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A greyscale iPhone setup that works in everyday life

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Re: A greyscale iPhone setup that works in everyday life

#21

This is fantastic! I had greyscale on many years ago, but I had to turn turn colours back on for google maps... but this trick allows me to have my cake and eat it too!

Looking at the example images, I was actually shocked that the app was so low contrast in B&W to be unusable. At least apps from Apple/Google. I would have expected their usability teams to be all over it, while expecting smaller app devs to need a pass on this.

Re: A greyscale iPhone setup that works in everyday life

#24

Can remember how I set it up. Tap the back of my iphone 3 times and it toggles greyscale. Makes taking and looking at photos nice.

Never knew that tapping the back of the phone did anything. Yet another Apple convention you only discover by accident?

Re: A greyscale iPhone setup that works in everyday life

#26
post #22

Can remember how I set it up. Tap the back of my iphone 3 times and it toggles greyscale. Makes taking and looking at photos nice.

That's pretty nifty -- how to you register taps on back with automation?

Also, since I had an atari st as my first 'serious" computer, I loved the B&W monitor and b&W GEM.

I'm still looking for a way to preserve the low-color feel for my macbooks and mac desktops. Also I love the idea of low-dopamine UIs in principle.

For same reasons as the original author, I find myself to abandon the B&W mode and then do not turn it back on later.

I'd envision OS layer that handles the desktop, finder and apps, and an API that apps like browsers can use, e.g. in chrome extensions.

Anyone here aware of work in that area?

Re: A greyscale iPhone setup that works in everyday life

#28
post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why do you think Pokemon makes the cards super bright and shiny :)

No need to get specific. Look at any retail packaging. Look at any advertisement. Bright and shiny always gets the attention. You've never read anyone reply "ooh, grayscale". It's always "Ooooh, shiny"

Apple does a pretty good job of extracting dopamine from black and white packaging.

Re: A greyscale iPhone setup that works in everyday life

#29

Accessibility > Vibration > Off Removes a lot of purposefully rewarding/manipulating haptics. Makes a phone feel "quiet" and easier to put down.

What apps were vibrating that much? I live in Do Not Disturb mode so I don’t have sounds for alerts.
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