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    • herfH
      herf @Ander
      last edited by

      @Ander It does have a more complicated schedule that's aware of differences in people, and yes, you can choose the "classic f.lux" preset to have the software operate like the previous version.

      As we said in the update notes, we think there's a good chance that the previous version was not doing a good job reducing light levels enough to avoid significant sleep disruption. So rather than ask you to dim all your lights at 5PM in the winter, this version tries to split the difference...a more moderate setting at sundown, and a more intense change before bed.

      Our goal with the software is to begin to fix a major problem we think is happening with all electric lighting and screens, and so we want it to serve the role of educating people about these problems and how they might think about them.

      So we think we have made the easy things easy - a big slider you can move to look the way you like, and some presets. And after that if you're happy you don't need to read any more.

      But there is very deliberately some confusing text that explains how your screen is programming your circadian clock, and this is not easy, but we think it is important, and that's why we did it, anyway.

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        Gabriel Alves
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        I'm missing a little feature: show information about how many time left for sunset/sunrise when i rest the mouse cursor over the tray icon. Now it just says "f.lux", even in classic mode. Thanks in advance and sorry for my awful english!

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          Bushido @Gabriel Alves
          last edited by

          @Gabriel-Alves https://forum.justgetflux.com/post/15604

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            Gabriel Alves @Bushido
            last edited by

            @Bushido thanks! I missed this! Hope it will be back soon in a future version.

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              smoke
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                darienlake @lorna
                last edited by

                @lorna hey!

                i'm having an issue where my slider and the Custom Colors are grayed out...
                am I doing something wrong?!

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                • lornaL
                  lorna @darienlake
                  last edited by lorna

                  @darienlake I will send you a private message with more information directly

                  @lorna

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                    mattspawn1975
                    last edited by mattspawn1975

                    I just went through and tested most of the new features in the upgrade. I just wanted to pass along that I really like the idea of the vignette mode, however, it fails on my dual-monitor workstation. It is only working on monitor #1.

                    I have two additional dual-monitor workstations at home that I have NOT checked yet, but wanted to pass this along sooner rather than later. Thanks for a great product.

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                    • Taras GryshkoT
                      Taras Gryshko
                      last edited by

                      Hi) Im using the XWidget, and since the new upgrade is installed, area around the widgets is brighter. How to fix that. In old version everythink was fine.

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                      • herfH
                        herf @Taras Gryshko
                        last edited by

                        @Taras-Gryshko likely that everything will be better after you reboot. we emulate some effects on the GPU until then.

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                        • Taras GryshkoT
                          Taras Gryshko @herf
                          last edited by

                          @herf Yes it is) Tooday everythink is ok)

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                            oiuehrfoiug
                            last edited by

                            I think "disable for fullscreen" should ignore windows lock screen (after win+L).
                            First, because then room with display highlights with blue color.
                            Second, because after logon I see transition (I like slow transition, but not here).
                            It is not even "app" in my, end user, mind, it just windows itself.

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                              jannyfluxer @Nahtanoj Tarp-Aicrag
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                              @Nahtanoj-Tarp-Aicrag I agree with the lack of 1-click access to Movie Mode. Possibly the most inconvenient change was hiding it in a sub-menu with no way of bringing it back as a main option. Maybe include a way to favorite colors and effects to make them show up when you right-click?

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                                nightsfan223
                                last edited by

                                i hate this new version of the app i liked how simple the older version was version 4.55 is really hard to use just like how verizon just recently forced me to update my verizon mobile cause they dropped support for version 10 which was better and easier to use

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                                  Benuzar @Nahtanoj Tarp-Aicrag
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                                  @Nahtanoj-Tarp-Aicrag said in Version 3 to 4 Upgrade:

                                  One thing i don't like is the lack of 1-click access (or hotkey) to my most commonly used options

                                  I agree to this opinion. I miss the formerly 1-click-access to "Disable until sunrise". Now I have move the mouse cursor through the tiny menu. Very, very annoying for me, so I downgrade to the latest version with this 1-click-access.

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                                  • TwoCablesT
                                    TwoCables
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                                    Just press Alt+End.

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                                      Benuzar @TwoCables
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                                      @TwoCables said in Version 3 to 4 Upgrade:

                                      Just press Alt+End.

                                      Unfortunately shortcuts are no solution for me. I'm a human. My mind can only store 284 shortcuts. The memory for shortcuts in my mind is already full from all the other programs. Now only simple mouse clicks are useful.
                                      The new features in v4 are absolutely useless for me. Therefore I went back to v3.

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                                        TwoCables @Benuzar
                                        last edited by

                                        @Benuzar said in Version 3 to 4 Upgrade:

                                        @TwoCables said in Version 3 to 4 Upgrade:

                                        Just press Alt+End.

                                        Unfortunately shortcuts are no solution for me. I'm a human. My mind can only store 284 shortcuts. The memory for shortcuts in my mind is already full from all the other programs. Now only simple mouse clicks are useful.
                                        The new features in v4 are absolutely useless for me. Therefore I went back to v3.

                                        lol ok

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                                        • Nahtanoj Tarp-AicragN
                                          Nahtanoj Tarp-Aicrag @TwoCables
                                          last edited by

                                          @TwoCables Thanks but Alt+End = Disable flux for 1 hour.
                                          What I am (we are, apparently) asking are shortcuts AND/OR 1-click access AND/OR adding a way to fav useful options such as movie mode, vignette mode (or Disable untile sunrise for Mr Benuzar).

                                          The bad move was to hide them in submenus.
                                          The good move would have been to let them accessible AND/OR to add shortcut access to those options.

                                          For instance :
                                          Alt+F11 = Movie mode,
                                          Alt+F12 = Vignette mode
                                          Alt+suppr = Disable till sunrise

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                                            Benuzar @Nahtanoj Tarp-Aicrag
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                                            @Nahtanoj-Tarp-Aicrag
                                            Full agree to your suggestions.

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