Alternatives to flux and/or solutions to my issues?
-
Hi, I'm looking for an app for Windows that can do a permanent red-shift (doesn't matter what time of day it is) and can switch between two different settings, when switching between games/movies vs web browsing. That's because the difference in brightness between a game/movie vs a typical web page is quite stark. I find flux is somewhat useful for me if I use its feature to automatically disable itself during full-screen apps, but I've been having some issues:
-
Brightness indicator no longer appears: When I use hotkeys to raise/lower brightness like alt+pgup, alt+pgdown, there used to be a percentage indicator in the upper-right portion of the screen; it no longer appears even after restarting flux.
-
Illogical transition speed to-from full-screen apps: The point of the transition is so when alt-tabbing out of movies/games into a browser window your eyes won't hurt. As an example I'm currently playing Skyrim in French for educational purposes and often alt-tab to the Google Translate webpage which is all white. It hurts my eyes a lot so I have to waste 5 seconds dipping my head before looking up again. Why does the "very fast" transition still take 5 seconds, and why can't we specify an instant transition? I also do not see any purpose to the "slow" and "medium" speeds.
-
Full-screen vs non-full-screen profiles: Ideally I would like to set a pre-defined brightness, not just the color, when going to/from full-screen apps. That way I don't need to manually adjust the brightness every time I alt-tab, and bullet point #1 would no longer be needed. And I don't even need it to be automatic; hotkeys would be fine.
In general I don't think flux is the right app for me; I have no need of the time-of-day adjustments, and I mainly just want to set 2-3 color/brightness profiles, which I can toggle between with hotkeys. Is there an app that does this, or is this feature planned in flux any time soon?
-
Hello! It looks like you're interested in this conversation, but you don't have an account yet.
Getting fed up of having to scroll through the same posts each visit? When you register for an account, you'll always come back to exactly where you were before, and choose to be notified of new replies (either via email, or push notification). You'll also be able to save bookmarks and upvote posts to show your appreciation to other community members.
With your input, this post could be even better 💗
Register Login