If you ever had to get up late at night to work on a computer system you might have felt blinded by the bright light of the computer screen. You might also have noticed that it took longer to get used to that light than in the morning or during the day. It almost feels like looking right into the sun at night.
F.lux is a small computer software program for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux that adjusts the brightness of the computer monitor according to the time to day. The lighting software will automatically adjust the color temperature of the computer monitor. Speaking in technical terms this means that the software will reduce the Kelvin degrees of the light to make the light feel more natural and pleasing to the eye.
Adjustments to the default settings can be made in the program’s options. This makes it possible to change the Kalvin degrees for the daytime and night, the location of the computer system in the world and the transition speed.
A click in the main interface will run a quick 24-hour preview of the computer light changes. Some users might feel that the color of the night light is to yellow but this can be attributed to the time they view the preview. Still, the light can be adjusted in the options to produce a more natural looking color for the user.
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Interesting idea. I’ll try it and report later.
Having some problems with screen brightness and eyes tiredness…
So, – why don’t give it a shot?
So I’m back to report.
You know, at first I don’t appreciate this idea. I always liked the contrast and bright colors, never wanted to reduce color temperature. But it worked! My eyes really feel better. Now I reduced color temperature in the monitor settings too.
So – big thanks! I will duplicate this report to other your post mentioning F.lux