Feedback about text descriptions
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It is based on a model of how your body responds to your current monitor size(s), brightness, and f.lux settings. It's a model we've been working on for quite a while. You can look at https://fluxometer.com/rainbow/ if you want some more (confusing) examples.
A screen can't be as bright as daylight unless it is very very bright, so it doesn't go to 100% almost ever.
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I think that if you could get it to be truly as bright as daylight, then you'd be squinting. It would feel very difficult to look at your monitor.
A part of the goal the f.lux team has is giving us very helpful knowledge.
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@TwoCables True - but when your body should be asleep, there are some monitors that are almost as effective as daylight at reprogramming your brain, and that's what those numbers mean.
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@lorna said in Feedback about text descriptions:
@TwoCables True - but when your body should be asleep, there are some monitors that are almost as effective as daylight at reprogramming your brain, and that's what those numbers mean.
Thank you. I think I have one of those monitors. Even at like 10% brightness, it's still quite bright. It's a very high-end gaming monitor, so this is to be expected.
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We have a 2500 nit display in our office, and it actually does get there.
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@herf And indeed, when you sit in front of it, you squint...
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@herf said in Feedback about text descriptions:
We have a 2500 nit display in our office, and it actually does get there.
Whoa. I can't imagine having a monitor be that bright unless I needed to use it outside with the sun directly overhead.
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@TwoCables to be fair the daylight lighting in f.lux HQ is pretty dang bright
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@lorna said in Feedback about text descriptions:
@TwoCables to be fair the daylight lighting in f.lux HQ is pretty dang bright
Oh, now I see why you have such a bright monitor.
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Ok, thanks for link, so from what I gather from link, these things flux should know.
- monitor size,
2)viewing distance
3)brightness setting.
4)your age
Maybe you should allow to fill in these if there known, or auto fill for popular monitors.
- monitor size,
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Right, we do get exact monitor sizes from the display metadata, and we approximate viewing distance based on a survey we did of about 5000 people, but we could do even better with more questions!
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@lorna I've only noticed this one bug so far, except that vignette mode only seems to affect the primary monitor not my other monitors
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