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BinaryClock · August 27, 2009, 01:23:53 AM

It changes the display to negative colors on a Mac. I like the way the forums look a lit more.

AnkhClock · August 27, 2009, 01:30:37 AM

yeah I learned about that months ago. Still awsome.

VCRClock · August 27, 2009, 01:32:20 AM

This is cooler than the time I accidentally put my hat on backwards!

VCRClock · August 27, 2009, 01:35:50 AM

Also try pushing Cmd-ctrl-option-period about 20 times. You can do the same thing with Cmd-ctrl-option-comma to change it back, but why would you want to?

BinaryClock · August 27, 2009, 01:42:17 AM

Quote from: VCRClock;1655992Also try pushing Cmd-ctrl-option-period about 20 times. You can do the same thing with Cmd-ctrl-option-comma to change it back, but why would you want to?

Is this 256 colors? I wish my display settings would let me change it to that.

VCRClock · August 27, 2009, 01:46:28 AM

Quote from: BinaryClock;1655995Is this 256 colors? I wish my display settings would let me change it to that.

It just increases the contrast in increments -- it's another command from the "Universal Access" panel.

You aren't able to switch to 256 colors in the Displays panel? I can, running 10.4, but none of my modern-look windows look very good in 256 colors.

BinaryClock · August 27, 2009, 01:49:16 AM

Quote from: VCRClock;1655996It just increases the contrast in increments -- it's another command from the "Universal Access" panel.

You aren't able to switch to 256 colors in the Displays panel? I can, running 10.4, but none of my modern-look windows look very good in 256 colors.

Guh I googled it and apparently Leopard took out 256 color functionality. Damn.

Oh well, Thousands of colors looks fairly retro without being unreadable. Also I switched to an OS8 background

VCRClock · August 27, 2009, 01:56:27 AM

Quote from: BinaryClock;1655998Oh well, Thousands of colors looks fairly retro without being unreadable. Also I switched to an OS8 background

The 256-color setting seemed kind of weird, anyway. It looked like there was dithering on just about everything, including areas of solid white.

AnkhClock · August 27, 2009, 02:05:02 AM

Quote from: VCRClock;1655992Also try pushing Cmd-ctrl-option-period about 20 times. You can do the same thing with Cmd-ctrl-option-comma to change it back, but why would you want to?

Your country thanks you

AnkhClock · August 27, 2009, 02:05:27 AM

But this will hurt my eyes if I use it for too long

Slurpee · August 28, 2009, 03:15:18 AM

hot crackers! I did this without reading the thread or thinking about it and expecting it to be a pc thing, and boy was this a heck of a surprise. hats off to you.

SpongeClock SquarePants · August 28, 2009, 04:15:12 AM

NERD ALERT

BinaryClock · August 30, 2009, 03:47:00 AM

Pink Slurpee and White Morgan Freeman still make me giggle a bit.

TapedeckClock · August 30, 2009, 04:02:30 AM

this is pretty awsome

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