Registered: Dec 1999
Location: brooklyn
Posts: 268

so i just installed album to go and a bunch of pix with it, and i realized that the pics sort of swim - i.e. the grayscale is not at all stable on the screen, as if it is constantly refreshing itself or something. i notice this with other heavily greyscaled apps, like conqueror, and though i haven't surfed the web in a little while, i imagine it would happen there, too.

here's the thing. this is a new phenomenon. since installing album to go. but when i first installed it, there was no problem. is there some hack incompatibility?

it's not a huge thing, i can still see the pix and evrything, they just sort of swim annoyingly.

i only have about 600k left... could that be an issue? am i alone with this?

heeeeeeeeelllllppp!!!!!





[This message has been edited by matty (edited 05-10-2000).]

Registered: Mar 2000
Location: Richmond, VA, USA
Posts: 151

That happens sometimes when the screen refresh rate is set low (with nostreakhack or something like it). If you have nostreakhack installed, try setting it to 2 and enable it in greyscale mode (there is a checkbox).

[This message has been edited by na2rboy (edited 05-10-2000).]

Registered: Dec 1999
Location: brooklyn
Posts: 268

i don't have any streaking hacks, and heck, i just tried it with no hacks installed... still the same problem. thoughts?

Registered: Mar 2000
Location: Richmond, VA, USA
Posts: 151

Try downloading nostreak from Palmgear (there are two nostreak hacks, but I think this one is better: http://www.palmgear.com/software/sh...amp;prodID=3873 ). switch the settings around 'til they work well for you. For greyscale stuff like SilverScreen, I use the setting 2, with 'enable in greyscale mode" checked.

Registered: Nov 1999
Location:
Posts: 341

Matty,
I noticed this also (no hacks on mine). I find that Image Viewer III (v 3.2) works well and does not exhibit this. I'd recommend you use this pgm instead.

mike

Registered: Dec 1999
Location: Kuala Lumpur
Posts: 247

I mentioned this in an old, old post long ago. Yeah, I noticed this problem with AlbumToGo sometime ago.

The swimming movement only appears in certain situations - only when you look at it under some kind of fluorescent lighting. It seems the refresh rate of the Visor is sometimes in sync with certain kinds of fluorescent lighting, causing the wavy pattern. It doesn't happen with all fluorescent lighting (it depends on the refresh rate of the fluorescent lighting) and it does not happen if you look at the pictures in broad daylight.

Registered: Nov 1999
Location:
Posts: 145

Ditto to dequardo. I recommend FireViewer as well.

The author of the previous post says that it is the refresh rate of the "Visor", but I think that ATG must use another, since I have no problems with FV under any kind of light.

ATG images seem to swim anywhere...what's the refresh rate of the sun?

Registered: Dec 1999
Location: brooklyn
Posts: 268

well, i installed nostreakhack and it helped a little but not completely. and it's not just under flourescents... the screens swim at my home too... and like i said, it's not just a2g, but conqueror, as well.

ah well. it's certainly live-with-able.

matty

Registered: May 2000
Location: Washington, DC
Posts: 49

I ran across this issue with AvantGo, ProxiWeb, even the game Asteroids. And it had nothing to do with the viewing light.

My fellow Visor users saw it and went, "Ewwww!"

Installing the hack and checking enable in greyscale mode solved the problem for me.

I passed this on to Handspring technical support to investigate. It's an ugly issue.