screen flashes between each trial (case 5751)

[jarvis24]

Hmm.. Seems to work fine here--at least the basic sample that comes with MediaLab. Not sure what this could be. Did you change the colors in the preferences at all, or are you using a quickstyle anywhere? When you say it changes to the background color, what color is that? And what color does it go to when the next question resumes? I ask all this because normally (by default) those colors are the same.

[leahz]

Yes, I changed the background color to a blue - blue is always the background color. So, in between each frame, there is a quick flash where the screen is completely blue, and then it shows the next frame, where the background is blue again. This is a problem for 2 reasons:

1. I want participants to make several ratings of one photo, so for several frames I have the same photo, with just the rating scale changing. It is distracting that after each response, the photo flashes away and back. In the old version I used to use, if something was in the same place from frame to frame, it would just stay there.
2. At one point I want to show a black screen, and then the black screen with a fixation point. I can't have a flash of blue in between the two screens or the effect won't work.

[irving]

Are there any updates related to this issues? I'm also experiencing a similar issue where I apply my own mystyle.mlq file, but between each question, the program has to reapply my blue custom background over the default MediaLab background, producing the flash sensation.

Is there a way to change the default background and font color, other than using mystyles, in such a way that it does not produce the flashing effect?

[jarvis24]

A newer version you can try..

www.empirisoft.com/download/ml2008/ml2008.1.33e.exe

Please let me know if it helps,
Blair

[kirillf5@gmail.com]

Is there any solution to this issue?

I have the same problem where a questionnaire has a non default background and for every item the default background flashes.

[jason_reed]

What version of MediaLab are you using? You can find the full version number (ver. 20xx.x.xxx) by opening MediaLab and selecting Help>About MediaLab from the main toolbar.

[idamerete]

Hi!

I have medialab v. 2014.1.127.

I have changed the background color to white, as I am using HTML files with white background and somehow the standard background is blue?

So now it is "flashing" blue between each condition in my experiment, which can affect my results.

Any way to change the standard coloring to white?

Thanks in advance for any help!

EDIT: I found preferences and figured out how to change the background color! It still flashes though, not blue but a regular black to white flash. Not between each condition, but like each 5th maybe? Still, a much better scenario than my previous situation.