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To use one of these apps one needs a lot of encouragement, so here's some more: I've been using F.lux on all my machines for several months now and I'm very happy with it. Falling asleep after working on a computer is much easier with it.

I only wish something similar was possible on my iPad…

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You can buy orange safety glasses that are kind of like flux for the whole world...

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000USRG90

I bought them because I had forgotten about flux and I also tend to use my iPhone late at night. I had no idea how much blue light affected my sleep patterns until I started wearing these while I was winding down for the night.

The blue blockers should be more effective:

http://www.amazon.com/Venture-Safety-Glasses-Copper-Blue-Blo...

right? is it just me or is the iPad 1 WAY too bright? it never goes above the lowest setting and I constantly find myself checking to see if i can turn it lower. at night it is almost unbearable.

has this been addressed in iPad 2?

I feel the same way about my iPhone. One of the biggest reasons I jailbreak is so I can lower the brightness below the amount settings will allow.

The ebook reader allows you to dim much further, so it is possi le.

I highly recommend the sepia setting in iBooks and the Kindle reader, which brings the color temperature closer to paper. Just like f.lux, it looks strange at first, but soon the screen looks harsh without it.

However, I'm guessing you're not using one of those apps, because they also have custom full-range brightness controls. The standard control starts at bright and just gets brighter.

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