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Re: undefined

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Post by theelous3 »

My off white "back / home / app switch" bar remains so it's not even close to being all black. (chrome on android. Works on ff.)

> Save energy

Only on one type of oled? It's more energy intensive than white on the majority of screen types.

> Stealth mode / Meditation / Better than standby mode

This might blow your mind but... phones can be placed face down. Or hit the standby switch. Or put it in your pocket. All way easier than going to your browser, finding it in bookmarks, and selecting black.

Monitors have an off switch you can just reach over to, that is also way easier.

Additionally, both of these methods _actually_ save energy.

The reasoning is super flawed but I'm glad you probably had fun writing it. That's all that matters.

Re: undefined

#12

Post by theelous3 »

totetsu wrote: post #2

Is anyone else getting a certificate error? also.. tangentially I have been experimenting with directly exposing photo paper with my phone screen, and pulling it away in a fraction of a second. Do any android devs out there know if it would be feasible for me to whip up an app that flashed the screen including backlight on and off to show an image for a fraction of a second at a specific brightness?

Software isn't going to know the actual candela output from random screens, or individual devices.

You'd have to standardise the hardware or have a v good db of models and light etc.

Re: undefined

#13

Post by croon »

noisy_boy wrote: post #7

I use a completely black image as my desktop background just to avoid the background light around windows with dark/night mode (the impact is more pronounced at night because I like to turn-off the lights in my room at night while using the computer). Also makes watching movies nicer when I don't want them full screen.

I always have a dimmed light behind my monitor to reduce contrast strain from monitor backlight.

I have no idea if this is actually rooted in science or something I just adopted and post-rationalized, but I guess I know what to research next coffee break.

Re: undefined

#14

Post by omgitsabird »

mellosouls wrote: post #9

I like this, though would be useful for a bookmarkable (ie. clickable with url) version of the individual colours.

    javascript: (()=>{const div = document.createElement('div'); div.style.background = 'black'; document.body.appendChild(div); div.requestFullscreen();})();
You could add that as a bookmark. You can replace 'black' with whatever color you want.

Re: undefined

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Post by bugmen0t »

littlestymaar wrote: post #10

This is kind of creepy: for some reason Firefox only displays the “Full screen” pop-up warning several seconds after the website has actually gone full screen. I don't know what causes this delay, but if there's a way to raise it high enough, it completely defeats the point of the warning, and could lead to fishing.

Can't reproduce. The notification starts scrolling into view the same time the webpage becomes full-screeen. Firefox Nightly on Linux Desktop here.

Please report a but with more details if this is also true for you on Firefox Nightly.

Re: undefined

#16

Post by djrockstar1 »

omgitsabird wrote: post #8

document.addEventListener('click', () => document.body.requestFullscreen())

I was inspired to do something similar, a bookmarklet:

    javascript:let b=document.body;b.bgColor="black";b.innerText="";b.requestFullscreen()

Re: undefined

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Post by davehcker »

croon wrote: post #13
noisy_boy wrote: post #7

I use a completely black image as my desktop background just to avoid the background light around windows with dark/night mode (the impact is more pronounced at night because I like to turn-off the lights in my room at night while using the computer). Also makes watching movies nicer when I don't want them full screen.

I always have a dimmed light behind my monitor to reduce contrast strain from monitor backlight. I have no idea if this is actually rooted in science or something I just adopted and post-rationalized, but I guess I know what to research next coffee break.

Yes, it is called bias lighting. Here you go: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bias_lighting

Re: undefined

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Post by myfonj » 

    Ctrl+L

    data:text/html,

    Enter

    F11
Lately I had been thinking that task _"fill your screen with colour X (really fast)"_ would make a nice (ugly) interview question, revealing creativity and exploring different approaches.

For maximum points I'd expect candidate given task "fill your screen with black" to simply turn it off.

Re: undefined

#20

Post by omgitsabird »

djrockstar1 wrote: post #16
omgitsabird wrote: post #8

document.addEventListener('click', () => document.body.requestFullscreen())

I was inspired to do something similar, a bookmarklet: javascript:let b=document.body;b.bgColor="black";b.innerText="";b.requestFullscreen()

Interesting, I would have assumed the browser would have blocked the fullscreen request as it wasn't initiated by an action on the document itself.
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