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francis
03-05-2003, 01:35 PM
A while back I posted a thread on the brightness of my nx and received some agreement that there where situations where it can be too bright. I received a suggestion to try colorize and installed it. I am posting this to urge you not to. I lost clie memo access and fiddled for 3 days trying to retrieve it without losing all my memos. even a hard reset would not work. I finally had to, regrettable, delete all my memos and reinstall. do not install colorize on you NX. When there is a program that works try it out then let me know. Francis
rhart00
03-05-2003, 01:40 PM
there are already multiple threads about the newest version of colorize wreaking havok on the clies.

why don't you just wait until energy dimmer is released for the NX. It is coming out this month.
francis
03-05-2003, 01:42 PM
I will " Impatience is a vulture"
clieconverted
03-08-2003, 04:10 PM
Didn't hear about energy dimmer? Is there a link on this?
nextyoyoma
03-08-2003, 05:36 PM
a HARD reset? erm...that would erase all your memos anyway...sorry, I know this is old, I just thought it was funny.
TheUltimate
03-08-2003, 05:55 PM
does anyone have the the link for energy dimmer program??
Donkeystyle
03-08-2003, 08:19 PM
why dont you just tap the little sunshine and turn down the brightness?
n2ifp
03-08-2003, 08:31 PM
Originally posted by francis
A while back I posted a thread on the brightness of my nx and received some agreement that there where situations where it can be too bright. I received a suggestion to try colorize and installed it. I am posting this to urge you not to. I lost clie memo access and fiddled for 3 days trying to retrieve it without losing all my memos. even a hard reset would not work. I finally had to, regrettable, delete all my memos and reinstall. do not install colorize on you NX. When there is a program that works try it out then let me know. Francis

The developer fixed Colorize later the same day. When I got the fixed version later in the day it had fixed the NX fatal errors, I have had no problems ever since on two NX70's in this household.
n2ifp
03-08-2003, 08:32 PM
Originally posted by rhart00
there are already multiple threads about the newest version of colorize wreaking havok on the clies.

why don't you just wait until energy dimmer is released for the NX. It is coming out this month.

I have had no problems with it what so ever on two NX clies!
sstrasser86
03-08-2003, 10:00 PM
yeah i never even knew there was a problem.....when is engery dimmer comming out?
n2ifp
03-08-2003, 10:34 PM
BTW, put a piece of duct tape over the screen. it's about perfect in size, it's cheap, it definitley will cut down the brightness, and you'll still have some left over for HomeLand Security...
GSC3D
03-08-2003, 10:46 PM
Originally posted by francis
I will " Impatience is a vulture"

yeah... JackFlash anyone?
rhart00
03-08-2003, 11:10 PM
energy dimmer was just released for the TT. on the palmgear page for it, the developers says a version for the NX will be released sometime in march.
franci miller
03-08-2003, 11:32 PM
HARD reset? erm...that would erase all your memos anyway...sorry, I know this is old, I just thought it was funny funny to you I guess . erm

The developer fixed Colorize later the same day !My luck!
franci miller
03-08-2003, 11:38 PM
By the way N2IFP Thank you for helping me understand why colorize only hated me. I think you have answered three other questions in other forums. I am not very tech. edu. and I have found lots of answers from people Like you. thanks Francis
*YellowRose*
03-09-2003, 09:15 AM
Originally posted by rhart00
why don't you just wait until energy dimmer is released for the NX. It is coming out this month. Who's doing this??  Can you post a link?  I'd love to learn more.
rhart00
03-09-2003, 03:49 PM
Originally posted by *YellowRose*
Who's doing this??  Can you post a link?  I'd love to learn more.

read my previous post
Donkeystyle
03-09-2003, 04:08 PM
Originally posted by francis
A while back I posted a thread on the brightness of my nx and received some agreement that there where situations where it can be too bright. I received a suggestion to try colorize and installed it. I am posting this to urge you not to. I lost clie memo access and fiddled for 3 days trying to retrieve it without losing all my memos. even a hard reset would not work. I finally had to, regrettable, delete all my memos and reinstall. do not install colorize on you NX. When there is a program that works try it out then let me know. Francis

After looking at the program I can see how it might be useful, but the question remains....  You are looking for a program because sometimes the screen is too bright? You CAN adjust the brightness level without additional software.  Am i missing something?
profvisor
03-09-2003, 04:43 PM
some people find the screen to be too bright even when the light is all the way dim (but they still need some kind of backlighting). I don't notice it too much, but once in a while if I am using it in the dark, I would like it to be less. I typically invert the colors when I read in bed because the light (even on the lowest setting) seems rude to my partner. But, the inversion is hard on my eyes. So, some folks were looking for a way to dim it even further.
Submicron
03-09-2003, 06:04 PM
Geez, you can make the screen pretty dim with the built-in dimmer. It's hard to believe that there's a market for 'an even dimmer' dimmer.
rhart00
03-09-2003, 08:27 PM
Originally posted by Submicron
Geez, you can make the screen pretty dim with the built-in dimmer. It's hard to believe that there's a market for 'an even dimmer' dimmer.

I am going to have to disagree with you. the lowest setting on the built in brightness thing is way to high, especially for nighttim or in the dark viewing, reading, etc. I always keep my NX on the lowest setting and I find it is perfect during the day but WAY too bright at night.
n2ifp
03-09-2003, 08:29 PM
I find it just perfect with it all the way down at night. Normally I run my brightness level at 25%.

Anyone want to borrow my polarized clip-ons...
franci miller
03-10-2003, 05:39 PM
I have, since I started this thread, installed the correct version of colorize and find the grey settings a lot easier on my eyes in the morning. also at night or on a plane my NX does not't light up my surroundings and annoy my neighbors. I would like to use the dimmer when it is available. I appreciated the info on the available programs to alter the display until a dimmer is available. Francis
kdn102
03-10-2003, 11:22 PM
From the web site of the developer:
"The NX70V will be supported in version 2.1 to be released soon."

http://www.79bmedia.com/dimmer/