Hi Esther, This had me scratching my head as well. I think this might be do to the computers we are using. I believe you and I are using macbooks, and the ones who are having the this behavior seem to be using iMacs. On the macbooks, turning screen brightness down to 0% effectively turns off the screen. Even with screen curtain on, the screen is still technically bright. The screen curtain just basically puts a black vale over the screen. But it looks like the iMacs screen works similar to the iOS devices. lowering screen brightness to 0% just turns off the backlight, not disable the screen like on the macbooks.
Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 www.mobileaccess.org On Jun 10, 2011, at 10:38 PM, Esther wrote: > Hi John and Tom, > > Are you sure that you're using the appropriate keyboard shortcut? On my > Macbook Pro, where I have checked the box for "Use all F1, F2, etc. keys as > standard function keys" on the "Keyboard" tab of the "Keyboard" menu under > "System Preferences", using the Fn+F1 key to lower the display to where it > says keyboard brightness is "0 per cent" has the same effect as turning my > screen curtain on, according to other users. This also checks out if I try > to use the iPhone "Light Detector" app; I get no sound when the iPhone is > pointed to my laptop screen when the display brightness reported by VoiceOver > is "0 per cent" -- same as with my screen curtain turned on. As soon as I > start to raise my screen brightness with Fn+F2 the "Light Detector" app on > the iPhone picks it up. Of course, if I don't press the Fn key along with > the F1 or F2 key, nothing happens to the brightness adjustment with the above > settings. > > Are you using external displays like with an iMac? Also, what setting do you > use when you check your "Displays" menu under System Preferences? Under the > Display tab is the box for "Automatically adjust brightness as ambient light > changes" checked or unchecked? When you interact with the slider and push it > all the way down to 0 does your screen go dark? > > Cheers, > > Esther > > > On Jun 10, 2011, at 15:40, John Sanfilippo wrote: > >> Wow! I quite aggree with your need to dim the screen even further than it >> currently allows. I've resorted to the screen curtain (shift vo f11), though >> that's not really the answer. >> >> Thanks for sharing. >> >> John S >> >> >> On Jun 9, 2011, at 10:25 PM, Tom Frank wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> Even at zero percent the screen is too bright for me to see maps on Google . >> Is there any way to dial down the brightness even further? It may be limited >> because screens are now LEDs and not CRTs. >> Tom Frank >> vermont...@gmail.com >> >> >> >> On Jun 8, 2011, at 10:21 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Why not just leave it at 0%, and then when a person needs to see the >>> screen, just press function F2 to brighten to the persons desired level. >>> Then, just press Function F1 to lower brightness back to 0%? >>> >>> Ricardo Walker >>> rwalker...@gmail.com >>> Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 >>> www.mobileaccess.org >>> >>> >>> >>> On Jun 8, 2011, at 9:22 PM, Shameless FanGirl wrote: >>> >>>> Hi again all, >>>> >>>> For those of you who choose to dial your brightness down on your Mac, but >>>> who choose to have it bright enough to be able to be adequately viewed, >>>> should you need it via sighted assistance, I'm told it's still perfectly >>>> fine at 10 to 15% brightness. Just thought I'd share that observation with >>>> the list. >>>> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
