[Sugar-devel] automatic backlight control

[Paul Fox]

bert wrote:
 > 
 > On 24.11.2011, at 17:23, Paul Fox wrote:
 > 
 > > bert wrote:
 > >> 
 > >> So I would rather not add that extra step "below 0". 
 > > 
 > > okay, i'm fine with that -- i was on the fence.  but i think you and
 > > gary are saying two slightly different things.
 > > 
 > > you're saying that the manual keypresses shouldn't have an intermediate
 > > "level 0 in color" step.   gary's saying that auto-turnoff should go
 > > to level 0 in mono.  i'm happy to agree with you.  i don't think i'm
 > > ready to agree with gary.
 > > 
 > > reason for not agreeing with gary:  the switch from color to mono and
 > > back is very noticeable when you're in bright sunlight.  the
 > > auto-turnoff should be designed to be as transparent to the user as
 > > possible.  there will be times when the auto-turnoff won't do quite
 > > the right thing -- perhaps your hands are shading the sensor
 > > momentarily, or perhaps your laptop was sleeping when you came
 > > outside, and the auto-turnoff won't take effect until your first
 > > keystroke wakes it up.  in those cases i think the auto-turnoff should
 > > stay in color mode.
 > > 
 > > paul
 > 
 > 
 > I agree with you, but I thought Gary was referring to the brightness keys, too. 
 > I interpreted his message as "automatically switch to mono when the user sets 
 > brightness to 0", which is not what is in os12 right now, but will be 
 > reinstated as per this discussion.
 > 

re-reading for Nth time, i see i might have misunderstood -- sorry gary!

sounds like we're all agreed.

thanks!

paul
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