Author Topic: f.lux (Read 1123 times)

Rman · « **on:** July 02, 2011, 09:14:22 PM »

Just wanted to share a program that's I've been using of late to great success.

http://stereopsis.com/flux/

In a nutshell, for those who have trouble falling asleep, the research has shown that screen color temperature affects your body's natural sleep hormones. If you're in front a computer during the evenings, and I would guess most people on this board are, that default color temperature on your screen can keep you from sleeping.

With this program, your computer will adjust the screen color temperature to that of the time of day. It's been great so far. I'm actually falling asleep much easier, even with a regular Internet surfing habit.

Rman · « **Reply #1 on:** July 02, 2011, 09:32:58 PM »

That's the point, silly. You can also customize based on the type of light found in your home.

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #2 on:** July 02, 2011, 09:36:28 PM »

i had it, uninstalled it but it still goes on

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #3 on:** July 02, 2011, 09:45:55 PM »

Sounds like a neat idea, but obviously unsure of how good it is in practice.

I just installed and it has given me a nice, warm orange gradient that slowly changed to the regular color temp because it's almost 5 am. Silly program, I haven't gone to sleep yet!

Looks harmless enough to keep for my non-gaming sessions. Thanks.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #4 on:** July 02, 2011, 09:46:30 PM »

I've had it for a long while and I don't notice it anymore

recursivelyenumerable · « **Reply #5 on:** July 03, 2011, 02:09:02 AM »

this could be great for me if it works, will try, thanks.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #6 on:** July 03, 2011, 12:56:42 PM »

Quote from: CajoleJuice on July 02, 2011, 09:46:30 PM

I've had it for a long while and I don't notice it anymore

This. It is just something you get use too.

Vertigo · « **Reply #7 on:** July 03, 2011, 01:00:59 PM »

Had this for a while on my mac.

Really good for night time browsing.

choco parfait · « **Reply #8 on:** July 03, 2011, 08:57:31 PM »

I feel the effect works best for monitors that also do light-sensitive dimming... like Macs and Laptops. The combination of the two effects really help with my late-night computing and sleeping.

But when I put it on a PC with a normal LCD, what I noticed most was the orange. $:-\$

TEEEPO · « **Reply #9 on:** July 04, 2011, 10:36:53 AM »

been using f.lux for awhile now.

one of my favorite programs

recursivelyenumerable · « **Reply #10 on:** July 04, 2011, 06:08:08 PM »

Got used to it pretty quick, still no idea if it actually helps anything though.

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #11 on:** July 04, 2011, 06:26:28 PM »

Same here, I'm liking it a lot but I'm not sure if it's calming and helping me go to sleep. It's 1:30 am and I'm still in bed, wide awake.

Is there an iOS version

Himu · « **Reply #12 on:** July 04, 2011, 06:30:40 PM »

holy shit, i love you rman

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #13 on:** July 04, 2011, 06:31:26 PM »

yea i'm used to it but i'm not sure it's doing much.

TEEEPO · « **Reply #14 on:** July 04, 2011, 07:05:39 PM »

Quote from: Shah Rukh Khan on July 04, 2011, 06:26:28 PM

Same here, I'm liking it a lot but I'm not sure if it's calming and helping me go to sleep. It's 1:30 am and I'm still in bed, wide awake.

Is there an iOS version

um, maybe your problem is that you're going to bed with a laptop?

f.lux isn't some magic wand. it's suppose to ease the transition between you staring at your monitor and your bed. if you're actively using your pc to the point its stimulating multiple parts of your brain, then it will make a marginal difference, but if you're conscious of what you're doing, ease down a bit, it will work wonders.

also you have to let f.lux slowly ease its way in since it's very sensitive to the time of day which it's running. during the middle of the day, you won't see a difference between it running or not but you will come dusk. try running it all day and turning it off in the middle of the night, you'll quickly go back. it's just jarring to turn it off for the first time; i quickly turned it off myself the first time i installed it.

though my only complaint is it only lets you disable it for an hour while i'm doing work, watching movies or playing games so i just turn it off completely and sometimes forget to turn it back on.

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #15 on:** July 05, 2011, 07:25:41 AM »

No, I get that, but my sleep problems has been recently caused by using smartphones in bed, hence the reference.

I also agree about the disabling option, one hour may be enough for work I brought home, but not for movies and games.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #16 on:** July 05, 2011, 08:08:12 AM »

i've been using it for about a year now and it's great. i'm so used to the orange hue that i don't even really notice that the color changed at all. definitely a highly recommended program

naff · « **Reply #17 on:** July 05, 2011, 09:13:39 AM »

Never heard of this. It's a cool idea, will try

cool breeze · « **Reply #18 on:** July 05, 2011, 11:23:04 PM »

I had this on to read some long word documents and it's kinda nice!

and then I turned closed it to watch a video. I physically backed away and lifted my hands to shield my eyes from the glow. I think it resets the default brightness in the nvidia program (my settings are considerably lower).

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #19 on:** October 01, 2011, 07:39:43 PM »

Quote from: Shah Rukh Khan on July 04, 2011, 06:26:28 PM

Is there an iOS version

http://modmyi.com/content/5410-f-lux-now-available-ios.html

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