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I'm not sure why the article's author is dumping on Apple's breathing LED. For a laptop it made perfect sense. Either the laptop is awake, or it's "sleeping".
by joezydeco 3y ago
I'm not sure why the article's author is dumping on Apple's breathing LED.
For a laptop it made perfect sense. Either the laptop is awake, or it's "sleeping". If I close the lid I want to know it's asleep and not running 100% generating all kinds of heat. The animation conveys this perfectly.
- justsomehnguy 3y ago> Flashing should only be used where absolutely necessary. LEDs for hard drive and network activity should flash, as they indicate a constantly changing state. State isn't changed. You don't need to stare at the LED to make if the laptop is off or it's power LED is in 'not breathing atm' part of 'animation'.
- boxed 3y agoThe quote from the article is a bit hilarious too, as the flashing leds from network gear is a side channel to spy on network traffic in many devices. So not a great example of a "should" flash scenario imo.
- pseudalopex 3y agoSmall fluctuations in always on LEDs can be a side channel.
- pseudalopex 3y agoThe article did not say state change was the only reason to flash. You removed a sentence. There were 3 states. Different colors would have made a problem for color blind people. And 2 seconds was enough to see the LED was pulsing.