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    • herf
      herf @Alexx last edited by

      @Alexx agree :)

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      • lorna
        lorna @TwoCables last edited by

        @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:

        @lorna

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        • TwoCables
          TwoCables @oddMLan last edited by

          @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:

          1. The option that extends the slider not only should extend it up to 9300k. but it should also extend it down to 800k.
          2. 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.
          3. 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.
          4. 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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          • TwoCables
            TwoCables last edited by

            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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              sitayi2308 @TwoCables last edited by

              @TwoCables If that happens i will disable that option before playing :)

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                Alexx @TwoCables last edited by

                @TwoCables I never had any problems with the mouse cursor at all...

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                • TwoCables
                  TwoCables @sitayi2308 last edited by TwoCables

                  @sitayi2308 said in f.lux beta discussion:

                  @TwoCables If that happens i will disable that option before playing :)

                  You will have to log out of Windows or restart Windows first, but yeah.

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                  • TwoCables
                    TwoCables @Alexx last edited by TwoCables

                    @Alexx said in f.lux beta discussion:

                    @TwoCables I never had any problems with the mouse cursor at all...

                    That's good, but when you force the mouse cursor to be rendered like this, some video games will end up with an invisible cursor.

                    I've been posting this fact on this forum for a couple of years now. So, I don't want any of you to think this is a problem with f.lux. It's not. It's Windows.

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                      oddMLan @TwoCables last edited by oddMLan

                      @TwoCables Right, I realize now it doesnt make much sense from a Kelvin standpoint. I guess a better approach would be just to be able to create new color presets, and adjust the color hue and intensity/white balance from there, as I mentioned in point 4. What if instead of Emerald City I want Sapphire City? Or Pink city? :P
                      Although I realize that detracts from the main point of the app, which is help reduce eye strain and help you sleep better. Focus on what matters first, this is something very low priority.

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                      • TwoCables
                        TwoCables @oddMLan last edited by

                        @oddMLan said in f.lux beta discussion:

                        @TwoCables Right, I realize now it doesnt make much sense from a Kelvin standpoint. I guess a better approach would be just to be able to create new color presets, and adjust the color hue and intensity/white balance from there, as I mentioned in point 4.

                        I can already do that in the NVIDIA Control Panel.

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                          Locheed last edited by

                          With the new beta, my color temperature is always low when starting up the computer. Then to get the right daytime temperature, I have to click tray icon to open f.lux panel. Then it instantly changes to daytime. (No slow change).

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                            Alexx last edited by

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                              Alexx last edited by

                              Please help me, I don't have any problems!

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                              • TwoCables
                                TwoCables @Alexx last edited by

                                @Alexx said in f.lux beta discussion:

                                Please help me, I don't have any problems!

                                Here, download this virus...

                                hehehe

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                                • TwoCables
                                  TwoCables last edited by TwoCables

                                  I'd love to know more about how to read and use the curve that indicates when we're likely to be sensitive to light.

                                  Edit: I think I'm starting to understand. I put in the approximate time I woke up, and this is where the little orange/red ball is right now:

                                  0_1491484591752_f.lux.png

                                  As of right now, I have been awake for almost 14 hours. So, this makes sense: I'm getting more and more sensitive to light, and I'm getting close to my peak sensitivity. Judging from the way I am feeling right now and the way I have been feeling since I woke up and comparing it to this 'graph, I'd say it's fairly accurate.

                                  Am I reading it correctly?

                                  Here's what my copy of f.lux would look like if I were to try to imitate the Recommended Colors for waking up at 6:30 PM (sunrise time is about 6:45 AM):

                                  0_1491485014131_f.lux2.png

                                  Interesting.

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                                    shanebrendan last edited by

                                    Possible bug? Trying to hide f.lux from taskbar and found a bunch of other f.lux options.

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                                    • TwoCables
                                      TwoCables last edited by

                                      I think it's because Windows keeps a record of all the different icons to have been loaded into the Notification Area. So, I think the f.lux icon is getting refreshed.

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                                        shanebrendan @TwoCables last edited by

                                        @TwoCables also f.lux keeps showing up on my taskbar after rebooting even though i've hidden it, the other apps I've hidden aren't reappearing, just f.lux.

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                                          Fluxing @TwoCables last edited by

                                          @TwoCables Overload it! But hide it under and "Advanced user" or "Advanced settings". Some people want to control the shit out of f.lux. For example, when exactly to warm the screen, to which temperature exactly, maybe many times a day.

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                                            TwoCables @shanebrendan last edited by TwoCables

                                            @shanebrendan said in f.lux beta discussion:

                                            @TwoCables also f.lux keeps showing up on my taskbar after rebooting even though i've hidden it, the other apps I've hidden aren't reappearing, just f.lux.

                                            Yep. Like I said, I think that's because f.lux is refreshing its icon. Why not just leave it alone? Why do you have to hide it? It's a useful icon. If you hide it, then you have to unhide it just to access it.

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