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> but slows down processing and complicates pipelines. Rendering in monochrome is also faster than true 32-bit color, but we use 32-bit color because it provid
by admax88q 8y ago
> but slows down processing and complicates pipelines.
Rendering in monochrome is also faster than true 32-bit color, but we use 32-bit color because it provides a better experience to the user who is the ultimate consumer of the graphics pipeline.
- coldtea 8y ago>Rendering in monochrome is also faster than true 32-bit color, but we use 32-bit color because it provides a better experience to the user who is the ultimate consumer of the graphics pipeline. It's almost as of it's a trade-off and monochrome so laughingly doesn't cut it, that it's a totally contrived counter example. Almost.
- glup 8y agoI actually use Nocturne pretty frequently to turn my screen monochrome if I am doing stuff outside of iTerm or my text editor — I find the use of color unmotivated and distracting in most programs, and especially websites
- killjoywashere 8y agoHere, here for Nocturne! I use it at night, switching to monochrome red night mode, and brightness down to the last setting. Sometimes in the morning I forget and think the screen isn't working.
- alanh 8y agoIt’s "hear, hear."
- fastball 8y agoI just downloaded Nocturne and it's not working for me on High Sierra. Is the most recent version really from 2009? May I ask what system you're using?
- glup 8y agohttps://github.com/Daij-Djan/nocturne https://github.com/Daij-Djan/nocturne
- baq 8y agoActually you really want more bits per channel, 32bit color is rather meaningless. HDR is 10 bit per channel.
- orbitur 8y agoThe UX gains from mono -> color vastly outshine slightly smoother fonts on older external monitors.
- NeedMoreTea 8y agoThose with older external monitors might take issue with that. I could replace my old monitors, but they still work well with good colour and brightness, so it's not exactly environmentally considerate, or even slightly necessary. Adding colour has added very little to UX aside from true-colour icons, the UX itself is essentially the same. Colour is used as a theme on top of a UI perfectly recognisable, and much the same as, mono and 4 colour interfaces of the 80s and 90s.
- kps 8y agoI'd rather spend the bandwidth on resolution; I'm perfectly content reading text in black and white. A current dense desktop monitor seems to be around 160ppi, so 8-bit grayscale would be around 280ppi, which is starting to approach a low-end printer.