Hi everyone, forgive if anything like this is already up (I searched and found nothing). But I completely customized the text messaging appearance so that it takes advantage of the pure black that the AMOLED uses.
(This is all using the app: "Handcent SMS")
I downloaded "handcent SMS" went into settings --->custom style--->bubble settings:
Here is where I Changed Conversation style to: Android
Background color: pure black (all colors to zero)
Incoming background and outgoing background to: pure black
(By then everything should be black)
Now this is what makes the effect happen:
I adjusted incoming font color to pure red (255)
Then I put outgoing font color to 138-Green and 255-Blue
I adjusted both fonts to size 22.
I Also noticed that the date font color also helps with the effect and I have mine at 83-green.
So once you have all these setting in place, the pure black and the incoming red font should look like it pops right out at you, while the blue outgoing font color sits in the back!!!
I noticed the effect pops out more outside or whenever theres a more light in the room!
(First write up, forgive if I'm not as thorough as I should be)
Give it a shot, mess around with the colors!
Interesting effect. I do like the glossy black background. Though I found the pure red to be too harsh. I settled on official Android Blue (51, 181, 229) for the incoming text font color.
Will try it out for a few days to see whether it's a keeper.
Update: Making the incoming text font a couple of points larger than the outgoing enhances the 3D effect.
uhhh, screenshot?
emerica243 said:
uhhh, screenshot?
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screen shot or didnt happen..
ummm...not even sure what to say about this. my mother always told me if i have nothing nice to say, dont say anything at all.
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I'm gonna give this a shot when I get home today. Sounds like a neat little effect.
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I've noticed 3D looking text in other apps like tibu but I've never though of using it for texting, its pretty cool
can you take a screenshot of it?
Crazy! It actually does give a semi 3D effect
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Crazy! It actually does give a semi 3D effect
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Can you post a screenshot?
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Eh, the red text certainly pops out but I wouldn't say it does so in a 3d kind of way. In fact it looks sort of pixelated to me and harsh to look at. More like it's grabbing my attention by being so stark compared to the rest of the screen.
I think I like your color settings for the outgoing text though, very easy on the eyes. I'm messing around with options for the other color, so far I'm working with max green, mid blue and red.
Still waiting for a screenie
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Blue and red colors always appear to have depth on a solid color hence the red and blue 3D glasses. It's an optical illusion but neat if you like that sort of stuff.
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Can someone post a screenshot
Wow pretty cool!!!!!
Ok so clearly a troll post. Looking at the instructions alone you can tell nothing 3D about it. I'll post a screenshot in 10 mins. Maybe we can get an op to get rid of it.
Screen shot attached
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Ok so clearly a troll post. Looking at the instructions alone you can tell nothing 3D about it. I'll post a screenshot in 10 mins. Maybe we can get an op to get rid of it.
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It actually gives you an optical illusion of a 3D effect.
And it works, I tried it on my phone.
Nice find OP.
SynFox said:
It actually gives you an optical illusion of a 3D effect.
And it works, I tried it on my phone.
Nice find OP.
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I just updated a screenshot of it. Look at my results. I followed the instructions in the OP. If you think it's any different then provide a screenshot as proof.
You can see same illusion/effect in Titanium backup's app list
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I just updated a screenshot of it. Look at my results. I followed the instructions in the OP. If you think it's any different then provide a screenshot as proof.
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Ever thought that this effect won't come out in a screenshot because it's an effect of the AMOLED screen or the specifical display?
Ever thought that this is an optical illusion and not an actual 3D-effect and you might just not see it because it is, in fact, an illusion?
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Just to share this with you guys..
With every display that I use, I try to have it calibrated and I was trilled that with the nexus I had so much control over the screen!! Never had a phone with so much control
You have here my results.
Just be aware that the "before" is with trinity kernel stock color scheme and I'm really grateful that his market tool and not to forget franco.kernel tool too,made possible for me to calibrate...
I used a 18% gray card to make sure white balance was spot on when converting the raw files into smaller jpg.
I did find that sometimes the changes did not apply so I did a double check by exaggerating the values when making the changes. Contrast was one of them..
On the graphs, the white dotted line is the reference
Only problem with this is that not all screens are the same so these settings will not work for everybody
My calibrated values
tint
red 200
green 169
blue 178
gamma
red 2
green 0
blue 0
disable dynamic contrast
contrast value 0
If you use franco.kernel tool
gamma 1.0
If you like image with more contrast, i would set it between -6 to -10
Very interesting and the before/after photos look good. Is there a problem with burn in?
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Looks a little red for me. Your results look great though.
The improvement in the color of the dog photo is drastic. Trinity kernel does come with the blue really cranked up for some reason. Looking good now.
galaxy nexus (gsm) / cm9 / trinity @ 1.4GHz
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Looks a little red for me. Your results look great though.
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It is too red for me also
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little red for me as well, but i'm loving it.
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little red for me as well, but i'm loving it.
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for whatever reason trinity seems to be giving me better screen color, but im sure I could do the same with franco, anyways, my gamma settings are untouched, I found that modifying the color to these values makes the purple tint go away for me:
Red:135
Green:135
Blue:190
Trinity Contrast -15 to -25
If you look at the calibrated rgb graph, red is a few points bellow reference. And again if you look at the color temperature line it is a little above 6500k. It is normal for first reaction about red when actually your missing blue because almost every screen you are used too has to much blue on it..yet again there's the tint problem on a bunch of nexus too.. if I get my hands on one of them I'll post here the results
Edit: for you "red guys" try to invert the red with blue values
Red 178
Blue 200
BUT keep gamma the same.
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Thanks for sharing this. I can never get the color settings right. This helps immensely.
sublimaze said:
Thanks for sharing this. I can never get the color settings right. This helps immensely.
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you're welcome.
Outstanding. I was wondering if using my colorometer would work on the phone. Looks like I have a nice project for this weekend I need to revalidate my HT and PC too so might as well throw the phone in there too :O
Use hcfr and the color swatch app from the Market..
If you get stuck on gamma, don't sweat it too much.. I spent an hour trying to get it right, no luck with this screen. Colors are bang on though.
For those who don't know, 6500k is the reference color temperature. To most people it looks too red or even yellow, but it's what the whole publishing and photography world uses.
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herzzreh said:
Use hcfr and the color swatch app from the Market..
If you get stuck on gamma, don't sweat it too much.. I spent an hour trying to get it right, no luck with this screen. Colors are bang on though.
For those who don't know, 6500k is the reference color temperature. To most people it looks too red or even yellow, but it's what the whole publishing and photography world uses.
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or you can install mxplayer,
get from here:
http://www.avsforum.com/t/948496/avs-hd-709-blu-ray-mp4-calibration
the mp4 version, extract it, goto to:
ColorHCFR Fields folder,
10% Grayscale folder
and use that files with mxplayer.
My gamma is 99% spot on. I go for 2.3x since with amoled screen the black mml is almost zero, you will not sacrifice shadow content and have a great contrast
I don't get it, how you use hcfr with android? I tried but I just can test my monitor (pc) =/ is there a guide or something?
the way I do right now is testing with http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/ and setting manually parameters on phone until it looks great.
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I don't get it, how you use hcfr with android? I tried but I just can test my monitor (pc) =/ is there a guide or something?
the way I do right now is testing with http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/ and setting manually parameters on phone until it looks great.
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you don't !! you use a laptop with the colorimeter connected to it.
your phone just plays the mp4 for calibrating your screen.
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you don't !! you use a laptop with the colorimeter connected to it.
your phone just plays the mp4 for calibrating your screen.
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Yup, just like you use it to calibrate your HT screen. I run a long usb cable to my PC and use a DVD I burned with an ISO of test screens.
Thanks for the tips on test screens for the phone. saves me the time searching them out
I was searching on web I found that I need a meter, for that is the usb port right? (like spyder2 or EyeOne) mmm I was conecting my phone XD first time trying this tools. Now I understand what all this is about.
That looks that I will be doing this as usual =/ with my only 2 eyes :cyclops: meter XDD ohh wait that's just one of them xDD
well thanks for answer and that pic looks great. Right now I'm on CM10 and config my screen with their "advance" tool and comparing to the webpage I shared. That looks good too but I perceive a little bit reddish on dark colors. Thats so F******* better than blue one XD now looks like Super Amoled plus the contrast is pretty similar to SGS3.
Great post, thank you!
Excellent information, thanks!
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here are my settings :
color multiplliers
red:200
green:150
blue:210
red: -3
green: 0
blue: 2
trinity : 0
gamma interface : 1
Hey im still noobish about quite a few things and im wanting to know about what changing colors on my device do...I've heard that it helps battery somewhat but i didn't know if anything else. Like making certain colors pop more or whatever. Just curious about what some peoples thoughts are on this and if anyone has their phone set a certain way with colors that makes their phone "pop" out or looks better.....i would like to see some screenshots and what settings you guys have on your device....much appreciated if anyone can show and help me out. Thanks
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Hey im still noobish about quite a few things and im wanting to know about what changing colors on my device do...I've heard that it helps battery somewhat but i didn't know if anything else. Like making certain colors pop more or whatever. Just curious about what some peoples thoughts are on this and if anyone has their phone set a certain way with colors that makes their phone "pop" out or looks better.....i would like to see some screenshots and what settings you guys have on your device....much appreciated if anyone can show and help me out. Thanks
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i use these color settings on my gnex and they are the best IMO..
contrast is -15 the rest are in the pic
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i use these color settings on my gnex and they are the best IMO..
contrast is -15 the rest are in the pic
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Sweet....thanks, so what does that all do to your device? Battery battery life, better color saturation or whatever? I'd like to know the point of doing this to the device and benefits...or if its just for personal fun
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So no one is willing to explain any of this to me?
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all it does is adjust the screen color/gamma. any difference in battery life would be a placebo effect. it might sound kind of pointless but i know that i and probably alot of other people would go insane if we lost the ability to adjust the screen like this. im a sucker for screen with lots of gamma reduction, the colors look so much more crisp and vivid; you can make it look damn good. decreasing the gamma will help make the colors crisper and less washed out, and the blacks blacker. you can also change the color balance -- some people notice a yellowish tint on the stock rom, adjusting the color values you can completely remove any tint and achieve a pretty true white.
edit: regarding screenshots, you wont see anything from a screenshot. screenshots show what the system is rendering, not what the screen is displaying. heres my settings, they may be a little too dark for you:
gamma adjustment - 0
red - 0
green - 0
blue - -3
color multiplier-
red - 153
green - 156
blue - 199
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all it does is adjust the screen color/gamma. any difference in battery life would be a placebo effect. it might sound kind of pointless but i know that i and probably alot of other people would go insane if we lost the ability to adjust the screen like this. im a sucker for screen with lots of gamma reduction, the colors look so much more crisp and vivid; you can make it look damn good. decreasing the gamma will help make the colors crisper and less washed out, and the blacks blacker. you can also change the color balance -- some people notice a yellowish tint on the stock rom, adjusting the color values you can completely remove any tint and achieve a pretty true white.
edit: regarding screenshots, you wont see anything from a screenshot. screenshots show what the system is rendering, not what the screen is displaying. heres my settings, they may be a little too dark for you:
gamma adjustment - 0
red - 0
green - 0
blue - -3
color multiplier-
red - 153
green - 156
blue - 199
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Thanks for explaining this to me....i known screenshots wouldn't show the difference. I meant just a screenshot of peoples settings....so this is what i have that i can change...i think some peoples are different. Any suggestions? Lol
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Yeah some people's are slightly different, it dependant on the rom they are running. It's hard so say what to set yours at, some screens just don't look the same as others at the same settings. I would just get a few pictures you really like, put them on you sd card and use them as a reference to adjust them, just pick whatever looks best to you, that's what I did.
If you use Franco kernel updater app, trickster or tkt from play store you will have more options. Gives you ability to calibrate the screen to correct for poor color, mine is beautiful, that's why I can't leave this phone.
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Settings will be different from display to display. Also from brightness settings can potentially have an effect on how things look too. Unfortunately there is no universal plug in these numbers and your display will look great. Also, a bit of subjectivity can come into play here as well. As mentioned using a picture of something you know and adjusting settings until it looks right is a great idea.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1790325 <-- that thread has a discussion about various settings, including a spreadsheet in the OP where there is a list of them. Which once again shows that people's settings are all over the place so you probably will have to do some tweaking to get them how you want.
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If you use Franco kernel updater app, trickster or tkt from play store you will have more options. Gives you ability to calibrate the screen to correct for poor color, mine is beautiful, that's why I can't leave this phone.
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And by calibrating, it will automatically change the colors for you for the best looking results?
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And by calibrating, it will automatically change the colors for you for the best looking results?
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Not automatically, you will need to put in things manually look up calibration color galaxy nexus as there are lots of posts and charts saying what people use, pick one that is close and tweak it from there
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Hello!
I recently got the Arc S and I love it, but there's something about the screen that freaks me out. It's hard to describe, but let me try.
When I scroll through menus, objects get darker while they move. Most notibly when there's white text on black background. I don't know many of you know it, but it's like applying the "inner shadow" filter to the fonts in photoshop.
I made a video to demonstrate that: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVRTmsr6Ppg
Hopefully you can see the effect on the text, but it's very noticable that the lines between the items disappear while scrolling.
While on a grey background, text appears yellowish while scrolling.
I get a similar effect when I scroll through pictures.
Other than that, the screen is perfectly fine. I have a Neo V here with the same rom and kernel and there is nothing like that.
Or is this just normal screen behaviour I have to get used to?
What rom are you on?
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if you look clearly at the screen, it is not getting darker! just the lines between the selectable touch fields are getting darker. dont know why but this problem is on all roms i have tested. it happens at small text and very small lines (1-2 pixel lines i think)
@TheHaso
Super Jelly Bean, Slim Bean, Ultimate HD.. It doesn't seem to matter.
@om22
So you think this is a software issue?
I noticed when I scroll through small turqoise text, it clearly gets darker and shifts into a more blue-ish tone.
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@TheHaso
Super Jelly Bean, Slim Bean, Ultimate HD.. It doesn't seem to matter.
@om22
So you think this is a software issue?
I noticed when I scroll through small turqoise text, it clearly gets darker and shifts into a more blue-ish tone.
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no i think this is normal on tn-panel lcd screens (our arc/s). just a dark blurring effect i think.
If you want to get some information about TN displays vs IPS etc just follow the link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_crystal_display#Twisted_nematic_.28TN.29
it's normal. only the lines get darker and not the text. this is how android makes it. try to increase the brightness and you will see that the lines gets a little darker.
But this effect does not happen at all on the Neo V.
And of course the text is getting darker, too. As I said, on black background a turquoise text shifts to blue while scrolling.
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But this effect does not happen at all on the Neo V.
And of course the text is getting darker, too. As I said, on black background a turquoise text shifts to blue while scrolling.
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maybe because the neo v has built in another display? Our display also is very blurry in my opinion (high response time)
Small (3K), black wallpaper image file. I like my desktop black; it makes it very easy to see the icons/widgets. They really pop in front of that absolutely black background. I use it for my lock screen wallpaper as well. From what I understand, the AMOLED screen loses less power when displaying black, so if this is the case I suppose it might even save some battery. I figured someone might like it.
*Changed calling it background to wallpaper, for clarity.*
Yeah this is a good idea, from what I understand the pixels that are truly black on the screen are physically turned off so it saves power and has a true black color instead of a dark lighted pixel you would find on older phones or cheaper screens.. Would be cool to have a "power save" kernel profile set to change the wallpaper to this if it dropped below a pre set % too... Thanks for this.
How much time do you actually spend looking at the home screen when your screen is on, though?
I'm sure it would save a little battery if you did that, but most people don't. Typically people are going to be making calls, texting, or using some other app that doesn't have a pure black background.
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Yeah, I realize it probably won't do a whole lot to save the battery, but I figure every little bit helps. I really just like the way it looks (I prefer a simple, stripped down, no eye-candy approach) & I think it makes the icons easier to see than any other wallpaper. Also a feeble attempt to contribute a little something on XDA, where I've benefited so much.
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If its set as the background and lock screen it could help quite a bit. If you get a text and the screen turns on it wont need to activate all those extra pixels.
This app is what I use
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.citc.colors&hl=en
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This app is what I use
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.citc.colors&hl=en
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Were trying to save battery, by installing this app and running it in the background would be counter productive IMO.
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Were trying to save battery, by installing this app and running it in the background would be counter productive IMO.
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Just an FYI - I have been using the mentioned app for a long time and never had it run in the background. I've even cleared data and uninstalled the app and background color persists between reboots. Only problem is you can't set lock screen color with it (last time I tried anyway)
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Really, if it's just plain black, why bother with 1920x1080? The launcher would stretch out a smaller image, and it would still be... black.
I created the attached plain black 40x40 png with Photo Editor app, and it's only a few 140 bytes. It's 40x40 just to make it easier to grab the border for the wallpaper setter. Works fine with Nova.
lost_ said:
Really, if it's just plain black, why bother with 1920x1080? The launcher would stretch out a smaller image, and it would still be... black.
I created the attached plain black 40x40 png with Photo Editor app, and it's only a few 140 bytes. It's 40x40 just to make it easier to grab the border for the wallpaper setter. Works fine with Nova.
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ha makes sense.. size does matter when it comes to phone memory
lost_ said:
Really, if it's just plain black, why bother with 1920x1080? The launcher would stretch out a smaller image, and it would still be... black.
I created the attached plain black 40x40 png with Photo Editor app, and it's only a few 140 bytes. It's 40x40 just to make it easier to grab the border for the wallpaper setter. Works fine with Nova.
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Your solution is better! Hehe. I never bothered trying to make it smaller than 1920x1080, so thanks for that. Every little bit helps...
thanks
Good one. Thanks!
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Small (3K), black wallpaper image file. I like my desktop black; it makes it very easy to see the icons/widgets. They really pop in front of that absolutely black background. I use it for my lock screen wallpaper as well. From what I understand, the AMOLED screen loses less power when displaying black, so if this is the case I suppose it might even save some battery. I figured someone might like it.
*Changed calling it background to wallpaper, for clarity.*
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Ok so this really isn't the biggest thing or issue but I was curious if anyone else has this issue, Ok so with air view with the s pen you can hover over certain things and it will Pop up a little window with some text either explaining What it is or where it goes etc. but when I upgraded to one Ul 2.0 android 10 the text changed color from normal black to a very light cyan or light blue, so light I can't see the text at all anymore. Anyone else have this problem or know of a fix for this, any help or input would be very much appreciated!
Here's a quick screenshot.
I have seen this sometimes when applying light color themes
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I have seen this sometimes when applying light color themes
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Ah, Yup that's what it is thank You very much. That kind of sucks you can't change the color of the text itself tho but at least now I know what it is, thanks again!
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