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Re: The world wide web in black and white

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Post by jontro » Mon, Oct 08, 2012, 11:34 AM UTC

judofyr wrote: post #15

padolsey wrote: post #8

It's amazing how something so seemingly minor can make such a huge difference. I feel like I'm traversing the web of yesteryear (true yesteryear, not the animated gif'd web of 1997). Thanks for the link OP! One critique: The desaturation occurs a noticeable ~300ms after the page starts displaying, which means I always get a brief flash of colour.

You can avoid the flash by adding this into the Custom.css: html { -webkit-filter: grayscale(100%); } On Mac it's in ~/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/User StyleSheets/Custom.css.

On windows it's located in: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\User StyleSheets\Custom.css

Re: The world wide web in black and white

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Post by navs » Mon, Oct 08, 2012, 11:40 AM UTC

motdiem wrote: post #19

Maci wrote: post #13

Who needs plugins. MacOS X > System Preferences > Universal Access - Seeing - Display: [x] Use grayscale

Thanks - this strangely makes using the computer a more soothing experience. Tried it for a few minutes, when I turned the color back on, it seemed suddenly very loud.

I don't know. I have trouble reading text on these white backgrounds. More now than ever before.

This might be the dumbest question but is there a system performance benefit in using grayscale?

Re: The world wide web in black and white

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Post by ojii » Mon, Oct 08, 2012, 11:57 AM UTC

It would be better if it grayscaled the favicons too. They look like out of place splashes of color in the browser now.

Re: The world wide web in black and white

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Post by trotsky » Mon, Oct 08, 2012, 12:14 PM UTC

It seems to blur all my fonts a decent bit on os x with a hidpi display in a way that doesn't happen with accessibility. sub-pixel rendering issue?

Re: The world wide web in black and white

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Post by mojuba » Mon, Oct 08, 2012, 12:19 PM UTC

Maci wrote: post #13

Who needs plugins. MacOS X > System Preferences > Universal Access - Seeing - Display: [x] Use grayscale

Thanks, that's an interesting incentive to return to the real world for colours more often ;)

Re: The world wide web in black and white

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Post by mojuba » Mon, Oct 08, 2012, 12:22 PM UTC

PostOnce wrote: post #18

I had to go look at http://www.colourlovers.com/ ...

... and suddenly many beautiful landscapes started looking like Ansel Adams

Re: The world wide web in black and white

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Post by capex » Mon, Oct 08, 2012, 12:25 PM UTC

Combine this with F.lux, which adapts your display according to the time of day (at night you'll find your monitor quite pleasant to look at). http://stereopsis.com/flux/

Re: The world wide web in black and white

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Post by gbvb » Mon, Oct 08, 2012, 12:46 PM UTC

I have been using http://code.google.com/p/blacktree-nocturne/downloads/detail... (Nocturne) which essentially turns the entire desktop darker. It is very soothing to turn everything monochrome.

Re: The world wide web in black and white

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Post by ilija139 » Mon, Oct 08, 2012, 12:48 PM UTC

Maci wrote: post #13

Who needs plugins. MacOS X > System Preferences > Universal Access - Seeing - Display: [x] Use grayscale

It's even better with "white on black" option.

Re: The world wide web in black and white

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Post by __del__ » Mon, Oct 08, 2012, 12:49 PM UTC

Maci wrote: post #13

Who needs plugins. MacOS X > System Preferences > Universal Access - Seeing - Display: [x] Use grayscale

Who needs a computer?

Cheapo Samsung TFT > Menu > Color > Color Effect > Grayscale