f.lux beta (another thread)
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@citrusella said in f.lux beta (another thread):
@TwoCables It looks like they might have taken the screenshot in proximity of 7:45 pm? (Not sure that helps, but...)
I see why you think that. Nevermind. I had a much worse post than this, so yeah this post isn't the original version.
It says they've been awake for 12 hours. However, they said they manipulate the time zone quite a bit.
So, yeah, I know what I'm looking at here, but considering how unique their usage of f.lux is, I can't go by that screenshot.
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I'll just try to explain this using my copy of f.lux.
Ok. At the time of this post, it is 12:50 PM. Considering that, let's tell f.lux that I woke up at 6am. This isn't true, but let's just pretend I did. Now, as you would expect, my light sensitivity would be extremely low right now, and that's precisely what f.lux says:
Check that out. Pretty much no light sensitivity, just as you would expect.
Now, let's change my wake-up time. Let's tell f.lux I've been awake for 14 hours. Check it out:
As you would expect, being awake for about 14 hours means you're likely going to begin being very sensitive to light and you will want to think about going to bed within an hour or 2. The location of the ball is right where it should be.
Let's do one more! Let's tell f.lux I've been awake for just over 15 hours. Check it out:
When was the last time you had been awake for 15 hours? Do you remember how you felt? Do you remember how sensitive to light you were in comparison to just 6 hours prior? Yeah, I'd say this is quite accurate. Look at how sensitive to light it says I am. It's almost maxed out! Let's max it out just for fun:
There we go. 16 hours. Carefully observe how you feel the next time you've been awake for about 16 hours.
Can you see how this works? I can post more examples if it will help.
As you can see, one of the goals that Mike and Lorna has is to educate us so that we can improve our quality of life. F.lux is far more than just a simple little program.
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Thats great! Brightness setting is really welcome! I am looking for fixed mouse cursor (broken in v4.26 - reported here in the another topic).
Any ETA for the brightness? Maybe in v4.30? :)
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@TwoCables Thank you for this and the post before. Really nice explanation. I'm starting to get it maybe.
When I wrote that message, that was the time of my screenshot.
I changed location so that it would dim my display right around now (20:00 - 21:00).
So now (20.45) with location: 39.40N, 3.20E (Spain island vertically under Paris)
If I change the location to my current location 49.10N, 17.50E (Czech Republic)
My screen dims to the Sundown color. So I think it starts around (19:00 - 21:00).
My problem is, I want it to start dimming my display at around 20:00 - 21:00, not before. Modifying is my earliest wake time does not help with this. I think. Do I not understand something with f.lux functionality?
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Mouse fix is rolling out as 4.27 - sorry I just broke the checkbox.
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@herf said in f.lux beta (another thread):
Mouse fix is rolling out as 4.27 - sorry I just broke the checkbox.
hehehe good job. :)
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@herf Thank you for your work! F.lux is really amazing piece of software, must have!
I am looking for other improvements and features, keep us updating.
P.S. Would be nice to add a link to your website for changelogs/post changelogs for every version here on forum in one thread.
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@herf can you please explain what exactly Software mouse cursor (fixes "white cursor") does in these last builds?
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The new build seems to have fixed my calibration issues. I'm not sure how, but thanks.
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v4.27 - I like the new way how you redesigned the f.lux settings - much better!
My ideas:
- make the setting icon under the day preview easier to open - some users dont know that it is settings
- add a link to change location to this menu (mentioned above)
- settings for disable - I think that name of apps is not complete (only one word from the first name; should you capital letter)
- on mouse hover (icon next to the clock) - show color temperature
Just my ideas, sorry for my English, not my native language.
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I think there should be a way to manually choose a program when configuring autodisable settings. Having to start the program and have it selected is kind of a pain and not always practical.
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@KZcheese said in f.lux beta (another thread):
I think there should be a way to manually choose a program when configuring autodisable settings. Having to start the program and have it selected is kind of a pain and not always practical.
I agree!
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BTW shouldn't there be an option to stop f.lux from running at startup? I know the point is to integrate the program seamlessly with windows but an option would still be nice.
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So Windows has these Notification Area Icon settings where you can change stuff on a per app basis, since flux changes path to the exe on every update (assumed) it counts as a new app for those settings and falls back to the default.
Can this be avoided? I suggested using Squirrel (https://github.com/Squirrel/) as an updater before, it avoids this by pointing to a stub exe which never changes path/version but if you don't want to use Squirrel, the same technique could be applied here, too.
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@opensan said in f.lux beta (another thread):
I'm on 4.21 and it doesn't play nice with Windows 10 (toast) notifications. As there is no option in the program's menus, I switch off the sound or even the notification altogether in WIndows Settings (screenshot attached), but after a system restart, f.lux resets the notifications, creating a new entry in the notifications app list.
As if f.lux is registering a new instance with the notification system each time. Kind of annoying. I'd love in-program options or a fix for playing nice with Windows system.Otherwise I love what you did with per-app options. Been waiting for it for ages.
Oh this is the same problem I just reported, sorry for duping. It's because of the path of the exe changes with every update
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Oh also, an option to not popup the changelog on every update? It's like a scare jump for me :)
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It's still broken.
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@KZcheese said in f.lux beta (another thread):
BTW shouldn't there be an option to stop f.lux from running at startup? I know the point is to integrate the program seamlessly with windows but an option would still be nice.
This.
I am always disabling it on every single update by deleting this Registry subkey:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run f.lux* (it's in the right-hand pane)
I don't need it or want it starting with Windows.
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@TwoCables I usually disable it in the Windows 10 Task Manager or CCleaner when I need to. I find that much easier.
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@KZcheese said in f.lux beta (another thread):
@TwoCables I usually disable it in the Windows 10 Task Manager or CCleaner when I need to. I find that much easier.
I have Windows 7, so I have to delete that Registry sub key. I refuse to use CCleaner for any reason as well.
For me, getting it out of the Registry is super fast because I have that main key as one of my Registry 'Favorites' (among others). It's a 'Run' key, and so it's useful for more than just stopping f.lux from starting with Windows.
