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Re: Vehicle Motion Cues

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Post by Crespyl »

neko_ranger wrote: post #6

This is an easy enable with "Automatic Detection". Are there any other phone "Accessibility" options that are useful to everyone?

Not technically "Accessibility" but Android has a "developer" setting called "Show Touches" which puts little dots on screen when you touch it.

I find it acts a little like being able to see the cursor on a desktop or laptop; it provides a little bit of immediate feedback that the system recognized your intent, and helps make it clear whether it's the OS or just the app when things are getting laggy.

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Post by esperent »

My Android phone has this too (Vivo). Maybe they all do?

It wasn't well explained what it was for though, I discovered it while messing with the settings and thought it was just a cool random feature to visualize motion. I'm just now learning it's for motion sickness.

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Post by Rohansi »

fletchowns wrote: post #9
Centigonal wrote: post #7

I just found out this capability is also available on Macbooks! This would have saved me a lot of grief during a recent road trip through some mountains. https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/change-motion-setti...

It works great on Macbook. I don't know why they don't suggest it to folks when car or train movement is detected! I have a feeling a lot of people don't know it exists. I wish my Pixel 9 had it but I guess it hasn't trickled down yet. I think it's in the latest Android on latest Pixel devices though.

> I wish my Pixel 9 had it but I guess it hasn't trickled down yet.

You don't need to wait. You can get apps that do the same thing on Android.

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Post by aprilnya »

duskwuff wrote: post #8
neko_ranger wrote: post #6

This is an easy enable with "Automatic Detection". Are there any other phone "Accessibility" options that are useful to everyone?

Under "Display & Text Size": "on/off labels" and "increase contrast". "Reduce transparency" is a bit of a mixed bag but is worth trying out. Under "Audio & Visual", "background sounds" is a built-in 'white noise' generator and can be useful for relaxing / sleeping. You wouldn't want to leave it on all the time, of course. Under "Touch": "Back Touch" lets you map a double/triple tap on the back of the phone to various…

As for Reduce Transparency, next iOS version has a proper slider to adjust the transparency of Liquid Glass - worth playing with for anyone on the beta

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Post by myself248 »

This should've been possible with the Thinkpad HDAPS accelerometer back in the day. (If it detected the laptop was falling, it would park the HDD heads in anticipation of impact.) Shame nobody thought of it then!

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Post by yonatan8070 »

Centigonal wrote: post #7

I just found out this capability is also available on Macbooks! This would have saved me a lot of grief during a recent road trip through some mountains. https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/change-motion-setti...

Very cool that apple made it

I wonder if any other laptops have IMUs that can be used to implement this on Linux/Windows

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Post by superb_dev »

duskwuff wrote: post #8
neko_ranger wrote: post #6

This is an easy enable with "Automatic Detection". Are there any other phone "Accessibility" options that are useful to everyone?

Under "Display & Text Size": "on/off labels" and "increase contrast". "Reduce transparency" is a bit of a mixed bag but is worth trying out. Under "Audio & Visual", "background sounds" is a built-in 'white noise' generator and can be useful for relaxing / sleeping. You wouldn't want to leave it on all the time, of course. Under "Touch": "Back Touch" lets you map a double/triple tap on the back of the phone to various…

I love the background sounds feature. You can add a shortcut in the control center to turn it on and off. I used it a ton when I lived in an apartment with particularly noisy neighbors

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Post by bschwindHN »

neko_ranger wrote: post #6

This is an easy enable with "Automatic Detection". Are there any other phone "Accessibility" options that are useful to everyone?

I use the magnifier on iOS to examine small electronics on a PCB, or other small detailed things.

Similarly, on MacOS I use the Zoom feature (Command Key + mouse scroll) to pixel peep when doing graphical work.

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