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Hard 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

Hard 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 ago
Given 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 ago
I 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 ago
So turn it off while you are working.
actionscripted 13y ago
I 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 ago
I 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 ago
  False. 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.
  - nilved 13y ago
    Not very relevant - a lot more people use Windows and Linux than Mac OS.
    - lfuller 13y ago
      The discussion is around web design / development - a field with an extremely high number of people running OSX (I'd say that the majority run OSX, but I don't have any statistics to back that up, just observation).
      - kibibu 13y ago
        No, the discussion is around web design clients, the majority of whom in my experience run IE6 on Windows XP at 800x600 with the brightness turned up to 11.
        msutherl 13y ago
        Working on calibrated equipment is about having a neutral, uniform reference so that you can actually see what you're doing without having to second guess yourself. You can draw an analogy to reference monitors for sound mixing. Monitors have two properties: they reveal detail in the sound and they have a flat frequency response. The former is obviously important, and it's why as a designer you should have a nice monitor. The latter is important so that when you work in different locations, you don't have to recalibrate your expectations. There may also be non-linear perceptual illusions associated with certain aspects of the signal being attenuated or boosted, which would be another reason to have a calibrated/flat reference, but I'm not certain if this would be relevant at the scale we're talking about (between calibrated and the whole space of non-calibrated color profiles).
pwthornton 13y ago
f.lux has a suspend for an hour function for when you're doing color sensitive work. You can also turn it off entirely if you'd like. I don't do photo editing or anything majorly graphical with it on.
aqme28 13y ago
Agreed on both counts. I got tired of hitting "suspend for an hour" every single goddamn hour, so I had to tell it I live somewhere in the middle of nowhere. that aligns more with my ideal sleep habits.

ewencp 13y ago

Given 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 ago

I 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 ago

So turn it off while you are working.

actionscripted 13y ago

I 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 ago

I 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 ago
False. 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.
- nilved 13y ago
  Not very relevant - a lot more people use Windows and Linux than Mac OS.
  - lfuller 13y ago
    The discussion is around web design / development - a field with an extremely high number of people running OSX (I'd say that the majority run OSX, but I don't have any statistics to back that up, just observation).
    - kibibu 13y ago
      No, the discussion is around web design clients, the majority of whom in my experience run IE6 on Windows XP at 800x600 with the brightness turned up to 11.
      - msutherl 13y ago
        Working on calibrated equipment is about having a neutral, uniform reference so that you can actually see what you're doing without having to second guess yourself. You can draw an analogy to reference monitors for sound mixing. Monitors have two properties: they reveal detail in the sound and they have a flat frequency response. The former is obviously important, and it's why as a designer you should have a nice monitor. The latter is important so that when you work in different locations, you don't have to recalibrate your expectations. There may also be non-linear perceptual illusions associated with certain aspects of the signal being attenuated or boosted, which would be another reason to have a calibrated/flat reference, but I'm not certain if this would be relevant at the scale we're talking about (between calibrated and the whole space of non-calibrated color profiles).

pwthornton 13y ago

f.lux has a suspend for an hour function for when you're doing color sensitive work. You can also turn it off entirely if you'd like. I don't do photo editing or anything majorly graphical with it on.

aqme28 13y ago

Agreed on both counts. I got tired of hitting "suspend for an hour" every single goddamn hour, so I had to tell it I live somewhere in the middle of nowhere. that aligns more with my ideal sleep habits.