f.lux beta discussion
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Transitions still need to be smoother, but I have a feeling you're fully aware of it and are working on it. For some reason, it's not consistent: sometimes transitions are butter-smooth and other times they can be kinda choppy. It seems the more often I make a transition happen, the choppier it becomes. I especially notice this for the feature of disabling for the current program. Going back and forth between the program f.lux is disabled for the first time or two is smooth, but then it gets worse and worse.
Setting my location no longer lets me be quite as precise as before (which was fun). In f.lux v3, I could type numbers after the decimal and it would change as I typed. Now it seems to only allow 1 decimal. I kinda miss the extra precision. It was fun.
I think it would be nice if I could prevent Darkroom Mode from being enabled by pressing Alt+Page Down all the way to the bottom, so to speak. It's not really a problem, but I guess it's just a preference because I'm not used to it.
I'd like a way to make the main single-slider adjust all 3 colors at the same time.
If I disable the wider slider range while I have any color selected that's outside the normal range of 1900K - 6500K, like let's say even 6550K or 1850K (so, even just 1 increment outside), that temperature remains selected until I touch the slider button. Of course, there's always 1 or 2 sliders on the 3-slider side of the UI that don't change when I move the main single-slider, depending on the current mode that f.lux is in.
I think the increments for changing the color with the keyboard shortcut should be changed to 50 or 100 so that going from 800K to 6500K is possible. Right now, it can only go up to 6300K or 6550K.
It might be nice to have an easier way to toggle between the single slider and the 3 sliders. It seems a little on the clunky side to have to go into the menu to go to the 3-sliders but then to just have convenient button to press to go back.
I think enabling Movie Mode should force Movie Mode on no matter what. Right now, it seems it will only work fully if I have a color temperature selected that's warmer than 4400K.
It might be nice to be able to choose how long it takes for the f.lux window to hide, similar to how we can choose how long an OSD menu stays up for in a monitor's options.
I think I would enjoy more precision for when the sunrise or sunset will be or was, meaning I think it should also include the minutes. For example, right now on my computer, it just says "Sunset: 4 hours ago". It was actually 4 hours and 3 minutes ago, so I think it would be nice if it said that. Or like when I noticed this, it was actually 3 hours and 53 minutes ago instead of 4 hours ago. I know that simplicity is better, but still. Maybe this could be an option. I'm also referring to what we see when hovering the mouse over the Notification Area icon.
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@sitayi2308 said in f.lux beta discussion:
Why f.lux doesn´t automatically start in W10?
The icon is in the tray but doesn´t start and i have to do it manually and that almost kills my eyes...The only things I can think of is, you still have to set your location. Or you have to configure f.lux to your preferred color temperature and also your wake-up time.
So, the real problem is that f.lux is starting with Windows 10 for you, but it's not changing the color temperature at night. Is that right?
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YES! thats exactly that problem! While the older version worked fine, since yesterday that i have to click in the icon and then it gets working...
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@sitayi2308 said in f.lux beta discussion:
YES! thats exactly that problem! While the older version worked fine, since yesterday that i have to click in the icon and then it gets working...
When you say "the older version", do you mean f.lux v3, the one that we've had for a few years now? If so, then it would be best to uninstall f.lux, then verify that f.lux.exe is actually gone (using Task Manager), reboot, and then install the Beta fresh. You will have to reconfigure everything and reset your location, but this should make it work.
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@TwoCables I just did that, erased everything about f.lux in the computer and fresh installed the beta versiorn, then rebooted and still the same problem. I must click in the icon to f.lux start working....
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@sitayi2308 said in f.lux beta discussion:
@TwoCables I just did that, erased everything about f.lux in the computer and fresh installed the beta versiorn, then rebooted and still the same problem. I must click in the icon to f.lux start working....
It sounds to me like something else is overriding f.lux. Windows 10's new blue light filter? Something else?
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@TwoCables no... could it be a bug?
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@sitayi2308 said in f.lux beta discussion:
@TwoCables no... could it be a bug?
I'm not sure. You're not the only one using f.lux 4.19 in Windows 10, so I don't know.
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I LOVE F.LUX!!! It makes my HTPC (for TV) and work PC so less abrasive.
I did have a few features that would really help out in a home automation scenario:
- Simpler scheduling. I wanted to echo others comments that it is hard to get the precises schedule.
- Triggers Modes Manually. It would be great to be able to force the mode (daytime, sunset, bedtime) in the app from an external source (i.e. via the cmd line switch "flux.exe /mode:bedtime"). This would solve issue #1 as I could use my home automation system to control modes (it does already have a bedtime mode).
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Just when I thought f.lux was dead and was ready to use Windows 10 Night light feature instead, a new update comes adding much more than welcome features! :)
Here's my feedback:- The option that extends the slider not only should extend it up to 9300k. but it should also extend it down to 800k.
- I like the color presets, but it's confusing they don't get affected by the temperature settings. For example, if I set it to Hymalayan salt lamp I wish I could make it less intense (not dimmer)? By increasing the temperature when needed. Makes sense? If I'm not wrong they are just slightly different (sometimes way different) color hues.
- Being able to set custom steps (including the ability to increase the number of them)/duration of the daytime/sunset/bedtime/+ phases from the UI for power users for special circumstances like the one someone brought up above. And being able to save them and then select them from the preset list in the upper right corner.
-- 3.5. If possible make it possible to select "Reduce eye strain" or "Macular light" or any of the other filters during a particular phase. I'd love to use Macular light during daylight then have it slowly transition into the regular ember light as the next phase approaches. - Being able to create custom color presets/hues from the UI! I would like sometimes to set an hypnagogic purple color reminicent of the retro color filter vaporwave videos you can find on YouTube :P (please, if that feature isn't coming soon, at least make it a preset, alongside "Emerald City" "Macular pigment" and the others!)
EDIT: Also please let us select a dim level alongside the temperatures of any phase! I have a tasker script on android that auto dims the backlight as night time approaches. Maybe make a "dim as it gets warmer" option (I think that was an option in f.lux 3?... or was it "warm as it gets dimmer?".. hm....)
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4.20 is posted and updating.
- some lower-impact "background" changes, with fixes (I hope) for the reported cases where the f.lux colors go away
- Also added a "software mouse cursor" toggle in Options so you can get a non-white cursor more easily
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@herf The software mouse cursor option works, and it's much appreciated :D
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Just one thing: Do not overload f.lux with options! I like the usability of it as it is right now.
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@Alexx said in f.lux beta discussion:
Just one thing: Do not overload f.lux with options! I like the usability of it as it is right now.
Yeah, he's working very hard on that.
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@Alexx agree :)
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@TwoCables Oh we overload it all the time. Shipping means removing everything that doesn't look like the finished product. That's what takes us so damn long :laughing:
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@oddMLan said in f.lux beta discussion:
Just when I thought f.lux was dead and was ready to use Windows 10 Night light feature instead, a new update comes adding much more than welcome features! :)
Here's my feedback:- The option that extends the slider not only should extend it up to 9300k. but it should also extend it down to 800k.
- I like the color presets, but it's confusing they don't get affected by the temperature settings. For example, if I set it to Hymalayan salt lamp I wish I could make it less intense (not dimmer)? By increasing the temperature when needed. Makes sense? If I'm not wrong they are just slightly different (sometimes way different) color hues.
- Being able to set custom steps (including the ability to increase the number of them)/duration of the daytime/sunset/bedtime/+ phases from the UI for power users for special circumstances like the one someone brought up above. And being able to save them and then select them from the preset list in the upper right corner.
-- 3.5. If possible make it possible to select "Reduce eye strain" or "Macular light" or any of the other filters during a particular phase. I'd love to use Macular light during daylight then have it slowly transition into the regular ember light as the next phase approaches. - Being able to create custom color presets/hues from the UI! I would like sometimes to set an hypnagogic purple color reminicent of the retro color filter vaporwave videos you can find on YouTube :P (please, if that feature isn't coming soon, at least make it a preset, alongside "Emerald City" "Macular pigment" and the others!)
EDIT: Also please let us select a dim level alongside the temperatures of any phase! I have a tasker script on android that auto dims the backlight as night time approaches. Maybe make a "dim as it gets warmer" option (I think that was an option in f.lux 3?... or was it "warm as it gets dimmer?".. hm....)
The option in f.lux v3 you're thinking of was for laptops where f.lux could warm up the color temperature when you reduced your laptop's brightness. That's all that was.
I think people would think it's a bug if their preset could be affected by their selected color temperature. After all, what if you select Blue Sky but you can make it red? That wouldn't make any sense and some people would hate that they have to select 6500K just to get their preset to look correct (at least based on its name). I mean, why have presets with these names if you can just make them be any color you want? Why not instead just select the color temperature you want with the slider instead and avoid the presets?
You can still press Alt+Page Down and Alt+Page Up to adjust the black level (a software brightness control). This can help make the Presets less intense. Or, just use the new keyboard shortcut for adjusting the color temperature until you get what you want, and avoid the presets altogether.
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Michael and Lorna, I am very concerned about the software mouse cursor option because this will make the mouse cursor in many video games become invisible.
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@TwoCables If that happens i will disable that option before playing :)
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@TwoCables I never had any problems with the mouse cursor at all...
