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Add to SafariWhen comparing F.lux vs Window Night Light, the Slant community recommends F.lux for most people. In the question“What are the best apps to reduce Eyestrain?” F.lux is ranked 1st while Window Night Light is ranked 5th. The most important reason people chose F.lux is:
Helps provide better sleep for more energy during the day.
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Pros
Pro Can help sleep better
Helps provide better sleep for more energy during the day.
Pro Eases eye strain
Decreases color temperature at night, changing the normally fluorescent blue of an LCD monitor to a soft orange. Much easier on the eyes, especially in a low-light environment.
Pro Subtle transition
The transition from daytime to nighttime color modes takes an hour by default and will detect your current timezone, meaning that it will happen in the background at sunset, often without you noticing.
Pro Preinstalled in Windows 10 Creators Update
Cons
Con Takes a while to get used to
After installing F.lux, the screen will look a lot more yellow. This takes about a week to fully get used to. You can ease into it by setting the color temps higher than the recommended defaults.
Con transition is not smooth
the transition to nighttime colors isn’t as gradual and smooth as it is when using f.lux
Con location service need to be turned on
Needs the system’s location service to be enabled in order to function
Con Color slider issues
doesn’t show the temperature value on the color slider
