f.lux beta (another thread)
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The reason why Chrome shows when you do that is, it's giving you the option of also disabling f.lux for Chrome in addition to your other program. If you want to undo disabling for a program, then just make that program the last thing in focus before you go to f.lux.
You don't need to see the exact time. The ball that's on the curves shows you where you are and what your light sensitivity likely is. It is based entirely on your set wake-up time. So, it's best to just focus on where the ball says you are in your likely light sensitivity based on your wake-up time.
If you don't want to tell f.lux when you will be waking up, then tell it when you woke up by simply choosing the time that you got out of bed that day. Simple. :) That way, you'll always be able to look at the ball to see what your most likely light sensitivity is. Adjust your "wake time" and you'll see. Keep doing it and keep studying where the ball ends up. Before long, you will know how to read it.
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@TwoCables I know how to enable/disable. I was just wondering why after focusing Chrome there is only Chrome and after focusing Sublime there is Chrome and Sublime. But maybe I was just quick and there is some time limit like 10s or sth like that.
Time: Ok so... If I print screen my f.lux setting, when exactly will my screen begin to dim? MyFluxLocSettings
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Hi.
Currently I am using beta 4.26 version. I have a question and suggestion.
How to change the color changing time schedule (like the newly added 'Adjust all color at once')?
If it's not available in the application, then is it possible to add this feature. because its always change the color automatically, but I want to set the timing manually. I have found that there is only one time change option available but I want Daytime, Sunset and Bed time change slider at the same time manually. Hope you understand my point.
Thanks
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@SonGokussj4 said in f.lux beta (another thread):
@TwoCables I know how to enable/disable. I was just wondering why after focusing Chrome there is only Chrome and after focusing Sublime there is Chrome and Sublime. But maybe I was just quick and there is some time limit like 10s or sth like that.
Time: Ok so... If I print screen my f.lux setting, when exactly will my screen begin to dim? MyFluxLocSettings
I just told you why. It's doing that so that you can disable Chrome in addition to that other program (multiple programs instead of only 1 at a time). I was not trying to tell you how to disable and enable.
I can't tell you when your color temperature will change because I don't know what time you took that screenshot at. I don't know what time zone your in. So again, continually play with your wake time setting and you will soon get a feel for what you are looking at.
Is your sunset really in 1 hour? It doesn't matter. What matters is, does that ball really represent where you are in terms of your most likely sensitivity to light? Do you feel that you've been awake long enough that you will want to go to bed in maybe 3-4 hours? Judging from where you are on the curve, you should be thinking about going to bed in a few hours.
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Hello.
I use DisplayCAL to calibrate my monitor. Since the 4.22 update where you added "Use Monitor Data", f.lux resets my calibration when I open it no matter what time of day it is and whether or not the "Use Monitor Data" setting is checked. Is there any way for me to fix this? So far I've been forced to return to f.lux 4.21 in order to keep my calibration in tact. -
@TwoCables It looks like they might have taken the screenshot in proximity of 7:45 pm? (Not sure that helps, but...)
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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.
