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Poll: Do you use any blue light filtering system? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "Do you use any blue light filtering system?".
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| I don’t feel the need | Apr 29, 2022 |
AFAIK this is useful for those who work nights. My hours are extremely flexible though I rarely work after 5 pm, I prefer getting up early in the morning. To be truthful I got used to it because of my dog (she wakes up around 6.30 am).
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Jan Truper 
Germany
Local time: 19:39
Member (2016)
English to German
| Other (option missing) | Apr 29, 2022 |
I prefer to work in the dark (if the sun is out, I close the blinds to about 90 %).
I have various kinds of "dark mode" and other tricks enabled on all monitors/systems/apps, so I only see light text (preferably green or a brownish orange) on dark background.
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Samuel Murray
Netherlands
Local time: 19:39
Member (2006)
English to Afrikaans
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Specsavers in the UK don't offer blue light filtering glasses for these reasons:
https://www.specsavers.co.uk/glasses/glasses-lenses/do-blue-light-glasses-work
They mention that using yellow glasses may also have the same effect. I wonder if yellow driving glasses would work.
Jan Truper wrote:
I prefer to work in the dark (if the sun is out, I close the blinds to about 90 %).
I prefer to work in the light, but with light that I can control. So I use darkening blinds that block 99% of the sunlight, and then I turn on two or three electric lights that bounce light off of the walls and ceiling.
[Edited at 2022-04-29 09:26 GMT]
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ProZ.com Staff wrote: This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "Do you use any blue light filtering system?". View the poll results »
I wear clip-on yellow glasses on my computer glasses.
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A brief internet research says that some versions of Windows have this system installed. Is that why this Quick Poll came up?
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Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:39
Member (2008)
Italian to English
| Some people (not I) admire this guy in the yellow glasses | Apr 29, 2022 |
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| Inverted colours | Apr 29, 2022 |
I used inverted colours on the computer, so the majority of the screen is black and dark blue. On my phone, I use a dark theme for the same result. If there are any light/white things to look at anyway, I use a red filter during the night (f.lux on the computer and Twilight on my phone).
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| Rose-coloured glasses ... | Apr 29, 2022 |
... when I think of the future of our business, I have to put on rose-coloured filters on my glasses, and everything is fine again.
Plus:
Upside down goggles!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upside_down_goggles
Strongly recommended in times of falling rates, like today:
A rate of 6 Eurocent suddenly becomes 9 Eurocent!
[Bearbeitet am 2022-04-29 14:09 GMT]
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Thayenga
Germany
Local time: 19:39
Member (2009)
English to German
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| No need for it | Apr 29, 2022 |
My regular eye glasses adapt to any type of light, turning either lighter or darker depending on the source of light. Very convenient.
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TurboLingvo
United States
Local time: 13:39
Member (1970)
| I am not reading the ads | Apr 29, 2022 |
It helps save money, health, and time.
There are so many things I don't need at all! Unbelievable!
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Fernanda Ayre
Brazil
Local time: 14:39
English to Portuguese
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| Filters can be lifesavers | Apr 29, 2022 |
For people like me, that have astigmatism, blue light filters can be life - and deadline - savers!
My eyeballs sometimes become very tired and, as astigmatism makes you more photosensitive than usual, the light of the computer becomes a real issue. That's when the filter makes all the difference: it instantaneously relieves the pain!
If there are more people here with the same condition, know that you could benefit from trying and using it ... See more For people like me, that have astigmatism, blue light filters can be life - and deadline - savers!
My eyeballs sometimes become very tired and, as astigmatism makes you more photosensitive than usual, the light of the computer becomes a real issue. That's when the filter makes all the difference: it instantaneously relieves the pain!
If there are more people here with the same condition, know that you could benefit from trying and using it ▲ Collapse
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I answered "filters," but it's digital, not a sheet that goes over the screen. Iris Technology. They have a blue light filter and all kinds of options for dealing with glare.
It's been said that "a 90-year-old person is 200 times more likely to be disabled by glare than a 50-year-old." While I'm not 90 yet, I'm extremely sensitive to glare.
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Mr. Satan (X)
English to Indonesian
Jan Truper wrote:
I have various kinds of "dark mode" and other tricks enabled on all monitors/systems/apps, so I only see light text (preferably green or a brownish orange) on dark background.
Same here. I set my background color to #2d2e2f and the text color to #c6cbcf. Screen brightness is usually set to 30-40%. Very easy on the eyes.
Browsing is a bit tricky. Most websites these days offer a dark mode, but some poorly designed websites such as proz.net don't even have one. So I just use Dark Reader addon to enforce dark mode on everything.
[Edited at 2022-04-30 12:04 GMT]
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Marek Tulipan
Poland
Local time: 19:39
Member (2023)
English to Polish
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| I do and I strongly recommend using them | Apr 30, 2022 |
I use "f.lux" on my laptop and "Twilight" app on my Android devices. It is not about protecting our eyes from being damaged by blue light (AFAIK, such claims haven't been scientifically proven), but about protecting our circadian rhythm. The later it gets, the less blue light is present in daylight and that's one of the ways how our bodies know that soon it will be time to go to bed. If you sit in the evening in front of a screen without blue light reduction, blue light sensors in your ey... See more I use "f.lux" on my laptop and "Twilight" app on my Android devices. It is not about protecting our eyes from being damaged by blue light (AFAIK, such claims haven't been scientifically proven), but about protecting our circadian rhythm. The later it gets, the less blue light is present in daylight and that's one of the ways how our bodies know that soon it will be time to go to bed. If you sit in the evening in front of a screen without blue light reduction, blue light sensors in your eyes still get much blue light, the central nervous system gets the signal "it's still the middle of the day = no sleeping" and suppresses production of melatonin (a hormone) which plays important role in regulating sleep–wake timing. This may - and often does - result in problems with falling asleep despite feeling tired. ▲ Collapse
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