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[Selene Scriven <selene.scriven@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

* Zoltán Balogh <zoltan.balogh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> One important detail about the hw spec made me think about our 
> UI skins.
> 
> AMOLED displays as many of you know do consume dramatically 
> different amount of power depending on the color and the 
> brightness used on the screen. A pitch black background with a 
> digital clock and some small info graphics consumes very little 
> power. That enables us to be more creative with the screen then 
> just dimming it off. Also, using black background for apps and 
> scopes or at least dark colors would increase battery time of 
> devices with AMOLED display.

+1

As a highly-photosensitive person, I would greatly appreciate the 
option of using a dark theme instead of the eye-searing white it 
has now.


-- Selene