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Microsoft To Add Flux Like Night Mode In Windows 10, Rendering 3rd-Party App's Existence Useless (arstechnica.com)
An anonymous reader writes: With suggestions that bluish lights disrupt our sleep, software that shifts screen white balance towards the red end of the spectrum in the evening -- cutting back that potentially sleep-disrupting light -- has gained quite a following. f.lux is the big name here with many people enjoying its gradual color temperature shifts. Apple recently built a color shifting feature into iOS, under the name Night Shift, and there are now signs that Microsoft is doing the same in Windows 10. Twitter user tfwboredom has been poking around the latest Windows insider build and found hints that the operating system will soon have a "blue light reduction" mode. Similarly to f.lux, this will automatically reduce the color temperature in the evenings as the sun sets and increase it in the mornings when the sun rises. Signs are that the feature will have a quick access button in the Action Center when it is eventually enabled.The feature is expected to arrive with Redstone, which is Windows 10's next major update expected to arrive next year.
I have blocked the anniversary update for now...too many glitches. I've been using f.lux for years, without one hiccup.
Rendering 3rd-Party App's Existence Useless - unless the third part app already has all the features and customisability that users want and the windows version doesn't.
Dear harvard.edu,
I absolutely love it when I go to your website and before I can do anything, you shove a popup in my face! Thank you so much for that!
It's just another attempt by Microsoft to make us all see Windows 10 through rose-colored glass(es).
It must have been something you assimilated. . . .
For those of us who don't want proprietary crap when it can be avoided, there's redshift which provides all the functionality.
It has a version with clicky-clicky GUI, but it's better to avoid extra clutter by using the bare version. You need to give it your long:lat on the command line: " and put it in your system's startup ("redshift -l 53:18"), it then stays out of your way.
The creatures outside looked from Alt-Right to Antifa; but already it was impossible to say which was which.
The first I heard of this theory was a small feature on the broadcast of le Tour de France noting that blue light absorbing glasses were being used by some cyclists in the evening to improve their sleep. Has there been any real science done to prove the notion that reducing blue light before sleep improves sleep? Or is this just junk science?
Perhaps a bit off topic, but I read recently that a US government agency removed the assertion from its data base that the dental flossing improved dental health. The reason was they would only support such assertions if the scientific evidence showed the assertion was true. In the case of dental flossing there were no reliable scientific studies that showed dental flossing improved health. Indeed, they found one "scientific" study that used only one person.
In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. George Orwell
A "yellowing lens" does NOT alter the frequency of light (of course), it varies attenuation with respect to frequency. "That's hilarious."
"So, the relevant light could be blue or could be green depending on the individual?"
Of course not. A blue light will remain blue but be perceived darker by a yellow-tinted lens.
"Good luck with that."
Perhaps you should learn what you are talking about rather than post snarky remarks. Good luck with that.
No. No it doesn't. I don't know where you got that from. I'm not even sure I understand the thought process that would lead someone to this conclusion.
If when you view something it appears yellowed (to you, and not to anyone else), that's a sign that you're receiving (or processing) less blue light, that's all.
You are not alone. This is not normal. None of this is normal.
It can also control Hue lights. Or in theory, any other smart lights you've gatewayed through a Hue emulator. If anyone has actually done that, I'd be interested in seeing what you used. Most of the hue emulators are Java and I don't want to use that.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
Nice to mention that it's in IOS, but it's also been in Android since Lollypop came out. I stopped using twilight because it's 1 less app and I can have the same results.
Is something people would buy :)
Do I get to turn that feature off or is the color in Windows going to change no matter what I'd prefer?
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
For crying out loud, just get a calibrator and calibrate all monitors to 6500K. You will be surprised how brown it looks on most monitors, compared to their natural white point. And keep that all day. I never had a problem falling asleep right in front of the monitor that way.
But if I keep my timezone set to UTC, what happens?
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And vaccines cause autism. rigggght.
I believe that you are being far too honest, if only you could overcome this terrible defect in your character all would be well. You can lie to Flux about your timezone, it does not use the windows default clock.
Facts are history now plebs have politics for religion on social media.
What good is a screen that shifts colour if you're editing photographs and video late into the night? In the morning you'll find all your work looks wrong.
Take Nobody's Word For It.
Redstone was the Anniversary update Windows 10 1607 which arrived last month. Redstone 2 is the next windows release due in 2017.
HUZZAH!
Breakfast served all day!
Meanwhile there's other cases where they duplicated the basic functionality of a 3rd party feature, but didn't prevent people from running better third party features.
Versions since XP have had basic ZIP support, and CD Burning support.
Windows 7 added a better screen capture tool
Windows 8 let you mount and burn ISOs
I don't think they're going to extinguish by duplicating a f.lux. It's by no means a market driver.
the colour that literally keeps you up at night.
Many of the modern flat monitor screens have a "manual" adjustment for blue filter in their settings.
But I have not seen one that has it set by time of day.
Well I don't care for what you have to say but I will defend your right to get modded down for saying it
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