Pause Me – Apply the 20-20-20 rule to prevent eyestrain while working • Hacker News Board

Re: Pause Me – Apply the 20-20-20 rule to prevent eyestrain while working

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Post by IanCal » Mon, Apr 20, 2015, 9:20 AM UTC

sgloutnikov wrote: post #13

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

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.

Re: Pause Me – Apply the 20-20-20 rule to prevent eyestrain while working

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Post by emsy » Mon, Apr 20, 2015, 9:25 AM UTC

anupshinde wrote: post #8

I have experienced that eyes strain much lesser while using a LCD display instead of an LED display. Experienced this pretty much consistently. LEDs start hurting my eyes after some time. And I use a MBP with Retina display for long hours - and I have to say, it has never put stress on my eyes at all (unless I make the screen too bright). Also I do not work at super-high small font resolutions - that allows me to kee…

I hate HN lately. Now you can get downvoted for your personal experience. Take my upvote.

Re: Pause Me – Apply the 20-20-20 rule to prevent eyestrain while working

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Post by rmc » Mon, Apr 20, 2015, 9:29 AM UTC

Workrave is a great cross platform application for doing this.

Re: Pause Me – Apply the 20-20-20 rule to prevent eyestrain while working

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Post by rmc » Mon, Apr 20, 2015, 9:29 AM UTC

sgloutnikov wrote: post #13

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

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

Re: Pause Me – Apply the 20-20-20 rule to prevent eyestrain while working

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Post by fmsf » Mon, Apr 20, 2015, 9:31 AM UTC

Sounds incredibly disruptive: http://heeris.id.au/2013/this-is-why-you-shouldnt-interrupt-...

After 20 minutes, when you may finally be reaching flow... "POP"...

Using coloured glasses works for me to limit eye strain.

Re: Pause Me – Apply the 20-20-20 rule to prevent eyestrain while working

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Post by rmc » Mon, Apr 20, 2015, 9:31 AM UTC

yelnatz wrote: post #9

Is this even usable as a developer? Seems it'll be annoying for something to break my concentration every 20 minutes, losing my flow all the time.

Having pain in your wrists and fingers so you can't type, and not having the ability to focus on the screen, those things are very annoying for developers.

Re: Pause Me – Apply the 20-20-20 rule to prevent eyestrain while working

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Post by lpsz » Mon, Apr 20, 2015, 9:36 AM UTC

I've found f.lux indispensable for long hours of computer work, be it coding or reading. Surprised when I find friends who haven't installed it (or an alternative) yet -- this stuff should be standard, especially on incredibly bright-screen Macs. If you're on Linux, try Redshift instead.

When will something like this be available on my non-jailbroken iPhone? Heck, maybe someone could make a third-party browser app that tints itself ... turning down the brightness is just not the same.

Re: Pause Me – Apply the 20-20-20 rule to prevent eyestrain while working

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Post by phorese » Mon, Apr 20, 2015, 9:36 AM UTC

rmc wrote: post #24

sgloutnikov wrote: post #13

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

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

And for Android, there's "Twilight" :)

Wonderful tools

Re: Pause Me – Apply the 20-20-20 rule to prevent eyestrain while working

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Post by SCdF » Mon, Apr 20, 2015, 9:40 AM UTC

fmsf wrote: post #25

Sounds incredibly disruptive: http://heeris.id.au/2013/this-is-why-you-shouldnt-interrupt-... After 20 minutes, when you may finally be reaching flow... "POP"... Using coloured glasses works for me to limit eye strain.

I have RSI and use Workrave to force me to take a 30 second break (where I stand up and stretch etc usually) every 10 minutes and a 5 minute break every hour of typing (which, since software development is a lot of discussing and thinking as well as just typing, doesn't usually mean it comes up every hour).

You get used to it, and I honestly don't think it disrupts any kind of flow. That cartoon is about disrupting you with some other information, not with a break.

Re: Pause Me – Apply the 20-20-20 rule to prevent eyestrain while working

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Post by ishansharma » Mon, Apr 20, 2015, 9:42 AM UTC

lpsz wrote: post #27

I've found f.lux indispensable for long hours of computer work, be it coding or reading. Surprised when I find friends who haven't installed it (or an alternative) yet -- this stuff should be standard, especially on incredibly bright-screen Macs. If you're on Linux, try Redshift instead. When will something like this be available on my non-jailbroken iPhone? Heck, maybe someone could make a third-party browser app th…

Surprised when I find friends who haven't installed it (or an alternative) yet

And here, I am ridiculed for using Flux. Some marketing people just hate it. One co-worker has me disabling it anytime he has to look at my monitor (not much, but still an annoyance!)