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f.lux saves you from retina burns, insomnia
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F.lux is a great cross-platform app designed at preventing eye sores and insomnia. We all know the feeling after staring at the screen for too long. During nighttime, looking at the screen can get pretty uncomfortable as the screen is too bright relative to the environment. The problem is that computer screens are designed to look bright, that’s something you don’t want when it’s dark. F.lux is a little app that can stop you from getting blinded by the screen. Using the time and your Postal/ZIP code, f.lux adjusts the screen brightness and tint according to your time and your latitude. At daytime, the screen is, by default, 6500K/sRGB. Using f.lux,you can adjusts the nighttime settings to your liking, as low as 3400K/sRGB(“Halogen”), significantly reducing the strain on the eyes and makes the screen look better in lower lightning. In other words, the screen will become warmer and darker during sunset and bright during the day.
f.lux is a free download and works on Windows, Mac and Linux. Your body -especially your eyes- will thank you!
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This application is absolutely awesome! I work 2 jobs – one day job where I am on my PC in the office under bright flourescent lights for like 9 hours then at least 3 hours working from home on the internet at night. I sued to get headaches and my sight was starting to go blurry – by using F Lux it has made a considerable improvement – barely get the headaches anymore.. Worth considering if you are on the computer a lot..
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Those old CRT monitors with the brightness controls are the ones that really gave me eye strain. Most of the new LCD monitors have a lot of adjustment built in, you just have to find it.
Fred
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Many of these features are built into the latest version of Windows. I an not sure about Apple though. Many of the newest monitors have their own software for additional adjustments.
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Oh this is awesome, just what I have been looking for. I can’t wait to test this out. I have been struggling with eye strain for the past 5 years. It’s hard when I work a 9 – 5 job that has me staring at a computer all day and then I come home and stare at a computer for about 2 – 3 hours each night.
My eyes have been crying out for a solution, hopefully this is it.
Thanks!
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Those old CRT monitors with the brightness controls are the ones that really gave me eye strain. Most of the new LCD monitors have a lot of adjustment built in, you just have to find it.
Fred
Dyson Vacuum ReviewsEven with these built in settings I still find it hard to work for long hours with the computer because of eye strain. Maybe this software can help.
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I been using it since they released it and I luv it.