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I love f.lux. It does take a bit of getting used to, but if you wait it out, you'll enjoy it. And, the research they've done on light is quite impressive too: http://stereopsis.com/flux/research.html That being said, this has been around for a while, so I wonder why it's trending now. They haven't put out any recent updates afaik
It's available for iOS but not for Android? I didn't even know you could do that on iOS.
This thing gets a lot of love by a bunch of folks here, so I gave it a good half year of trying. But it's just too annoying. Around 5pm, your display turns pinkish orange and it becomes a lot harder to see anything. Code gets harder to read, colors display wrong, video just fades to black. None of the advertised happiness ensues. The second half-year it remained installed, my only interaction with it was to notice it…
I work from home, so can get away with working "whenever". For a while I've basically given up trying to "fix" my sleep cycle. I'm awake until I pass out and I wake up when I'm rested. This is of course suboptimal for workouts--you need to rest properly after workout to get max benefit from it. But lying in the bed and trying to get asleep is such a bother. If I'm not sleepy I'd get up and be active until I get sleepy.
This thing gets a lot of love by a bunch of folks here, so I gave it a good half year of trying. But it's just too annoying. Around 5pm, your display turns pinkish orange and it becomes a lot harder to see anything. Code gets harder to read, colors display wrong, video just fades to black. None of the advertised happiness ensues. The second half-year it remained installed, my only interaction with it was to notice it…
1: Doesn't understand it, hates the "wrong" colors. Can't get used to it.
2: Appreciates the candle-like colors, says it helps them sleep in the evening or relaxes their eyes.
I wonder if there's some sort of genetic difference? Maybe some people just aren't sensitive to bright light in the evening?
This happens to me all the time on my MacBook Air. The problem is that Mac OS X wakes up at the previous backlight level, which is often way too bright for a pitch black environment.
As long as seeing correct color is not important to you. I'm the kind of person who can immediately tell when an LCD is not at native resolution and what temperature the color is set at, so the strong yellow tint of f.lux was unbearable. If your eyes hurt at night, just alter your brightness contrast, or write a script to do that instead of messing with color!
On Linux, you can use Redshift: http://jonls.dk/redshift/
If you're a designer then you probably can't use this. Desginers need colors to display properly.
Set the transition to slow and you won't get blindsided by the temp change when it's dusk; use your machine for an hour or two and by 22:00 turn off f.lux and see how bright your monitor is. It's the sun! That's why I love f.lux.
This thing gets a lot of love by a bunch of folks here, so I gave it a good half year of trying. But it's just too annoying. Around 5pm, your display turns pinkish orange and it becomes a lot harder to see anything. Code gets harder to read, colors display wrong, video just fades to black. None of the advertised happiness ensues. The second half-year it remained installed, my only interaction with it was to notice it…
Also watching videos/flickring etc needed it to be disabled to get the right colors on screen.