This was originally a blog to describe my experiences using Google's new Cr-48 ChromeOS notebook, but since Chromebooks have become a regular part of my life (to the point that I usually use them without thinking about it much), this blog is now focused on doing some of the more challenging things with a Chromebook - like coding.
Thursday, December 23, 2010
The Backlight Keeps Flickering!
I discovered one of the features of the Cr-48 that kind of surprised me this evening. It's probably documented somewhere, but I discovered it through experimentation. The webcam acts as an ambient light sensor, so it dims the backlight on the LCD as the ambient light on the webcam dims. This is a good idea, I think. I've often been nearly blinded using a laptop in a mostly dark room that had the backlight set for use outside; however, I didn't expect the automatic adjustment. I have a ceiling light that is behind me in the room where I've been using the Cr-48. After sunset, I turned the room light on and started to notice that the backlight kept getting brighter and dimmer as I was typing. It was starting to drive me crazy! Then I noticed that the backlight dimmed when my shadow covered the webcam and got brighter if I moved back so that my shadow wasn't cast on the webcam. I happened to be sitting in a position where just a little rocking back and forth as I typed was moving my shadow on and off of the camera. Good thing to know, because I was about to submit a bug report about the maddening flickering of the backlight! I'd imagine there may be a setting to disable the automatic adjustment of the backlight, but it's not readily apparent. I'll have to look into this some more.
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