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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.
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.
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
- 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
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.
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
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?)
Would like to see multiple screen support too..
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…
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
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