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This is brilliant, thanks for making this. I am currently trying it out on Chrome and I can feel the difference. Any future plans of bringing this to the mac? I recently made an app[1] in the similar space for mac and I would love to collaborate to bring this to the mac if you'd be interested.

BTW, all the links in your footer except privacy policy are 404s

[1] https://lookaway.app

This is a very interesting idea! Great work

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Thanks a lot!

Thank you!

Thank you for the kind words!

Thank you for using Unwind! It’s going to get a major update soon :)

I've built a few apps which started out as tools for my own use and later polished + released for public.

- Cone: This started out as a small tool to help me identify the name of the colors of objects around me (i am a red-green colorblind). Now it's a full fledged color picker app with a Pantone license - https://cone.app

- CBVision: This is another small tool for colorblind people which shifts the problematic colors to a visible hue for easy differentiation - https://cbvisionapp.com/

- Unwind: I made this to help me with box-breathing - https://unwind.to

- LookAway: This is the latest app that I've created to help me with digital eye strain. - https://lookaway.app

This is brilliant - thanks for sharing the story. This is one of those ideas that, on the surface, looks really hard to build but your breakdown made it look super easy. Very inspiring :)

One argument I've encountered says that if, in the future, we are capable of creating a simulation where the laws of physics are pretty much the same as of the 'real' world and the entities within it are conscious, then it's probable that we are already residing in such a simulation, operated by someone else.

The link goes to the openAI subreddit and not the thread

I've added this setting in the latest update. Thank you for the tip :)

Thanks for replying! You're right - I had to experiment with the pre break reminder a lot before I found the right balance (both visuals and the timing). I've published an update which will allow you to see the time remaining in menu bar (can be enabled in settings), and LookAway will now auto pause when you're in a meeting or on a call. It'll also resume as soon as the call is ended.

Let me know if you have any other feedback! Happy to hear :)

not yet but will add soon. here's my immediate roadmap: https://i.imgur.com/DTY401b.png

Interesting solution! I think it's possible - I'll try it out, thanks!

Not yet but it's planned as the immediate next feature (it's not trivial to detect meetings across different apps/browsers - i am still figuring it out). For now, there's a pause button in the menu bar app to manually disable it for some time.

handbrake is such an underrated tool! I've been using it for over a decade to compress and convert videos, and nothing comes close (except ffmpeg ofcourse)

> Does this mean every app in full screen has to be updated to account for it?

A simple black bar in full screen apps would be sufficient I guess.

I have made a few iOS apps (Cone[0] and Unwind[1]) which generate enough to pay my bills.

[0]: https://cone.app

[1]: https://unwind.to

Updated the copy to make it clear.

I can't share the exact details due to NDA, but instead of a fixed fee, it's a royalty-based license. So I pay x% to Pantone on every sale.

If there's a significant variation in the colors in that small area, then yes, the averaged out color will look washed out. In that case, you can simply pinch-to-zoom into the image for more accuracy.

Cone is licensed for more than two years now, and I am in the process of renewing the license for another three years. So, I don't see that happening anytime soon.

Thank you!

Thank you. I had actually implemented this feature (which worked by extracting 5 dominant colors from an image or the camera feed) but I couldn't figure out the best experience for it to go with the manual picking of colors. I am working on redesigning it and I'll add it as soon as I perfect the experience.

When you see the color details, it will show ten Pantone colors (five from the Coated and Uncoated guides each) matching that color, in the order of their match %.

Nice suggestion. Seems like RAL is equivalent to Pantone but in Europe. I’ll look into its licensing and implement it if it’s not much of a headache :)

I faced the same problem, and hence Cone averages out the color inside the inner circle of the picker.

Hi HN,

A couple of years back, I posted the initial version of Cone on HN (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14254357) and had received a great response. Cone is a smart color picker tool for the iPhone, which is delightful and very easy-to-use. Not only that, but it also lets you organize colors into buckets and identify PANTONE colors of the object around you (super helpful for interior, graphic, or package designers).

Cone is licensed by PANTONE, so it stays updated with all the new colors they release on time.

Another feature I'd like to highlight is the ability to identify hues of the colors around you. As a colorblind designer, it's super helpful for me to know whether a color is red or green just by pointing my phone's camera at it.

Since the initial version, a lot has changed and here's what the new version brings:

  - Ability to identify PANTONE colors
  - Pick colors from the images in the photo gallery
  - Collect and organize colors into buckets
  - Adjust the color temperature with a neutral grey card for improved accuracy
  - New design
  - Apple Watch companion app
  - and many under the hood improvements.

I would love to hear what everyone thinks about it!

I am colorblind (mild protan) and I got a perfect score.