Apple could easily add a special melatonin friendly mode in Accessibility settings.
Or if this is a medical necessity you could always not use the phone before bedtime. Kind of like if you have diabetes, you should manage your blood sugar.
Apple could easily add a special melatonin friendly mode in Accessibility settings.
A couple of minutes shouldn't affect your sleep pattern. Now, if you were hours looking at the screen before bed then that is another story. This flux effect is more psychological than biological if you were using it just a couple of minutes before bed.
Yes yes, I completely agree. Due to health concerns, people should be punished by not using electronics, because the alternative - opening up an API - would inconvenience Apple more than it would inconvenience the user. Uh huh. Gotta love how Apple is always looking out for the consumer, right?I wouldn't say it was a medical necessity. If you suffer that badly you shouldn't be looking at screens before you go to bed. Simple as that.
f.lux hasn't even been admitted to the app store as it uses API's that aren't allowed in the app store, simple as. This is not Apple not letting the software in, it's that the software is doing things that are simply not possible via the app store method.
And screens have changed immensely in the past couple years, from CCLF backlit LCD's to LED backlit LCD's to AMOLED and IGZO. The 20 years prior, you have CRT monitors that could easily be dimmed or color adjusted to whatever you wanted.Human beings have been on the planet for a very very long time now, and we've been looking at computer screens since the late 80's with no problems. flux has been around for a couple of years. It's not a medical necessity.
And explain to me why 2 wrongs make a right? Besides, it's not like Microsoft even supports Windows Mobile anymore, and Android has something similar to F.lux.Also, it's not even on Android, or Windows mobile.
Or if this is a medical necessity you could always not use the phone before bedtime. Kind of like if you have diabetes, you should manage your blood sugar.
Yeah, rather than having a simple already existing solution be available just fend for yourself. Would we even have cell phones, let alone iPhones if everyone had a view like that?Or if this is a medical necessity you could always not use the phone before bedtime. Kind of like if you have diabetes, you should manage your blood sugar.
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So you have deepen understanding of this with scientific data to back up all if that for every person that experiences that kind of an issue? And there you go.A couple of minutes shouldn't affect your sleep pattern. Now, if you were hours looking at the screen before bed then that is another story. This flux effect is more psychological than biological if you were using it just a couple of minutes before bed.
Yeah, rather than having a simple already existing solution be available just fend for yourself. Would we even have cell phones, let alone iPhones if everyone had a view like that?
I use my iPad for hours before I go to bed.
It's not merely psychological at all. Response to light is deeply ingrained in our biological makeup. It's the foundation for our biological clock. http://www.marksdailyapple.com/how-light-affects-our-sleep/#axzz2jgmQ1kRF
Actually, just a few instants of light exposure at night will lead to an increased inflammation response: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24012645
Probably more than you, especially scientific medical understanding of it.So you have deepen understanding of this with scientific data to back up all if that for every person that experiences that kind of an issue? And there you go.
Ah, so people who experience heartburn don't just not eat spicy food they take medication that someone makes and that helps them with their condition. Nice way to provide a counter example right in the argument.LOL. Its called managing your medical condition. People who have heartburn don't eat a bunch of spicy food without taking medication.
Now if Apple adds it that's great, but if using your electronic devices messes up your sleep schedule, don't use them right before you go to bed.
Ah, so people who experience heartburn don't just not eat spicy food they take medication that someone makes and that helps them with their condition. Nice way to provide a counter example right in the argument.
So you actually understood that post was asking about knowing for sure how something like this applies to everyone who experiences and being able to speak for everyone who does, right? And there you go.Like I said, a few minutes shouldn't affect. Read my post again
Also since you link to a real paper source (which is a great thing to do btw!), I'm going to give you another one which has to do more w/ actually sleeping:
Dim light at night does not disrupt timing or quality of sleep in mice.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23837748
Aren't scientists cool w/ rat theories & experiments
Probably more than you, especially scientific medical understanding of it.(see my bio I guess)
People just love pointlessly putting down others, especially anonymously online.ITT: people ridicule OP to try and justify the closed nature of iOS.
I think either you'll have to move to an open OS (Android), or wait for Apple to maybe announce it as a 'magical and revolutionary feature in iOS 8'.
But if there's no medication shouldn't those people discuss that and being that up so that a medication (especially one that's already in existence) would become available? The "analogy" in the argument only furthers that point it would seem.Yes, they take medication. If there is no medication, they shouldn't eat spicy food and then complain about the results.
It there is no screen temp control, don't use your gadget right before you go to bed and then complain that your sleep is messed up.
But by all means petition Apple to include that feature.
Send Apple feedback and ask them to add it as an Accessibility feature (I just did). I used f.lux on my jailbroken iPhone before 7 came out and it definitely worked as I kept falling asleep while still using the iPhone.
I can't believe so many people are ridiculing the OP and saying 'just don't use your phone'. You know nothing of his lifestyle and/or his condition. Saying these things is incredibly ignorant and facetious; we live in the 21st century and the technology exists to allow him to live exactly as every other person does, and the only reason it isn't on the iPhone is because of Apple's rules. Nothing more. Just rules.
Show some empathy.
So you have deepen understanding of this with scientific data to back up all if that for every person that experiences that kind of an issue? And there you go.
Thanks for your reply. It seems trolls just jump on this thread just to ridicule and try to invalidate the problem.
LOVE f.lux.
Had it installed on my iDevices when they were jailbroken.
I don't consider f.lux a medical NECESSITY,
I can't believe so many people are ridiculing the OP and saying 'just don't use your phone'. You know nothing of his lifestyle and/or his condition. Saying these things is incredibly ignorant and facetious; we live in the 21st century and the technology exists to allow him to live exactly as every other person does, and the only reason it isn't on the iPhone is because of Apple's rules. Nothing more. Just rules.
Show some empathy.
And we've been falling asleep in front of our electron-blue television sets for a lot longer than that.
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Yeah, although TVs aren't really the same, as the screen is much further away from your face.
$science$
Unfortunately my personal experience contradicts your science. I avoid any blue light at night. I try to avoid most light at night!