f.lux f.lux forum
    • Recent
    • Popular
    • Register
    • Login

    f.lux beta (another thread)

    Windows v4
    36
    179
    192.6k
    Loading More Posts
    • Oldest to Newest
    • Newest to Oldest
    • Most Votes
    Reply
    • Reply as topic
    Log in to reply
    This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
    • TwoCablesT
      TwoCables @herf
      last edited by TwoCables

      @herf said in f.lux beta (another thread for 4.21):

      @dr_zoidberg590 yes it shouldn't notify you at all until closer to midnight - if this happens again, please send a note.

      The goal of this interface is to make the schedule more customized over time while not overwhelming people with controls. So the main slider and the "change color..." selector are all about the current color, which is how we expect most people might think about it.

      I think we also probably did ok for advanced users ("setting up your friend's computer") with "All sliders at once" but we don't expect most people to use this, so we hid it just a bit.

      Then I agree with you that we don't visually distinguish between the presets pulldown ("set your whole schedule at once" or "undo the thing you did") vs. the rest of the adjustments ("what should happen right now"). We probably should think of a way to indicate that it's the whole schedule at once.

      One idea in the design is this: if you've never seen f.lux before and you've just installed at noon, you really can't guess how you want it to look at midnight. In most cases, you have to come back and do it later, or use a preset and hopefully our choices are good enough. But fine-tuning your midnight settings during the day almost always gets you to the wrong place, so we make it harder to do.

      Exactly. A super-warm color temperature during the day when you've only been awake for a few hours feels extremely different than it does when you've been awake for a long time and you need to go to sleep. So, testing settings during the day isn't as helpful as testing them when you want to be sleepy. When I choose like say 1200K but it's bright and sunny out, I might get the wrong that impression that 1200K will be waaaaay too much at night when I'm getting ready for bed.

      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
      • TwoCablesT
        TwoCables
        last edited by

        I have some feedback about the new upper-right corner notification: I like the old one better because it had a much higher visibility. When this one comes up, I don't really notice it because it doesn't make me look at it like the old one did. When the old one came up, I felt automatically drawn to look at it. So, I think the best one is a very bright one with a big font, etc.

        The first time I experienced the new notification, I thought f.lux was broken because I thought nothing came up. So, I looked up where the notification should be and realized at that moment that f.lux has a new notification. With the old one, it almost forces the eyes to look at it as soon as it appears because we tend to instinctively look at things like that in our peripheral, like things that move or things that suddenly appear out of nowhere. This one doesn't grab my attention at all.

        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
        • D
          disqQ
          last edited by

          Installed version 4.21

          Issues that are gone:

          • When entering a game the screen went brighter (f.lux temperatures changed)
          • When closing f.lux i needed to wait 15-20 seconds in order to launch it again

          Now it keeps temperatures and i can close it and re-open right away. Good job.

          Just one note: Despite working as intended when launching games when you Alt + Tab you see the daytime (6500K e.g) temperature for like 1 sec and then it goes back (instant) to the right temperature (2000K e.g). Both sides, tabbing in and out.

          Another thing i noticed: when watching videos and entering fullscreen (i tested on youtube, twitch) screen goes brighter.

          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
          • D
            disqQ
            last edited by disqQ

            By the way, when taking screenshots or recording videos, this happens:
            http://i.imgur.com/EM9pnZF.png

            herfH 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
            • herfH
              herf @disqQ
              last edited by herf

              @disqQ yes we do this when you haven't rebooted yet, or when you're using a USB monitor.

              D 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
              • D
                disqQ @herf
                last edited by

                @herf which situation are you talking about that requires a reboot? I don't use any USB monitors.

                1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                • herfH
                  herf
                  last edited by

                  Are we still asking for reboot at install? It should...

                  D 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                  • L
                    Locheed
                    last edited by Locheed

                    Well, I was too fast to say my problems went away with 4.21. It only worked once. :(

                    Before I always had to open f.lux main window to make it update temperature to daylight when I started my computer in the morning. This morning, not even this worked. Now I had to take a slider and move it all the way to 5500k and the temperature was updated. Then I moved a slider back to 6500k.

                    Could this be a problem with those old Radeon Catalyst drivers?

                    Edit: Looks like that when I start computer it's always low temperature even if it was daylight 6500k when I last turned computer off. :/

                    1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                    • S
                      sitayi2308 @TwoCables
                      last edited by

                      @TwoCables Are you a Vampire? :D
                      PS: I dont have 800k option....where can i enable it?

                      TwoCablesT 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                      • TwoCablesT
                        TwoCables @sitayi2308
                        last edited by TwoCables

                        @sitayi2308 said in f.lux beta (another thread for 4.21):

                        @TwoCables Are you a Vampire? :D
                        PS: I dont have 800k option....where can i enable it?

                        lol

                        Use the new keyboard shortcuts ('hotkeys') for changing the color temperature. Come on. :)

                        Hint: check out the f.lux options. Explore and discover. hehe

                        Oh and Mike, see I'm not the only one who wants 800K. I think the main slider should have 1 range: 800-6500K. If the user wants higher color temperatures than that, then that should be an option they can enable. Or, they can just use keyboard shortcuts.

                        S 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                        • D
                          disqQ @herf
                          last edited by

                          @herf No, version 4.21 installed and no reboot as required. Anyway i did reboot my system before writing those things here, so that's no the problem i guess.

                          herfH 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                          • TwoCablesT
                            TwoCables
                            last edited by TwoCables

                            Yeah, reboots aren't required for f.lux updates. Fresh installations of f.lux require a reboot though.

                            Are you using a USB monitor?

                            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                            • herfH
                              herf @disqQ
                              last edited by

                              @disqQ Hmm we only use this transform when everything else has failed. That's usually when you have a device attached (like a docking station with USB/DisplayLink) that doesn't work another way. There might be bugs in the way we test the system though, so any more information about your configuration (GPUs and drivers and monitors and how they're connected) that would help.

                              D 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                              • D
                                disqQ @herf
                                last edited by

                                @herf I have a GTX 1070 with drivers version 381.65. Using Dell P2414H with displayport.

                                TwoCablesT 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                • TwoCablesT
                                  TwoCables @disqQ
                                  last edited by TwoCables

                                  @disqQ said in f.lux beta (another thread for 4.21):

                                  @herf I have a GTX 1070 with drivers version 381.65. Using Dell P2414H with displayport.

                                  Is this with Windows 10's Creator's Update too? I have seen several reports of problems since it came out, and each one was display-related in one way or another.

                                  1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                  • D
                                    disqQ
                                    last edited by

                                    Yes, i'm using Windows 10 version 1703, build 15063.138.

                                    TwoCablesT 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                    • TwoCablesT
                                      TwoCables @disqQ
                                      last edited by TwoCables

                                      @disqQ said in f.lux beta (another thread for 4.21):

                                      Yes, i'm using Windows 10 version 1703, build 15063.138.

                                      I thought so. :( Here we have yet another case of the Creator's Update causing problems.

                                      For the record, I have Windows 7. I'd bet though that I'd probably be experiencing some display-related problem too if I had Windows 10 and the Creator's Update. It seems that's pretty normal so far.

                                      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
                                      • herfH
                                        herf
                                        last edited by

                                        Our NVIDIA (Kepler) machine is still on Anniversary (for displaylink testing) so I will try to make a build that prints out some internal state for you.

                                        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                        • D
                                          disqQ
                                          last edited by

                                          Thank you.

                                          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                          • S
                                            sitayi2308 @TwoCables
                                            last edited by

                                            @TwoCables Thanks man, i didn´t know that. But...you are really a Vampire because 800k its too "bloody-style" :D
                                            PS: Im using 6500k during the day and have enable "reduce eyestrain" but i wonder if this option maintains during nighttime or it will disable itself.

                                            TwoCablesT 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                            • First post
                                              Last post
                                            Copyright © 2014 NodeBB Forums | Contributors