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I think we're at the tail end of a unique cultural moment where "phone addiction" is even a conceivable idea. They are already arguably the human tool, and in a decade or two the devices will be so firmly a fixture of interaction that "phone addiction" will seem as quaint an idea as "book addiction."
Settings --> general --> accessiblity --> scroll to accessibility shortcut at bototm --> choose colour filters
Enabling greyscale itself is in the display accomodations --> colour filters section of accessibility
Once enable, just triple tap home to turn greyscale on/off
At least some android systems have a similar setting.
I am not sure if this is actually affecting my usage, but I only figured this out a couple days ago. My compulsive usage is mostly text, which grayscale has little impact on.
>I asked myself how many people already see the whole world like this by default. >... >As a designer, I depend heavily on color... I'm a little surprised that a visual designer wouldn't already be applying basic accessible design practices - but I guess it's not something most people think about day-to-day. Still, at the very least, consider running your palettes through a simulator such as: http://www.color-blindne…
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/spectrum/ofclemegk...
On ios, you can set the accessibility shortcut to enable/disable greyscale quickly. Useful for when you need colour. Settings --> general --> accessiblity --> scroll to accessibility shortcut at bototm --> choose colour filters Enabling greyscale itself is in the display accomodations --> colour filters section of accessibility Once enable, just triple tap home to turn greyscale on/off At least some android systems h…
On one hand, configuring my phone to grayscale is to me a very intriguing "lifehack". But for better or worse, my phone is also my primary camera, and I tend to think that setting it to grayscale would impair my ability to take photos.
Pro tip: add it to the triple home button click (Settings>General>Accessibility>Accessibility Shortcut (all the way at the bottom)>Select 'Color Filters') for easy switching for color/grayscale.
I think we're at the tail end of a unique cultural moment where "phone addiction" is even a conceivable idea. They are already arguably the human tool, and in a decade or two the devices will be so firmly a fixture of interaction that "phone addiction" will seem as quaint an idea as "book addiction."
Similarly, we're beginning to wise up around the exploitation of our attention. The dopamine hit is real, just like with sugar, but we can also learn to override those impulses by focusing on longer-term goals (being in shape, having a healthy social life).
I tried this and it didn't make me use my phone less. That said, I don't use my phone for hours and hours to begin with. Was this anyone else's experience?
I wish I could try this! I doubt there are many others here, but if anyone is still using a Windows Phone, I just submitted a suggestion for greyscale options to the MS Feedback Hub, so you can search "greyscale" there to upvote the suggestion.
I thought it was already abandoned as a failed project by Nicrosoft?
I'm currently going greyscale and have not noticed many differences in my habits. In the past week I've been using YouTube less but my YouTube habits have always ebbed and flowed. I'm reading the news apps on my phone slightly more.. greyscale makes articles have a dead tree newspaper feel with the black and white photos. Google maps is noticeably more difficult to use and so is Google calendar, which categorizes eve…
I would be interested in cranking through the data myself to see how my phone statistics change vs others. If there was a way to time activities spent in apps...