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Something that drives me absolutely bonkers is how laptops, phones, tablets, all treat brightness as a first class feature. But if you want to quickly adjust br

• Archelaos 3y ago
  > Why oh why can’t I just Fn + Fkeys to adjust brightness on the fly?! On my Thinkpad T550 I can use Fn + F5/F6 to adjust the brightness.
  • timerol 3y ago
    Your parent was complaining about desktops, not laptops. They specifically called out that laptops do this correctly (along with most other devices)
    • Archelaos 3y ago
      Oh. You are right. I did not properly grasp the post.
• NooneAtAll3 3y ago
  probably because software side still wishes for the buttons on the side of the screen (anyone remembers degaussing?)
  • Waterluvian 3y ago
    I loved how the longer you waited, the more wacky the degaussing would be.
• LeoPanthera 3y ago
  I use "MonitorControl" on my Mac Studio to control the brightness of my Dell monitor: https://github.com/MonitorControl/MonitorControl https://github.com/MonitorControl/MonitorControl
• bobthepanda 3y ago
  there used to be buttons for that but then they figured out providing less buttons and instead horrible menus for button things was cheaper.
  • Waterluvian 3y ago
    I vaguely remember analog wheels on some of the really old monitors. Maybe the Apple IIgs or LC3 had that? Would kill for that today.
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