is, should I just leave brightness at a high setting >> so the screen is easily read by a sighted person when screen courtain >> is off, and just keep the screen courtain on whenever I am using the >> phone? >> >> I had always assumed that the courtain was dynamic and was only on >> when the phone was locked. Since it seems to be a persistent thing, >> then there doesn't seem to be a need for me to keep brightness turned >> down. >> >> Thanks. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. > > Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. > > Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > > Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing [email protected]. > > Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. > > More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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