good idea but , hurt indeed...
getting red and red my screen, feel like I am looking at some fire through the screen
Save your eyes, start using f.lux
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#232Probably too late to mention, but someone suggested yesterday that the colours blue and yellow could help those with dislexia. Looking further into this, there's mention of using yellow and blue filters to help read. There's at least one mention here of someone wearing yellow sunglasses. Interestingly redshift, kind of is like a red filter. It might be interesting to see how alternative colours could work.
Re: Save your eyes, start using f.lux
#233I used to wear yellow glasses for the same purpose. How silly is that. =) Flux helps a lot but the display side still sucks. I have to adjust the the brightness few times per day. Apple display have a nice brightness control but it's a mirror.
Re: Save your eyes, start using f.lux
#234Probably too late to mention, but someone suggested yesterday that the colours blue and yellow could help those with dislexia. Looking further into this, there's mention of using yellow and blue filters to help read. There's at least one mention here of someone wearing yellow sunglasses. Interestingly redshift, kind of is like a red filter. It might be interesting to see how alternative colours could work.
I found compiz and it's filters made it easier to look at the screen.
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#236Two (related) things about f.lux from my experience: 1. With only one exception I can think of, every instance of insomnia I've had in the last several years I can trace to not having f.lux enabled for some reason. 2. The reason that happens is that I often won't notice if f.lux dies for some reason, because I am so thoroughly used to it now. I was having real sleep trouble several years ago, and f.lux is part of a b…
Is there any science on this? I've had a similar experience but have no idea if it's just a placebo effect.
Yes: Short version is that you have light receptors in your eyes that you're not consciously aware of that are sensitive to blue light in the 460-480nm range & have a direct effect on sleep patterns. Exposing yourself to blue light at night time will delay the onset of sleep.
See the f.lux webpages for some references.
Re: Save your eyes, start using f.lux
#237At first I liked the idea, and the app is nice, but when you think of it, what does my monitor and the document I am working on have to do with the color of the skies? You can adjust the room lighting that way, but not the document I working on at my computer, damn, that's even stupid! The monitor can adjust its brightness with the brightness of the surrounding environment, but that is the monitor's own business, and it's brightness adjustment, not the color scheme.
Re: Save your eyes, start using f.lux
#238Earlier quoted context omitted.
I've only just installed it, and found that I need to disable it if I'm doing any serious work. However if I have some free time at night to go over pinned tabs or read some articles I leave it on and find I do get sleepier much faster, to the detriment of my open-tab count.
Is serious work == Photoshop or does it bother you when programming too? I only tolerate f.lux when programming, but it happens to be what I do every night :)
I can program for 30 minutes with it, but I get tired :) so if I am troubleshooting a problem that is going to take a while or a client indicates it is urgent, f.lux goes off.
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#239Redshift ( http://jonls.dk/redshift/ ) is a generally better piece of software with far longer transition times and better configuration options, rather than the abrupt change that f.lux provides.
f.lux has a configuration option to transition over an hour instead of 20 seconds.
Also, it doesn't look like Redshift is available for Mac OS.
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#240Had flux for around a year and I can't imagine not being without. Just to see what life it like without it, sometimes I pause it.
My eyes - they burn with blue light.