Hi,
Is there a way to surf the internet in Black & White instead of browsing in color, especially on a laptop/Notebook? I personally feel that it would not only be a power/battery Efficient way of surfing but also Lot less straining to the Eyes!
If you click Start > Turn Off Computer and wait for couple of seconds on the background, you will know what I am looking for.
Your input and suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks
This would Definitely be Less Straining to the Eyes!
Now all i need is a Way to do It!
depends on the system, you could drop the saturation down under the display color settings (if available)..
To save battery life on my laptop i use a black background and while using the battery have a low brightness setting. This works very well for me.
Most laptops have battery life settings, where you can adjust cpu speed, brightness, etc.. while the laptop is on battery reserve. Or you could adjust the settings to be that way even when plugged in.
There really is no way I’ve heard of doing that, and if there was I would have known by now. What you can do, however, is Right-click on the desktop and click ‘Graphics Properties’. Then click on ‘Display Settings’ and change the colour to 16-bit.
A first advice would be to check the contrast, brightness and resolution configuration of your laptop/notebook screen. Too much brightness and/or abusive contrast set on display properties would cause eye strain. Resolution depends on your portable, as a 15 inches wide screen should be set to 800×600 pixels, to give an example.
Another recommendation is to use the portable in a comfortable and enough lightened place (specially at night), and trying to avoid direct sunlight over the screen, unless it was built for outdoors use (as specified on its user manual).
Finally, I personally use Opera browser which has the capability of switching colors in its menu bar following the View>Style>High contrast (B/W) or (W/B) path. You can download it from http://www.opera.com
For IE i think there should be some plugin or stylesheet you could look for, but that’s sort of hard work and takes time for tech-knowledge-lacking people.