Ever notice how people texting at night have that eerie blue glow? Or wake up ready to write down the Next Great Idea, and get blinded by your computer screen? During the day, computer screens look good—they"re designed to look like the sun. But, at 9PM, 10PM, or 3AM, you probably shouldn"t be looking at the sun.
f.lux fixes this: it makes the color of your computer"s display adapt to the time of day, warm at night and like sunlight during the day. It"s even possible that you"re staying up too late because of your computer. You could use f.lux because it makes you sleep better, or you could just use it just because it makes your computer look better.
What"s new:
- Bedtime mode: warmer light before bed gets you ready for sleep, and works with all kinds of schedules
- Disable by app (so you don"t forget Photoshop)
- Backwards alarm clock: reminder not to stay up late
- Presets to help adjust your settings
- Color filters for eyestrain and other uses
- A wider range of color settings
- New hotkeys to adjust color (alt+shift+PgUp and alt+shift+PgDn)
Changes:
- Reduced impact on game framerates
- Resolution independent interface, for high DPI displays
- DisplayLink monitors (connected by USB) work in a lot more cases now
Smart Lighting:
- Hue integration now supports more light types
- LAN API with support for telling other devices when f.lux changes
What"s new in v4.20:
- Optimized background performance more (should improve framerate drops), fixed some bugs
- Added ability to toggle software cursor in the Options (prevent white cursors!) - requires a reboot or logout
Download: f.lux 4.20 Beta | 681.0 KB (Freeware)
View: f.lux Home page
Editor note: The link was updated to the correct v4 beta (now at 4.20).