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I do the same (though not black, but plain solid colors) and it’s that much easier to quickly acknowledge windows borders or the lack of any foreground window (
by makeitdouble 4y ago
I do the same (though not black, but plain solid colors) and it’s that much easier to quickly acknowledge windows borders or the lack of any foreground window (a popup left on corner of the screen on a busy desktop pic becomes a game to find)
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> You shouldn't let them seduce you into thinking that what you see on a screen is better than the vibrant world outside it.
This sounds like a red flag…I hope the author isn’t starting to burn out or in a utterly shitty environment where looking at the screen is really that much better.
- Syonyk 4y ago> This sounds like a red flag…I hope the author isn’t starting to burn out or in a utterly shitty environment where looking at the screen is really that much better. Huh? I just read it as, "Do as much as you possibly can away from a computer, and don't get sucked into computers, virtual worlds, or any of that absolutely human-toxic crap we use them for these days." And I 100% agree. I greyscale half my systems and my phone for exactly the same reason - to make them as not-appealing as possible. I can still do everything I want, but my phone, especially, isn't sickeningly saturated. It's absolutely jarring just how synthetic-color phones are once you've gotten used to them in greyscale.
- dsmmcken 4y agoI also do a solid colour with low saturation for clearer window borders. It is also good if you send a lot of screenshots to colleagues and don't want any extra visual noise in them if you hastily capture too wide.