F.lux vs WinDirStat
When comparing F.lux vs WinDirStat, the Slant community recommends F.lux for most people. In the question“What are the best power user tools for Windows?” F.lux is ranked 5th while WinDirStat is ranked 12th. The most important reason people chose F.lux is:
Helps provide better sleep for more energy during the day.
Specs
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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 Free / Open Source
GNU Public License (GPLv2).
Pro Color codes by file type
You can sort the list in the extension column (file type) globally or from parent folder selected. This is very helpful in case there are files of a specific type that you may not be aware of that's taking up too much space. Also, the colors correspond to the visual section.
Pro Lightweight
Pro PacMan Progress Bars
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 Slow
There are faster programs.
Con Classic UI
interface are old and cluttered