F.lux

[charlie]

Mac version still only maxes out at 2300k

Are you sure you have the latest version?

 

[loess]

Yup.

 

[charlie]

Shoulda bought window.

 

[Dan W]

Mac version still only maxes out at 2300k

For anyone with the same bright (heh) idea I had of editing the preferences plist: don't bother, it seems to ignore out-of-range values.

 

[4peatssake]

For anyone with the same bright (heh) idea I had of editing the preferences plist: don't bother, it seems to ignore out-of-range values.

You been tinkering again Dan?

 

[Dan W]

Yes, but this is a more accurate depiction:

...I need to shave.

 

[charlie]

I have switched over to redshift. The person who made the program use to use f.lux but I guess he started tinkering himself and found a more red hued screen at night was much easier on his eyes.

http://jonls.dk/redshift/

 

[Dan W]

Here's an interesting OS X program:
https://inbeta.org/2012/08/28/blacktree ... tain-lion/

I think it could be useful in cases where f.lux makes things too hard to read: it has a "night mode" that inverts your display's colors, generally resulting in a lot less light pouring out of your monitor without affecting contrast.

The inversion does leave photos looking pretty terrifying though:

 

[Dan W]

Now there's an f.lux OS X beta with a bunch of new features (as far as I can tell, there's not a new Windows beta yet):
http://justgetflux.com/news/pages/mac/

It lets you shift the schedule based on your wakeup time rather than your location. There's also a "Darkroom" mode similar to the Nocturne link I posted above. Most importantly for us, the color temperature is now more flexible: there's separate "daytime", "sunset", and "bedtime" settings. "Sunset" can't go below 2700k (vs 2300k before), but "bedtime" can go all the way to 1200k. For the people that want a strong no-blue effect through the whole day, you could enable the "extra hour of sleep" option, and then shift the wakeup time twice a day.

 

[Dan W]

The f.lux people have made a cool spectrum analysis site:
https://fluxometer.com/rainbow/

You can see the spectrum of a phone/tablet/computer screen, light bulbs, sunlight, etc. Then you can overlay different kinds of glasses/filters to see what effect they have on the spectrum. For example, here's an incandescent light bulb plus 3M yellow safety glasses:
https://fluxometer.com/rainbow/#!id=lig ... %20Glasses

 

[BingDing]

That is way cool.

 

[narouz]

I've been using it for like 3 years.
Do these new features allow one to get more red light and less bad light?

 

[Dan W]

I've been using it for like 3 years.
Do these new features allow one to get more red light and less bad light?

Are you referring to the fluxometer link I posted? I think they mean it as just an informational resource, I don't think it'll actually integrate with the main software.

 

[narouz]

I've been using it for like 3 years.
Do these new features allow one to get more red light and less bad light?

Are you referring to the fluxometer link I posted? I think they mean it as just an informational resource, I don't think it'll actually integrate with the main software.

Oh. Okay. Thanks, Dan.

 

[Dan W]

For people with 64bit iOS devices (iPhone 5s or higher, iPad mini 2 or higher, iPad Airs, iPad pros), the just-released iOS 9.3 update has an f.lux-like Night Shift feature:
How to Enable or Disable Night Shift Mode in iOS 9.3 on iPhone/iPad

If you're on a 32bit device like me, there's still a trick that helps a bit on the brightness in a dark room, though not the color temperature:
Dim your screen further than Control Center allows (and other cool iOS 8 tricks)

 

[Dan W]

I think it'll automatically update for people, but there's a big new version for Windows users:
f.lux has been updated to a new version