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f.lux has been updated to a new version
- saturdaysaint 13y agoI really wish someone would put f.lux in a TV or receiver. Sure, it's not ideal for critical viewing, but it'd be great for casual tv watching/gaming at night. Anyone found good solutions for that? I tried amber glasses but it's a bit of an awkward solution and somehow doesn't feel as effective as f.lux. Would lowering the blue light in the TV's picture settings and the brightness accomplish everything f.lux does?
- ovi256 13y agoMany modern displays have color temperature controls, so you can lower it at night. The blue light setting comes close to the same effect, AFAIK.
- josefresco 13y agoMy LG TV has an ambient light sensor which will adjust the brightness of the TV. One issue is that when the TV first turns on the default (or prior) brightness is often brighter than the sensor detects. Seconds after powering on, the TV will darken which if you hadn't seen the brighter version would seem normal (guests have asked if the TV is broken after witnessing this) At night (up with a sick kid) the feature is great and you couldn't imagine watching TV at night without it.
- corin_ 13y agoWhat sort of amber glasses? I've heard great feedback about Gunnar Optiks, though I've never tried them myself (for more than 30 seconds) and they're not very cheap. http://www.gunnars.com/ http://www.gunnars.com/ Disclaimer: I have met people from Gunnar a few times and I know one of their marketing agencies very well - but have never been paid by Gunnar for anything :)
- britta 13y agoAccording to friends who have tested them, Gunnars don't block blue light very well, but these $8 safety glasses do: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000USRG90 http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000USRG90
- jrnkntl 13y agoHeads up: not yet available for Linux and Mac.
- zen_boy 13y agoThank you for posting this. I was wondering why the version number on Mac still was 23.0 after the update.
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- mdciotti 13y agoMy thanks as well. I had the same confusion, it's curious that they left out this detail from the blog post.
- EricaJoy 13y agoHere I thought I was looking in the wrong places for the new settings. Thanks for the heads up.
- herf 13y agoModified the text to say, yes, this is our Windows update. Many of the features are on Mac already, since we've done a dozen updates for it in the interim. But we're planning another Mac update soon.
- kevincrane 13y agoWhat are the odds we'd see a Linux update at some point in the future? I loved flux when I was running Windows, but at this point I'm fully off in Ubuntu land and haven't been had much luck getting flux to work right here. :(
- fakeanon 13y agoYou can try redshift by the way.
- jaxbot 13y agoAs someone who has used f.lux for the last few years (and more so after I've started classes), any single one of these is a welcome update. Together? I'll take it as a late birthday present.
- joelackner 13y agothe alt-pg up/dwn feature to adjust brightness is pretty great. the fact that it rolls back in the morning is pretty clever, i always found myself having to fidget with settings on my monitor. i wish more devices, like tvs, had flux baked in.
- ancientworldnow 13y agoI'm speaking as a colorist working in film/television here. TV's already have enough issues destroying the look we carefully craft with "features" like dynamic lighting, motion smoothing, vivid mode, etc. A huge color shift is going to throw this off even more and dramatically change the look and tone to the detriment of the work. This is great for reading text on a screen, but should be disabled for viewing media - you wouldn't look at the Mona Lisa with amber glasses.
- eru 13y agoOften the creator does not have all that much control over how their work is consumed. (And I guess it's not worse than reading a novel in a loud room, in some sense.)
- eterm 13y agoTV/Film colour grading does enough to try to destroy reality with the horrible OTT teal&orange gradings. If the mona lisa was painted in duo-chrome I might not be upset at viewing it under different temperatures.
- nitrogen 13y agoA change in white point should interfere less with your colors than those other monstrosities you mentioned.
- Cthulhu_ 13y ago> you wouldn't look at the Mona Lisa with amber glasses. I would if I had to look at it constantly for my job and entertainment and it had a bright blue backlight shining right into my eyes all the time, :p.
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- kseistrup 13y agoAnd then there's Redshift, which is GPL'ed and has its source code available. Works like a charm on my Linux box. http://jonls.dk/redshift/ http://jonls.dk/redshift/ https://launchpad.net/redshift https://launchpad.net/redshift
- sandGorgon 13y agoif you're using redshift, there is apparently a bug in the calculation. So for now, you should it use it as redshift -l 28.6100:77.2300 -t 6000:4800 -m vidmode where the first two numbers are your current locations latitude and longitude.
- kseistrup 13y agoI use a ~/.config/redshift.conf: [redshift] temp-day=5700 temp-night=4550 location-provider=manual [manual] lat=55.6761 lon=12.5683 and then start redshift without any arguments.
- stedaniels 13y agoAhh, a couple of lat longs and Google Street View at my command.. that was a fun bit of procrastination!
- kseistrup 13y agoYes, I'm from Copenhagen and I grabbed Copenhagen's latitude and longitude from Wikipedia and rounded to 4 decimals. Perhaps I, too, should take a look in Street View… Ah, it's the Town Hall Square. :)
- sandGorgon 13y agoactually make sure your temps are correct - take a look at this : http://jonls.dk/redshift/#comment-1013535899 http://jonls.dk/redshift/#comment-1013535899 I'm on 12.04, so I'm sure I dont have a patched redshift.
- chli 13y agoGreat update ! Now I'm just missing : "automatically disable if Photoshop is running" (I got caught a few times)
- test1235 13y agoSame for watching videos.
- coob 13y agoFrom the linked page: >Movie mode. This setting warms up your display, but it preserves shadow detail, skintones, and sky colors better than f.lux’s typical colors. It lasts 2½ hours, which lets you watch most feature films
- eru 13y agoI thought f.lux was `cooling down' your display, not warming it up.
- omni 13y agoCooler generally means bluer, while warmer means orange-r. f.lux definitely makes your display orange-r.
- quarterto 13y agoColours perceived as "warmer" (yellows, reds etc) are produced at lower wavelength and therefore by a blackbody with lower temperature (hence colour temperature). F.lux is reducing the temperature, thus producing a "warmer" hue.
- heydenberk 13y agof.lux is one of my favorite pieces of software. It just does what it's supposed to and I hardly even think about it. Being near the 40th parallel, it rarely activates from April to October. At some point in October, as it did a week ago, it naturally and unobtrusively becomes indispensable again. Something that happens quite frequently is non-technical friends see my laptop at night and ask "why it is orange?". When I temporarily deactivate f.lux, they shrink from the intrusive blue light and need no further explanation.
- coderdude 13y ago'Intrusive blue light' was enough to get me to download it. This is great. Feels so much easier on my eyes right now (6am).
- iambateman 13y agoI love f.lux! I actually use it on my work computer during the day to knock down a little bit of the light. (just 6500 -> 5900) It anecdotally helps a lot with eye fatigue, even during the day.
- bfish510 13y agoI never thought of this! Thanks for the tip!
- andyjohnson0 13y agoI just installed it and tried your suggestion of dropping to 5900K. After about an hour I reverted to normal for a moment and was shocked by how harsh the light from screen was. Thanks, my eyeballs salute you!
- iambateman 13y agoSweet! Cheers to full-time computer use for the next 40 years.
- aroch 13y agoThe default setting for f.lux is 5900 during the day, no?
- NatW 13y agoAwesome project, thank you!! It would be helpful if the creators listed the latest version number on their site so folks don't need to install it to see if it's e.g: version 23.0 or something else. FYI: the latest version seems to be 23.0 for mac at the moment.
- tokanizar 13y agoAgree. A version suffixed download file should be easier. Currently, there's no update for Mac yet.
- chid 13y agoI'm kind of curious, why is a restart necessary to extend the range?
- jbrooksuk 13y agoWindows requires a restart to turn itself after updates most times. It's expected. In all seriousness though, I wonder if they install drivers?
- RyanMcGreal 13y agoI start work before 6:00 AM and f.lux is a godsend. I actually feel my body go aahhhh as the sun comes up outside the window and my screen shifts to blue.
- EnderMB 13y agoI remember first looking at this, and thinking it was pretty stupid. I downloaded it out of curiousity and ran it on my work machine while doing a few late nights, and I noticed very quickly that my eyes were feeling a lot less tired near the end of a day than they usually were. Now, I install it on every machine I use, and it's probably saved me a ton of (literal) headaches. I couldn't recommend it enough.
- dipth 13y agoDoes anyone know if this update is for windows only? I can't seem to find a Mac version of the update.
- lengads 13y agojrnkntl notes above that this update is not available for Mac or Linux.
- k-mcgrady 13y agoI used to use this but my issue was that I usually watch TV/Movies on my laptop before bed. I had to disable flux to do that which made it kind of pointless for me. During my time using it I never noticed any benefits (probably because, like I said, I turned it off late at night). Has anyone seen real benefits to using it?
- rangibaby 13y agoWhy do you have to disable flux to do that? Try looking at your phone after using your fluxed(?) laptop for an hour or so. The blue will burn your eyes out...
- eru 13y agoThere are options available for the phone now. (Twilight for Android phones, for example.)
- cowsandmilk 13y agohave you read the link? And seen "Movie Mode" is part of this "big update"?
- k-mcgrady 13y agoI saw it. I was curious if using that essentially ruins the benefits gained using flux.
- garethadams 13y agoWell, "Movie Mode" is not the same as "Disable f.lux". But are you saying that the only thing you do on your laptop after the sun goes down is watch movies?
- k-mcgrady 13y agoLooked into movie mode - seems like what I'm looking for. >> "But are you saying that the only thing you do on your laptop after the sun goes down is watch movies?" No :) The reason I used flux was to help improve my sleep. I thought disabling flux for a couple of hours before bed (even if I used it during the previous dark hours) would negate the benefit. I'm not exactly sure if that's true but movie mode sounds like the solution.
- mathiasben 13y agoWould like to see a feature where the software takes local cloud cover into account and dims with the sun during the day.
- icebraining 13y agoWhy not use something like Calise[1], which dims the screen based a camera plugged in? Even if it's a desktop, plugging in a cheap webcam and pointing it at a wall/ceiling doesn't seem very onerous. [1] http://sourceforge.net/projects/calise/ http://sourceforge.net/projects/calise/
- elliottcarlson 13y agoI wonder how it could work if done properly based on data such as cloud cover. One thing that annoyed me to no end on my TouchPad was the auto dimming based on ambient lighting. This would rapidly dim in and out as I sat on the bus trying to read an ebook as it would catch every shadow etc.
- vutekst 13y agoIf you like f.lux, and you use Android devices, you might enjoy Twilight. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.urbandroid.lux https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.urbandroid...
- Scene_Cast2 13y agoTwilight seems to get it wrong - all the blacks become red. (I think it does this by overlaying red on top of everything instead of doing real hue shifting) Are there any other recommended mobile apps out there?
- vutekst 13y agoHmm, I had noticed that the blacks become red, but I didn't think of it as "wrong". Despite that, I find it useful enough -- it still removes much of the blue light and makes my eyes feel better. I would love to know about any better Android apps like this, though.
- ChrisClark 13y agoLux can do a better job, if you also install the Nexus 4 plugin from the same developer. Of course, you'll need a Nexus 4. If you don't have one it still does the same sort of transparent overlay. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vito.lux https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vito.lux
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- jlgreco 13y agoThe blacks becoming non-black is a show-stopper on AMOLED screens where black is actually properly black.
- rcsorensen 13y agohttps://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vito.lux https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vito.lux "Lux isn't your ordinary brightness app. It intelligently adjusts the brightness of your display based on the environment you're in. If you step into a dimly lit room, Lux will automatically lower the brightness of your display to make it not only comfortable to read, but to also preserve battery power." Fantastically wonderful app.
- dzhiurgis 13y agoThe appearance on my setup if quite hilarious: http://imgur.com/1VrPWNw http://imgur.com/1VrPWNw The cheap Dell monitors got quite small horizontal visibility angle. Additionally, the USB adapter doesn't seem to be supported.
- yock 13y agoJust yesterday I was in the office late and was struggling with the bright monitor in a dimming room. The reminder that this software exists comes at a very nice time of year for those north of the tropics.
- eru 13y agoEven in the tropics, it's useful late at night.
- seferphier 13y agoLove f.lux. A simple program but solves a common problem. My eyes are always shocked when i switch off flux for color intensive work.
- najra 13y agoMight not be what this piece of software was created, but could a similar technique be used for an opposite effect: waking up in the morning? There are morning lights available that send 10.000 lux light, could you get a monitor to do this instead? would it have the same effect as those lights?
- Cthulhu_ 13y agoI do believe f.lux also can increase (blue-shift) the color balance on your screen during the day; my setting goes up to 6500K. Not sure if that's higher than the normal color temperature though. I'm not sure if it's light intensity or color, myself. I do know that Philips is doing a lot of research in the area. If you have a Philips light that can change color (or can get one), turn it up to bright blue in the morning, and a pleasant / warm red in the evening. That should help. I for one wouldn't mind a shifting color setup at home. Maybe I'll buy myself one of those lights sometime. Right now I mainly have reddish lights (woo, Lidl), but also because I mainly have lights on in the evening. And I don't generally have issues waking up in the morning. At least not once I'm out of bed, :p.
- molf 13y agoFlux is fantastic. I just wish it were built into iOS too, so I can have something similar on my iPad/iPhone without jailbreaking.
- bbx 13y agoIs it possible for an iOS app to run indefinitely in the background? Just wondering.
- bendrucker 13y agoNo, and even if it were that wouldn't make f.lux for iOS possible. Even an app running temporarily in the background can't do this on iOS.
- ParkerK 13y ago>can't do this on iOS. It can, and has been done, it's just Apple won't allow apps that do this in the store, hence the need for jailbreaking
- bstar77 13y agoAn official Flux build exists for iOS, but you need to jailbreak. I used it before I upgraded to iOS 7 and it has been massively useful for me. It's the one thing I miss most from my jailbreak.
- jonah 13y agoFlux is fantastic on my iPad - great for reading in the evening.
- kaiserama 13y agoI would imagine it would have to be baked into the OS (if not jailbroken) as I presume you'd want it to affect the display and all applications. But I completely agree, I love f.lux on my computer. The only downside is I feel the need to sleep very quickly if I try and work at night :)
- codeduck 13y agoI really, really wish flux was compatible with the ipad. Using an ipad at night is a painful experience.
- lawnchair_larry 13y agoIt is if you jailbreak.
- Nux 13y agoInteresting application, but it seems to me that it only really works well if you rely on natural light. I'm in an office with bright neon lights, does it still help?
- freehunter 13y agoNeon lights in an office? I'm used to neon in bars/pubs, but I haven't heard of neon being used for general purpose lighting. That sounds painful, neon lights are generally very harsh in my experience.
- rietta 13y agoNeat. Flux has been one of my favorite tools for years. There have been times that I have had to use its "disable for an hour" function late at night and the sudden brightness change is actually painful. It's easy to forget just how bright monitors are.
- shanac 13y agoSo I just downloaded - why can't i figure out where TV mode is...hmmmm
- JoshMock 13y agoI know an update isn't available for OS X yet, but did anyone else get notified of an upgrade of their OS X version? The most recent OS X version of the Flux.app file says it was created Oct 4, 2013. I'm pretty sure this update has caused my Macbook Air to hang momentarily when trying to put it to sleep. Kind of annoying.
- StavrosK 13y agoWARNING: If you want to try this for the first time, wait until mid-day. The first transition is quite jarring, but trying it in the day will make it much smoother (to the point where, if you disable it at night, you will quickly curse and re-enable it).
- wincent 13y ago"A map to help you find your location" I hope this isn't the start of feature bloat.
- Tichy 13y agoDumb question: does changing the image on the screen actually change the output of blue light? I was kind of under the impression it was a result of the light source. For example I think neon light is actually greenish and it is just the human eye that adjusts the colors back to normal. But I don't think one could make neon light behave like another type of light simply by painting it with some color.
- samatman 13y agoYes it does. Your screen, presuming it's LED, is white light being filtered through colored gates (pixels). It is... easy to tune the colors of those gates...
- josefresco 13y agoHard to run a neat tool like f.lux when you design for the web. Reason being that I need to "see" the web like my clients and their customers do. Same reason I don't run ad-blockers, or many browser add-ons that modify the browsing experience. I found when using it for personal use, there are times when the time of day, doesn't align with my energy levels and I ended up disabling it enough that it became a nuisance.
- ewencp 13y agoGiven the huge variation in (mis)calibrated settings on top of the huge variation of displays themselves, you'd probably be fine running f.lux. In fact, I would think you would want a more flexible tool so you can actually test what different users might be seeing given different display configurations.
- iambateman 13y agoI agree for design. But for development, I feel like I can get the feel of what I'm doing even without full luminance.
- vertr07 13y agoSo turn it off while you are working.
- actionscripted 13y agoI agree for the most part, however when I'm at the design phase I'm generally working from required brand palettes or using swatches I've defined so I know the colors are good. Maybe I'm Doing It Wrong™, but I design all the time with F.lux in this manner and don't have any problems.
- MartinCron 13y agoI need to "see" the web like my clients and their customers do The only way that's possible is to do a lot of travel.
- lectrick 13y agoFalse. Apple computers use ColorSync, the whole point of which is to line up the perceived color on disparate devices in disparate locations: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ColorSync http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ColorSync In comparison, the color handling/prioritization in Windows and Linux is crap.
- asafira 13y agoJust a heads up: f.lux is a great tool, but remember to turn it off during video games. Your experience with some games can be affected by the temperature of your screen. For me, that was definitely true when playing left4dead2.
- calinet6 13y agoWhat this page needs is a big "Download" link.
- hisham_hm 13y agoFor a project designed to reduce eyestrain, a white website with light gray text is pretty hard on the eyes.
- T-hawk 13y agof.lux is great, but I really really really wish it would allow custom control of the timing instead of pegging to sunset. I don't want my screen going red at 4:30 pm in the winter eight or more hours before bed. 10 pm would be about right. f.lux can be manually controlled, but that's much less useful since I'll never remember to turn it back to red at the times I want. "Disable for an hour" is useful once, and really tedious to repeat for six hours. And in this update: "Movie mode ... lasts 2½ hours." Seriously? Why in the world not prompt for a time duration, or use a dropdown or flyout menu for various 30 minute intervals?
- spencerhakim 13y agoJust set your location to a place that's more compatible with your schedule. Living on the east coast, I get fine results setting it to a southern California zip code.
- smackfu 13y agoIsn't the idea to match to your lighting, not to your bedtime? Darkness is darkness.
- teeray 13y agoCan I pay these people yet? This is an awesome piece of software, and they should not have to buy their own beer anymore at the very least.
- computer 13y agoThe technology is patent-pending, so I suspect they want f.lux as widely used as possible so they can license the patent to device makers for a lot of money once they are well-known enough.
- BryanB55 13y agoIf you use Android, Twilight is also great (same concept but for your smartphone): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.urbandroid.lux https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.urbandroid...
- ZoFreX 13y ago> A simple schedule for Philips Hue, so you can f.lux your house This sounds pretty cool! Has anyone who has a Hue tried this yet?
- kux 13y agoShameless self promotion: I'm the creator of an Android app for the Hue called LampShade.io that also supports this (and a ton of other features!)
- diminoten 13y agoI hear so much about f.lux, but to me I don't know if the science quite backs it up like everyone says it does. I've found it suffers from the, "They used the word science so it must be good" problem. Why hasn't anyone done a study on specifically what f.lux attempts to do? Sure, light at night causes people problems sleeping, but does f.lux actually make a difference? Can we quantify that difference in a way that controls for the fanboy (formerly known as placebo) effect?
- polyfractal 13y agoResult from a quick pubmed search (I haven't actually read the paper): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24110034 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24110034 >Effects of LED-backlit computer screen and emotional selfregulation on human melatonin production. >[...] Finally, we can also report that the blue light of LED-backlit computer screen significantly suppress melatonin production (91%) more than red light (78%) and no light (44%).
- diminoten 13y ago5 participants, eh? But hey, pubmed a.k.a. "science" says it, so it must be irrefutable.
- polyfractal 13y agosigh Fine, here are more articles. If you don't want to believe in peer-reviewed academic literature, I'm not sure why I'm bothering. Statistically significant results can be obtained with few participants. Behold the power of math. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23926261 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23926261 Nocturnal light exposure impairs affective responses in a wavelength-dependent manner. >Our results demonstrate that exposure to LAN influences behavior and neuronal plasticity and that this effect is likely mediated by ipRGCs. Modern sources of LAN that contain blue wavelengths may be particularly disruptive to the circadian system, potentially contributing to altered mood regulation. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23358248 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23358248 Out of the lab and into the bathroom: evening short-term exposure to conventional light suppresses melatonin and increases alertness perception. >Subjective alertness was significantly increased after exposure to three of the lighting conditions which included blue spectral components in their spectra. Evening exposure to conventional lamps in an everyday setting influences melatonin excretion and alertness perception within 30 min. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21298068 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21298068 Non-visual effects of light on melatonin, alertness and cognitive performance: can blue-enriched light keep us alert? Exposure to light at 6500K induced greater melatonin suppression, together with enhanced subjective alertness, well-being and visual comfort. With respect to cognitive performance, light at 6500K led to significantly faster reaction times in tasks associated with sustained attention (Psychomotor Vigilance and GO/NOGO Task), but not in tasks associated with executive function (Paced Visual Serial Addition Task). [...] Our findings suggest that the sensitivity of the human alerting and cognitive response to polychromatic light at levels as low as 40 lux, is blue-shifted relative to the three-cone visual photopic system. Thus, the selection of commercially available compact fluorescent lights with different colour temperatures significantly impacts on circadian physiology and cognitive performance at home and in the workplace.
- ksrm 13y agoThe only thing that annoys me about f.lux is the lack of flexibility. Why can I only disable it for one hour? Why are there only two transition speeds - 20s and 60m?
- stcredzero 13y agoI've been wearing orange tinted safety glasses to reduce my exposure to blue light at night. Is there a good option that's more suited to wearing outside the home/hackerspace? Rose colored glasses, of course, but with better peripheral coverage?
- oasisbob 13y agoSounds like some of the new features are Windows-only? eg, I can't figure out how to activate darkroom mode on OS X.
- 44Aman 13y agoI was interested in using the expanded range, but it needs to access administrator privileges which I can't use on my locked-down work laptop. The normal version is a lifesaver though!
- jordanbrown 13y agoIf only I could get it back onto my phone... Jailbreak can't come soon enough.
- sovande 13y agoBeing wary of using too much resources in my own programs I'm always a little surprised and disappointed when I see small utility programs like this use resources like a drunken sailor on shore leave. Flux is currently using 118 MB of real memory and 0.1% CPU. Using otool -L /Applications/Flux.app/Contents/MacOS/Flux you can see an impressive number of frameworks included. I guess inclusion of the webkit framework is the biggest culprit. Why all this is needed to simply dim the light on my screen is beyond me. That said, Flux is perfect functionality wise and very useful.
- option_greek 13y agoTakes around 25MB on windows. May be the UI graphics on mac are better ?
- y4mi 13y ago5.1 MB for me. this is ... strange
- jonahx 13y agoMine is at 9MG
- neil_s 13y agoIt's using 0.7 mb on my Surface Pro. However, its 6.15pm right now, maybe usage goes up when it actually starts dimming. I've never had noticeable performance issues because of it though, and I run it on my 7 year old Macbook Pro as well.
- iamthebest 13y agoSame problem on windows. I installed the latest version and it's perpetually using 0.03 percent CPU with stack: wow64cpu.dll!TurboDispatchJumpAddressEnd+0x6c0 wow64cpu.dll!TurboDispatchJumpAddressEnd+0xf5 wow64.dll!Wow64SystemServiceEx+0x1ce wow64.dll!Wow64LdrpInitialize+0x42b ntdll.dll!RtlUniform+0x6e6 ntdll.dll!RtlCreateTagHeap+0xa7 ntdll.dll!LdrInitializeThunk+0xe ntdll.dll!NtWaitForMultipleObjects+0x15 kernel32.dll!WaitForMultipleObjectsEx+0x8e flux.exe+0x3921 ntdll.dll!RtlDeleteBoundaryDescriptor+0x1b ntdll.dll!RtlMultiByteToUnicodeN+0x11a kernel32.dll!RegSetValueExA+0x11f flux.exe+0x2841 flux.exe+0x561e8 kernel32.dll!BaseThreadInitThunk+0x12 ntdll.dll!RtlInitializeExceptionChain+0x63 ntdll.dll!RtlInitializeExceptionChain+0x36 More annoying though is the fact that it causes frame skips and audio skipping when I'm using the BSNES emulator. The only remedy is to uninstall it.
- gdonelli 13y agoWhere is the download link?
- driverdan 13y agoMaybe I'm just weird but I previously tried flux for a few days and hated it. I can always tell the colors are wrong and it drives me crazy. At no point did my brain adjust to white being red. Anyone else have this problem?
- zen_boy 13y agoIt took some time to get used to, but now I don't even notice it. Totally worth the adjustment period. New people always seem to comment how orange/warm my screen looks.
- snth 13y agoNot updated for Mac yet?
- alanh 13y agoiOS devs, please submit radars to Apple for iOS support without jailbreak. (IDGAF whether it’s native or third-party support for changing the whitepoint, I just don’t want my phone to blind me at night.)
- simonebrunozzi 13y agoI would love to see an option to specify a different time zone. It would be useful for when I travel, and I'm lazy.
- GraffitiTim 13y agoIf you find yourself not able to fall asleep until later than you'd like, I recommend trying the warmer flux setting. I've been using RedScreen + a little script I wrote instead of flux because it gets far redder, and for me works far better. It looks like flux still only goes down to 2200 on Mac, so I may continue using RedScreen.
- akg 13y agoIt seems that the new updated features are not ready for Mac OS yet? I tried updating but have not noticed anything new?
- robotcookies 13y agoYes, the update is only for windows.
- lia_memsql 13y agof.lux for iOS next please!
- jarjoura 13y agoOh man, this would be perfect if it tied into my Hue lights!
- brasky 13y agoApparently it does. 10. A simple schedule for Philips Hue, so you can f.lux your house Waiting on the linux version so I can try it.
- ezequiel-garzon 13y agoIs this supposed to become a commercial product? I'm confused about their business model, if any. If they don't have one, an open-source approach would be more common. Any ideas?
- msutherl 13y agoFor people who love f.lux, you may be interested to check out the work of Philippe Rahm: http://philipperahm.com/ http://philipperahm.com/. He's built a number of spaces that explore how environmental conditions affect you physiologically. Along the lines of f.lux, he has some experiments that use specific qualities of light to affect your circadian rhythm, including an iPhone app and JavaScript library: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/i-weather.org/id389364795?mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/i-weather.org/id389364795?mt.... This is a great example of where avant-garde art can be an inspiration for mass-market products, though who knows if the f.lux creators were directly or indirectly influenced by Rahm's work. Nevertheless, I believe there's a whole range of products that could come out of this conceptual framework.
- latraveler 13y agoMy eye fatigue was so bad a month I thought of changing professions. I wouldn't say f.lux has cured it completely but it has helped significantly.
- bdclimber14 13y agoI teach a class at Arizona State University and one of my students asked why my laptop screen was pink. I then proceeded to give the class a 10 minute sales pitch on f.lux and how blue light inhibits melatonin production. It still surprises me what a profound sales channel raving fans can be.
- t0mislav 13y agoVery useful software. Willing to donate.
- srik 13y agoNote: The update is only for Windows and not OS X.
- parshap 13y ago> A simple schedule for Philips Hue, so you can f.lux your house You can pair your Philips Hue bulbs with f.lux! This is awesome! This kind of thing is very helpful for people who sleep odd hours or just have trouble going to sleep and waking up. Has anyone tried this or knows how it works?
- kux 13y agoShameless self promotion: I'm the creator of an Android app for the Hue called LampShade.io that also supports this (and a ton of other features!)
- kux 13y agoShameless self promotion: I'm the creator of an Android app for the Hue called LampShade.io that also supports this (and a ton of other features!)
- taeric 13y agoAnyone ported this or something like it to phones/tablets, yet?
- kux 13y agoI just tried out the f.lux for Philips Hue feature and it is highly impractical because it arbitrarily adjusts the brightness of all Hue lights in your house... Disclaimer: I'm the creator of LampShade.io, an Android app for the Hue that has a similar feature (and many others too)
- Crake 13y agoAs someone with insomnia AND eye problems, this makes monitors a lot less painful for me. Downloading the new version now!
- aj 13y agoThis update is for Windows only. The update for Mac is due soon.
- rolfvandekrol 13y agoI use f.lux all the time (on OS X). The only thing that frustrates me about it, is that "disable for an hour" actually means "use daytime settings for an hour". I reduced the daytime temperature to 4500K, but when I need to do graphical work, I want flux to disable completely. And yes, I know, I can simply quit the app, but then I forget to re-enable it.
- neerajsohal 13y agothis looks interesting. never heard about it before. Downloaded, installed and I am loving it now.
- glanch 13y agoI love f.lux, but once I put it on "night mode" I realized I never wanted it to go back to "regular mode". So now I just set it to always be on the minimum, 3400K, at all times. Any time it's over 3400K it just hurts my eyes. Does anyone else do this?