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On the topic of eye strain. For anyone not familiar with f.lux, highly recommend you check it out. Everyone that I have recommended it to so far loves it. https

On the topic of eye strain. For anyone not familiar with f.lux, highly recommend you check it out. Everyone that I have recommended it to so far loves it. https://justgetflux.com https://justgetflux.com

rosstex 11y ago
My eye strain ended permanently about 4 years ago, the day I installed f.lux. My eyes have never once felt strained at night after that day. Truly a miracle program.
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IanCal 11y ago
The only problem with f.lux is that it's so seamless it's like it's not running, so occasionally I'll turn it off accidentally and it feels like looking into the heart of a supernova.
rmc 11y ago
There's also redshift, an open source version that works on linux.
- phorese 11y ago
  And for Android, there's "Twilight" :) Wonderful tools
spain 11y ago
I recommend f.lux too. The only problems I've encountered with it are: - doesn't take into account wacky sun hours in nordic countries during winter, I get around this by setting my location to be somewhere else - isn't able to automatically detect when I'm playing a fullscreen videogame, when I would prefer it automatically switch off
- ryanjshaw 11y ago
  - every now and then I'll edit a photo, upload it somewhere, and then get very confused about why it looks so weird when showing it to somebody on my phone -- it would be great if f.lux shut off when certain user-configurable applications are in focus
  - iamlolz 11y ago
    This is what's kept me from using it, I'm often jumping in and out of photoshop.
- wingerlang 11y ago
  I don't know about windows, but a recent-ish update on OSX added the ability to disable per application. http://i.imgur.com/AwDJYyX.png http://i.imgur.com/AwDJYyX.png
stinos 11y ago
Is anyhthing known about the internals of it, i.e. what code does it use? Something like SetDeviceGammaRamp on Windows? Or does it talk directly to the video card driver (if that is even possible in a generic way)? Or the monitor? Does it still work reasonably if I already have set my display to low brightness etc? edit also wondering: it cannot know if I'm sitting in a completely dark room, a sunlit room or a room at night with fluorescent lighting. Don't such factors change what the ideal color would be? (not that I am constantly adjusting my display now according to the amount of clouds outside, just wondering what it does exactly. There's like no info whatsoever?)
- giancarlostoro 11y ago
  Not sure how it works for Windows but the Linux source is available which could give you an idea: https://github.com/Kilian/f.lux-indicator-applet https://github.com/Kilian/f.lux-indicator-applet

rosstex 11y ago

My eye strain ended permanently about 4 years ago, the day I installed f.lux. My eyes have never once felt strained at night after that day. Truly a miracle program.

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IanCal 11y ago

The only problem with f.lux is that it's so seamless it's like it's not running, so occasionally I'll turn it off accidentally and it feels like looking into the heart of a supernova.

rmc 11y ago

There's also redshift, an open source version that works on linux.

phorese 11y ago
And for Android, there's "Twilight" :) Wonderful tools

spain 11y ago

I recommend f.lux too. The only problems I've encountered with it are: - doesn't take into account wacky sun hours in nordic countries during winter, I get around this by setting my location to be somewhere else - isn't able to automatically detect when I'm playing a fullscreen videogame, when I would prefer it automatically switch off

ryanjshaw 11y ago
- every now and then I'll edit a photo, upload it somewhere, and then get very confused about why it looks so weird when showing it to somebody on my phone -- it would be great if f.lux shut off when certain user-configurable applications are in focus
- iamlolz 11y ago
  This is what's kept me from using it, I'm often jumping in and out of photoshop.
wingerlang 11y ago
I don't know about windows, but a recent-ish update on OSX added the ability to disable per application. http://i.imgur.com/AwDJYyX.png http://i.imgur.com/AwDJYyX.png

stinos 11y ago

Is anyhthing known about the internals of it, i.e. what code does it use? Something like SetDeviceGammaRamp on Windows? Or does it talk directly to the video card driver (if that is even possible in a generic way)? Or the monitor? Does it still work reasonably if I already have set my display to low brightness etc? edit also wondering: it cannot know if I'm sitting in a completely dark room, a sunlit room or a room at night with fluorescent lighting. Don't such factors change what the ideal color would be? (not that I am constantly adjusting my display now according to the amount of clouds outside, just wondering what it does exactly. There's like no info whatsoever?)

giancarlostoro 11y ago
Not sure how it works for Windows but the Linux source is available which could give you an idea: https://github.com/Kilian/f.lux-indicator-applet https://github.com/Kilian/f.lux-indicator-applet