Meryl Horn
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Well, so the idea for her came up in a meeting she was having one day with some students where they were basically brainstorming ways to stop scrolling.
We know from studies that people generally prefer bright colors.
It's probably why our apps are all rainbow colored.
And so the idea was maybe if we get rid of these bright colors, make our phones black and white or put it in grayscale, we'll use our phones less.
Have you heard of this approach, Wendy?
Yeah, so do you want to try it, Wendy?
And if listeners want to try this too, so on both iPhones and Androids, it's under Accessibility.
Accessibility, and then scroll down to Display and Text Size.
Well, for me, it was more of a like, whoa, it's like a completely different thing.
Like, I felt like it was super dramatic.