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I like having my display as bright as possible without it being uncomfortable; it helps with readability. On my laptop and phone I'll shift the brightness throu

by _bxg1 6y ago

I like having my display as bright as possible without it being uncomfortable; it helps with readability. On my laptop and phone I'll shift the brightness throughout the day to meet this heuristic, but alas, Windows does not make this trivial with an external monitor. Usually you have to fiddle with the monitor's physical buttons and navigate down into a menu. So I just don't bother.

falcolas 6y ago
But if you're getting eyestrain, it's by definition uncomfortable, and worth the 10 seconds or so to navigate the said menus. Not everything has a dark mode available, so make sure that the worst case is tolerable.
the_pwner224 6y ago
https://twinkletray.com/ https://twinkletray.com/ Most desktop monitors have their brightness & other config exposed via the DDC (DDC?) protocol. This is a simple UI that exposes the brightness controls on Windows. Much easier than using the buttons. You might need to go to the monitor's menu and enable DDC if it's disabled by default. On Linux this script works for me: sudo modprobe i2c-dev; sudo ddcutil setvcp 10 $1 &
- vczf 6y ago
  My monitor has terrible "buttons". This utility means I no longer have to fumble around with them to adjust the brightens. Thanks for the link!
- anchpop 6y ago
  I can't believe I'm only just now finding out about this. Do you have any idea why this isn't something built into Windows?
  - noisem4ker 6y ago
    Windows has a brightness slider in the side bar, but it doesn't seem to work with external monitors. Probably because OS-level brightness controls were implemented when laptops became popular, and traditional PCs with external monitors became an afterthought.
- 1_player 6y ago
  Thanks! I've been looking for this! On macOS I've been using https://github.com/the0neyouseek/MonitorControl https://github.com/the0neyouseek/MonitorControl -- which also lets you use the brightness keys to control external monitors.
hoorayimhelping 6y ago
That's fine, enjoy your preferences all you want. Just realize when you use them as a justification for changing defaults which work fine for most everyone else, you're going to annoy people. Especially when your preferences tend to fly in the face of common sense.

by _bxg1 6y ago

falcolas 6y ago

But if you're getting eyestrain, it's by definition uncomfortable, and worth the 10 seconds or so to navigate the said menus. Not everything has a dark mode available, so make sure that the worst case is tolerable.

the_pwner224 6y ago

https://twinkletray.com/ https://twinkletray.com/ Most desktop monitors have their brightness & other config exposed via the DDC (DDC?) protocol. This is a simple UI that exposes the brightness controls on Windows. Much easier than using the buttons. You might need to go to the monitor's menu and enable DDC if it's disabled by default. On Linux this script works for me: sudo modprobe i2c-dev; sudo ddcutil setvcp 10 $1 &

vczf 6y ago
My monitor has terrible "buttons". This utility means I no longer have to fumble around with them to adjust the brightens. Thanks for the link!
anchpop 6y ago
I can't believe I'm only just now finding out about this. Do you have any idea why this isn't something built into Windows?
- noisem4ker 6y ago
  Windows has a brightness slider in the side bar, but it doesn't seem to work with external monitors. Probably because OS-level brightness controls were implemented when laptops became popular, and traditional PCs with external monitors became an afterthought.
1_player 6y ago
Thanks! I've been looking for this! On macOS I've been using https://github.com/the0neyouseek/MonitorControl https://github.com/the0neyouseek/MonitorControl -- which also lets you use the brightness keys to control external monitors.

hoorayimhelping 6y ago

That's fine, enjoy your preferences all you want. Just realize when you use them as a justification for changing defaults which work fine for most everyone else, you're going to annoy people. Especially when your preferences tend to fly in the face of common sense.