nocturne/nocturne.txt · Last modified: 2008/07/22 23:49 by 155.33.118.182


Nocturne

Sometimes you should be afraid of the light…

Nocturne is (yet another) simple app for switching a computer to night vision mode. It does, however, add a few things:

Features

  • Color correction in inverted and monochrome modes - you can correct hues when inverted and won't lose a channel when using tinted monochrome.
  • Window shadow toggling - if glowing windows aren't your thing.
  • Background removal - hide the desktop picture so you don't see an inverted version.

Download

Screenshot

Feature Requests

  • Invert only specified windows/applications - possible, but very difficult
  • Ability to enable/disable by clicking on the menu item (add a preference for that)
  • Ability to enable/disable by (customizable) keyboard shortcut
  • Filters to simulate various forms of color-blindness (useful for accessibility conscious designers)
  • Ability to mute/change volume
  • Ability to remember monitor profiles and to apply changes onto to specific monitors
  • Ability to enable when the screen brightness is lowered to a certain level (useful for displays with built-in brightness controls)

Known Issues

  • Secondary monitors are not handled for many of the options
  • Monochrome mode very slow on Intel MacBook Pros.
  • Text edit cursor not inverting correctly in carbon apps, causing it to be invisible
  • When coming out of screensaver, settings for Nocturne are ignored. The only way to re-enable the settings are to tweak values within preferences or to restart the app.
  • Ambient light sensor not functioning properly on Mac Air.

Changes

1.0.4
  • Light sensors support on MacBook Pros
1.0.3
  • Added screen brightness control
  • Made color selection widgets clickable again
1.0.2
  • Added hue inversion
1.0.1
  • Switched to Status item
  • Toggle via menu/preferences/launch
  • Light and Dark color filters
1.0 - Initial Release