Negative Screen Mode

[andyljohnson]

I really like using the Negative Mode when I am reading, or updating my calendar, and mundane tasks like that. I find it is much easier on the eyes and allows me to focus. My question is, can this mode harm my macbook pro screen? Will it shorten it's life?

 

[Tallest Skil]

Black takes more energy to display than white, so it'll drain your battery a little faster.

And by little, I mean it's infinitesimal.

 

[jsw]

My question is, can this mode harm my macbook pro screen? Will it shorten it's life?

Not at all. Not even by a second.

 

[kastenbrust]

I really like using the Negative Mode when I am reading, or updating my calendar, and mundane tasks like that. I find it is much easier on the eyes and allows me to focus. My question is, can this mode harm my macbook pro screen? Will it shorten it's life?

N.O.

 

[mbpnewbie]

How does one activate negative screen mode?

 

[r.j.s]

How does one activate negative screen mode?

Control-Option-Command-8

 

[MikhailT]

How does one activate negative screen mode?

Press Control+Option+Command+8

 

[alphaod]

I really like using the Negative Mode when I am reading, or updating my calendar, and mundane tasks like that. I find it is much easier on the eyes and allows me to focus. My question is, can this mode harm my macbook pro screen? Will it shorten it's life?

Since it's designed for people with bad vision, it should be easier on the eyes.

 

[rukus]

im blind in my left eye, and have some vision problems, and this is a godsend. i love it. makes pictures look cool.

 

[mbpnewbie]

That is so Cool... thanks for that... Learn something new everyday

 

[GilGrissom]

Awesome. I swear the shortcut for this changed from Tiger to Leopard and I couldn't work out what the new one was...thanks!

 

[jeffy.dee-lux]

I don't understand how black takes more energy than white. Is it because no matter what, the back-lighting stays on, so for black it has to expend energy to block all of the backlighting?

 

[clyde2801]

Very nice! Thanks!

 

[alphaod]

I don't understand how black takes more energy than white. Is it because no matter what, the back-lighting stays on, so for black it has to expend energy to block all of the backlighting?

No…

Some people like to be silly and say silly and uninformative things.

 

[Tallest Skil]

No…

Some people like to be silly and say silly and uninformative things.

You see it everywhere:

http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=fact-or-fiction-black-is

That's one of several dozen articles.

Personally, I couldn't care less. I like the black-fluorescent blue combo.