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You can do the same thing in system-preferences
Authored by: eckbert on Dec 05, '02 09:42:05AM

Go accessability options there you can switch the display to white on black.



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You can do the same thing in system-preferences
Authored by: Chris Haynes on Dec 05, '02 09:55:44AM

This is NOT the same thing. This changes the POLARITY of the colours. It doesn't change the display to greyscale (as the Universal Access prefs pane does)...

Interestingly enough, if you view Rob's digicam pic while you're in this inverse polarity mode, you can see the original colours ;)



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You can do the same thing in system-preferences
Authored by: wolfy on Dec 05, '02 10:08:03AM

Actually, I think you can get the same effect by using the accessibility feature, then going to System Preferences/Displays and setting the number of colors to Millions. It's no longer black & white, but inverse color polarity.



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You can do the same thing in system-preferences
Authored by: alajuela on Dec 05, '02 11:06:27AM

es, it is the same effect. And Rob's digital cam snippet looks like normal Aqua when inverted.



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You can do the same thing in system-preferences
Authored by: jokke on Dec 08, '02 07:59:43PM

Go to Universal Access, set display to grayscale, set it to white on black, then turn off grayscale again. Now the screen will be in full color but inverted. I don't know the shortcut for Grayscale....

I noticed this 'bug' about two months ago but found it so useless I didn't think of posting it anywhere.



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You can do the same thing in system-preferences
Authored by: farleybug on Dec 08, '02 09:17:43PM

I tried your trick, but I can't get it to work. I changed the screen into greyscale, and then changed it to white on black, but then the greyscale option is no longer available. Can anyone help?



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