Screen curtain on iPhone

2014-05-10 Thread Paul Hopewell
Hello, I am concerned about battery life on my ageing iPhone 3GS running the latest level of IOS 6 (IOS 7 does not work on the 3GS). I know that reducing screen brightness increases battery life. If I set screen curtain on does that have the same effect as setting screen brightness to 0? If I

Re: Screen curtain on iPhone

2014-05-10 Thread Chris Apple boy
I would put the screen brightness to 0 then adjust it where necessary. Screen curtain only puts a virtual curtain around your screen and doesn't affect how it contrasts. On 10/05/2014 10:48, Paul Hopewell wrote: Hello, I am concerned about battery life on my ageing iPhone 3GS running the

Re: Screen curtain on iPhone

2014-05-10 Thread Glenn
Message - From: Paul Hopewell hopew...@hopewell.org.uk To: mac-access mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2014 4:48 AM Subject: Screen curtain on iPhone Hello, I am concerned about battery life on my ageing iPhone 3GS running the latest level of IOS 6 (IOS 7 does not work

Re: Screen curtain on iPhone

2014-05-10 Thread Bryan Jones
Last I heard, the official word from Apple Accessibility was that the IOS screen curtain has no effect on battery life. BTW, though I’ve done no official testing, my personal experience leads me to believe this also holds true for the MacOS screen curtain on Macbooks. Bryan On May 10, 2014,

Re: Screen curtain on iPhone

2014-05-10 Thread Eleanor Martha Burke
how do I activate the Mac screen curtain Sent from my iPhone On 10 May 2014, at 15:27, Bryan Jones openses...@me.com wrote: Last I heard, the official word from Apple Accessibility was that the IOS screen curtain has no effect on battery life. BTW, though I’ve done no official testing,

Re: Screen curtain on iPhone

2014-05-10 Thread Glenn
Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2014 9:27 AM Subject: Re: Screen curtain on iPhone Last I heard, the official word from Apple Accessibility was that the IOS screen curtain has no effect on battery life. BTW, though I’ve done no official testing, my personal

How to activate the MacOS screen curtain {Was: Re: Screen curtain on iPhone}

2014-05-10 Thread Bryan Jones
Press VO+HH to get to the VoiceOver Commands help menu, then type screen curtain to narrow the results. At this point VO should announce the shortcut key VO+Shift+F11 and, if you’d like, you can press Return to toggle the screen curtain or press escape to exit the VO Commands Help menu. HTH,

Re: Screen curtain on iPhone

2014-05-10 Thread Bryan Jones
Subject: Re: Screen curtain on iPhone Last I heard, the official word from Apple Accessibility was that the IOS screen curtain has no effect on battery life. BTW, though I’ve done no official testing, my personal experience leads me to believe this also holds true for the MacOS screen

Re: Screen curtain on iPhone

2014-05-10 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
...@me.com To: OS X iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2014 11:13 AM Subject: Re: Screen curtain on iPhone Yes, I’ve heard this anecdote from a number of different folks over the years. Unfortunately, AFAIK none of these folks have produced any hard evidence

Re: Screen curtain on iPhone

2014-05-10 Thread Glenn
- Original Message - From: Bryan Jones openses...@me.com To: OS X iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2014 10:13 AM Subject: Re: Screen curtain on iPhone Yes, I’ve heard this anecdote from a number of different folks over the years. Unfortunately, AFAIK none

Re: Screen curtain on iPhone

2014-05-10 Thread Glenn
Message - From: Christopher-Mark Gilland ch...@clgproductions.com To: OS X iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2014 10:33 AM Subject: Re: Screen curtain on iPhone Bryan, I might be wrong on this, so please don't quote me here, but if I am understanding things

Re: Screen curtain on iPhone

2014-05-10 Thread Matthew Carello
It is shift control option f11 to toggle screen curtain on and off. On May 10, 2014, at 9:32 AM, Eleanor Martha Burke eleanormarthabu...@gmail.com wrote: how do I activate the Mac screen curtain Sent from my iPhone On 10 May 2014, at 15:27, Bryan Jones openses...@me.com wrote: Last I

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2014-05-10 Thread Laurie Mehta
, Glenn glenner...@cableone.net wrote: Subject: Re: Screen curtain on iPhone To: OS X iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Date: Saturday, May 10, 2014, 11:41 AM Chris, I believe that the screen curtain turns off the back-light, thus making it black, like it is when there is no power