Lightbulb - eye strain prevention

[freakazoid]

[Moderator note: this thread was split from the Rest break / eye strain programs thread.]

---

Came across another f.lux-like program - LightBulb:
https://github.com/Tyrrrz/LightBulb

Doesn't look portable though, but might be of interest to some of you.

[webfork]

Doesn't look portable though, but might be of interest to some of you.

Definitely like the open source license (GPL v3). I might open a case with the dev.

Thanks!

[webfork]

Doesn't look portable though

https://github.com/Tyrrrz/LightBulb/issues/13

I really like this program.

* The "pause when fullscreen" option is setup as a way to handle using a program without color correction. I'm constantly forgetting that color correction is enabled when I'm working on image edition programs where color is important.
* The preview function is great
* Location and internet sync are awesome
* Also just looks really sharp - the settings box is easy to navigate, read, and modify.

It's C# so it probably requires some version of dotNET. I'm not sure which.

[smaragdus]

LightBulb at version 1.6.3, changes:

• Add manual proxy handling (read more)
• Add "-portable" switch (read more)
• Minor design fixes

More about the Portable version.
Thanks to webfork for requesting a portable version and to the developer- Alexey Golub for implementing an option to run LightBulb in portable mode.
@moderators
Please give the posts about LightBulb their own thread at Portable Freeware Submission sub-forum.

Edit
The developer clarified that:

The .NET framework version used is 4.5.2

[smaragdus]

LightBulb at version 1.6.3.2, latest changes:

1.6.3.1

• Fixed manual proxy settings being ignored

1.6.3.2

• Added smooth UI transitions between tabs
• Fixed incorrect color zoning in some parts of the main window
• Other very minor design cleanups and improvements

[starstuff]

Does it really work? when I tried it, I got headache because of the color change

[smaragdus]

LightBulb at version 1.6.4, recent changes:

1.6.3.3

This release is a minor update that includes various backend fixes, improvements and optimizations.

1.6.3.4

• Add caption to the tray icon so it appears in the notification area settings (#30)
• Fixed an issue where the installer would corrupt the registry state (#33)
• Fixed "disable for XX" options above 1 hour being off by half (#38, thanks @marvinlehmann)
• Fixed some graphical inconsistencies

1.6.3.5

Changelist

• Fixed users being able to use Enter, Space or Tab as a hotkey without modifiers. (#47)
• Implement periodical autosaving for settings instead of relying on saving on exit. (#62)
• Fixed Windows 8 start menu getting recognized as a full screen application. (#46)
• Make early transitions (night to day) start at sunrise instead of ending at sunrise.

1.6.3.6

• Fixed an error that would prevent some users from retrieving correct geoinfo (#58)
• Fixed timers not triggering if they have overlapping intervals
• Fixed typos in setting names in config file that correspond to update checking
• Fixed config file being saved in unrecognized encoding

1.6.4

v1.6.4 (23-Jul-2018)

• Improved the temperature calculation algorithm so that it works for those cases when sunset happens at night.
• Changed the sunrise/sunset sliders in the UI to allow wider selection of options and with higher precision.
• LightBulb will now become visible when the user clicks on the tray icon once, instead of twice. This change brings this behavior in line with most other applications.
• Fixed an issue where LightBulb would consider some system windows as fullscreen when the 'Automatically hide taskbar' option is enabled.
• Fixed an issue where LightBulb couldn't pull geolocational information (and as a result sunrise/sunset times too). Switched to a different service provider because the old one closed down.

[webfork]

Version 2.0 came out a few months ago with a lot of nice changes:

https://github.com/Tyrrrz/LightBulb/releases/tag/2.0

I've got a list of programs I plan to add to the database and this is definitely one of them.

[webfork]

Added Lightbulb to the database, please vote: https://www.portablefreeware.com/index.php?id=3015