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I am building a macOS app to help reduce screen strain and dry eyes due to prolonged screen use. It's called LookAway -- https://lookaway.app https://lookaway.a
by _kush 3y ago
I am building a macOS app to help reduce screen strain and dry eyes due to prolonged screen use. It's called LookAway -- https://lookaway.app https://lookaway.app
- precompute 3y agoHey, I built something like this for personal use! I use xcalib to flash the screen every fifteen minutes.
- vthommeret 3y agoI haven't used this program specifically but I'm using an OK one (called "Take a break") and credit it with letting me look at screens again. A few years ago my eyes would dry out within a few minutes of using a screen. I tried eye drops, resting my eyes, taking longer breaks, etc... which didn't work. I did some research and there's something called the 20-20-20 rule which means looking at something at least 20 feet away for 20 seconds every 20 minutes. I found this app and it fixed my issues. Turns out the issue is your eye not changing what it's focusing on. Highly recommend trying it even if you're not actively experiencing issues. Your app looks a lot nicer than the one I'm using so I'll give it a try!
- _kush 3y agoThank you! My journey has been pretty much the same - extremely dry and irritated eyes after screen use and then 20-20-20 solved it so I decided to build this app :)
- danielvanacker 3y agoNice app! Just downloaded however there's a bug where regardless of the focus time I set (when the app first launches) it always counts down from 20mins. If I edit the focus time in settings it will change. I'm on an M1 OS 14.1.1