A greyscale iPhone setup that works in everyday life(fabianhemmert.com) |
A greyscale iPhone setup that works in everyday life(fabianhemmert.com) |
This really does help break any feeling of attachment to the device and the solutions in this post really do make it more practical. It does kind of suck using the camera in grayscale.
Grayscale was a functional problem because some pics communicate with color (like colored maps) so it nudged me away
Removes a lot of purposefully rewarding/manipulating haptics. Makes a phone feel "quiet" and easier to put down.
Makes taking and looking at photos nice.
That said, tapping on the back of the phone didn’t register consistently enough for me to utilize. I tried setting flashlight to that action. When I wanted it to work it wouldn’t. Then when I would be absentmindedly tapping it would activate.
I'm still looking for a way to preserve the low-color feel for my macbooks and mac desktops. Also I love the idea of low-dopamine UIs in principle.
For same reasons as the original author, I find myself to abandon the B&W mode and then do not turn it back on later.
I'd envision OS layer that handles the desktop, finder and apps, and an API that apps like browsers can use, e.g. in chrome extensions.
Anyone here aware of work in that area?
Little plug since we’re in the topic of dumb phones etc, I have a completely free and non-creepy iPhone app launcher for folks who are into that:
- https://sxp.studio/apps/applist
(The app catalog is also open source)
Modes is an available option in the tile list. You can go to Modes, create a custom mode, and under display options you can set greyscale. You can also set modes to turn on automatically based on calendar events or a schedule. Notification tweaks are also available in the same area.