Site brightness question

[Craig Lewis]

Does anyone know of a way to change the background of this page to a neutral colour?

Dunno if it's just me, but the white background is frying my eyeballs!

For the record...I have gone into the screen settings and worked with my resolution & dimming features.

[MikeK]

Yes, but it is not for the faint-of-heart. You need an app ported to your particular browser to actively override the CSS Stylesheet for the displayed page every time that website page is called. Wanna see it? Right click on this page and select "View page source". All the override apps I've seen expect you to somewhat understand that source code. You could try sunglasses.

[Craig Lewis]

eh thanks...I guess.
Someone suggested "fishing glasses", apparently they have an antiglare lens.
I'll try and find some tomorrow.
After about 10 minutes on this laptop I feel like I have welding flash. I didn't have this trouble with the old CRT monitors but it seems the flat lcd screens all have a certain level of annoyance for my eyes.
I keep trying different cures but haven't found anything that works, just thought someone else might have the same trouble...

[MikeK]

OK, plan "B".- All laptops have a power management program that controls screen brightness independently for battery and AC use. The default for AC is usually 100%. Look for an icon that is either a battery charge indicator or an AC plug. Click on it. A power management program should open. In there you should be able to set the AC operation brightness to a lower level.

[sturgis39]

When you are cool the sun shines all of the time. I wear sun glasses 24/7. I heard this back in the sixties.

[30ccpickup]

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On your keyboard look for a picture of the sun, there should be two, sun up/sun down, these keys control the brightness. Hold down the Fn key (function) and at the same time press the sun key with the down arrow on it. This will dim the screen.

[Ross/Kzoo]

Have you had your eyes checked? An op*******ologist may be able to advise you.

[roccaas]

My Apple desktop has a Gamma setting that makes for easy glare free viewing. Neither my iPad nor any Windows display has any such setting that I can find, and like you, the glare does bother me on these machines.

I know there are glare reducing stick on's for iPads, but I haven't gotten that far.

[2manycars]

Originally Posted by sturgis39

When you are cool the sun shines all of the time. I wear sun glasses 24/7. I heard this back in the sixties.

That was in an accident report when I was in the Air Force. An airman was disembarking an airplane at night and fell down the gangway stairs and was injured. It was found he was wearing sun glasses. When questioned about that, his reply was "Man, when you are cool, the sun is always shining". We all had a good laugh about that.

[Tom Wesenberg]

Originally Posted by Craig Lewis

eh thanks...I guess.
Someone suggested "fishing glasses", apparently they have an antiglare lens.
I'll try and find some tomorrow.
After about 10 minutes on this laptop I feel like I have welding flash. I didn't have this trouble with the old CRT monitors but it seems the flat lcd screens all have a certain level of annoyance for my eyes.
I keep trying different cures but haven't found anything that works, just thought someone else might have the same trouble...

Interesting because my experience is just the opposite. I never touched a computor until about 12 years ago, and then for 2 weeks I used a CRT and had eye strain after a few hours use each day. I bought my own computor then a few weeks later and paid extra for the LCD and had no more eye strain.

Each time I turn on my laptop I hit the Fn and F5 keys to dim the screen to almost the lowest level. Not only is it easier on the eyes, but it saves power.

[Mike V. Florida]

Originally Posted by Tom Wesenberg

Interesting because my experience is just the opposite. I never touched a computor until about 12 years ago, and then for 2 weeks I used a CRT and had eye strain after a few hours use each day. I bought my own computor then a few weeks later and paid extra for the LCD and had no more eye strain.

Each time I turn on my laptop I hit the Fn and F5 keys to dim the screen to almost the lowest level. Not only is it easier on the eyes, but it saves power.

The CRT settings are usually set for 60Hz refresh this rate and if you are in a room with florescent light can cause problems. If you have a CRT set the refresh rate higher and there will me less problems.

[2manycars]

I turned down the brightness on my screen this morning and while it is not quite so easy to read the words, it is much easier on the eyes. I think I will leave it dimmed . I read in the AARP magazine that the screen should be an arm's length away and the top of the screen should be about even with your line of sight.

[BILL WILLIAMSON]

Originally Posted by MikeK

Yes, but it is not for the faint-of-heart. You need an app ported to your particular browser to actively override the CSS Stylesheet for the displayed page every time that website page is called. Wanna see it? Right click on this page and select "View page source". All the override apps I've seen expect you to somewhat understand that source code. You could try sunglasses.

Yo, MikeK, Dog here, for a nano-second, I thought you swiped my SUNGLASSES! Buster T.

[Craig Lewis]

Originally Posted by MikeK

OK, plan "B".- All laptops have a power management program that controls screen brightness independently for battery and AC use. The default for AC is usually 100%. Look for an icon that is either a battery charge indicator or an AC plug. Click on it. A power management program should open. In there you should be able to set the AC operation brightness to a lower level.

Thanks Mike. I've been there before and just checked again but it only adjusts the timing of when the screen shuts down. The physical adjustment of the brightness is adjusted within the display settings and on the keyboard of course.
There's a company called "Gunnar eyewear" that seems to market glasses for my symptoms. I'll endevour to try some and would like to hear if anyone else has tried them.
The glasses are apparently popular with "gamers" and not sure if they're a trendy placebo or in fact hold some worth..anyone?

[Craig Lewis]

Originally Posted by 30ccpickup

On your keyboard look for a picture of the sun, there should be two, sun up/sun down, these keys control the brightness. Hold down the Fn key (function) and at the same time press the sun key with the down arrow on it. This will dim the screen.

See 3rd paragraph of original post. Thanks anyway.

[Craig Lewis]

Originally Posted by Ross/Kzoo

Have you had your eyes checked? An op*******ologist may be able to advise you.

Had them checked yesterday. Eyes fine.

[Benson]

Craig,

Have you tried Accessibility options in windows?

See note below to get to accessibility options ...

Below are some examples of what several options that are available.

To change High Contrast options









High Contrast is designed for people who have vision impairment. High contrast color schemes can make the screen easier to view for some users by heightening screen contrast with alternative color combinations. Some of the schemes also change font sizes for easier reading.

1. Open Accessibility Options
2. On the Display tab, under High Contrast, click Settings, and then do one of the following:
   • To use the shortcut which allows you to turn High Contrast on or off by by pressing left ALT+left SHIFT+PRINT SCREEN keys, select the Use shortcut check box.
   • To change the High Contrast appearance scheme, select an option from the Your current high contrast scheme is list.

Note

• To open Accessibility Options, click Start, point to Settings, click Control Panel, and then double-click Accessibility Options.

I also like the 75 hertz screen setup on CRTs and LCDs better than 60 hertz as mentioned above. Although it is not as much of a flicker with LCD compared to CRTs.


CRT flickering at 60 hertz when you look away as seen in peripheral vision drives me crazy and hurts eyes.

[1st_model_a]

Craig, Think Benson is on right track - it sounds like you may have a "high contrast white setting". Try changing to windows classic setting.

[Craig Lewis]

Benson & first Model A... will try it tonight when I get home.
Beefing up my shop wiring for the new spot welder today. Thanks!

[Jim Mason]

I turned the brightness down. Now i kant unnerstan wot i is reeding. I can haz cheezburger tho.