Auto backlight management?

[Eben Eliason]

On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 10:43 PM, John Watlington <wad at laptop.org> wrote:
>
>  Bert misread the spec.  When the backlight is switched off, the screen
>  automatically switches to B&W mode.   Why would you want to take
>  that out of the control of the user ?

I'm working on mockups for a "screen device" (in the Frame) which will
include a brightness slider and an independent checkbox for color/b&w
mode, so that these can be managed directly by the user at their
discretion.  It's clear to me that it would be quite useful to have a
bright backlight AND black & white mode for reading a book at night,
for instance, and this isn't possible in the current UI.

- Eben