Existing users, 
 Brightness Control - 1.0.4brighten or dim all your displays at once |
|
||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||
Feedback Summary:
| This Version: | |||||
| Overall Rating: |   (4.1) |
Features: | (4.0) |
Support: | (5.0) |
| Ease of Use: | (5.0) |
Quality / Stability: | (4.8) |
Price: | (5.0) |
Key to Types of Feedback:
Reviews 
Troubleshooting 
Usage Tips 
Developer Notes 
Commentary 
Featured Reviews
saved my eyes! thank you!!! check out Shades - 1.2b2 - Version: 1.0.4, 4/4/2009 03:51PM PST
apple--guy
my new 24" imac was burning my eyes out until i found this great app about a week ago. it may seem a bit odd to give an app an excellent rating, but not recommend it. here is my explanation.
i rarely leave comments on apps i learn about from versiontracker, but after using this one for a week, i was coming back to vt to sing the praises of this great little utility. my new 24" imac is so ridiculously bright, and the normal brightness control in display system prefs only dims the display to what i would call a normal brightness. it was unbearable working at night with the room lights dimmed.
i am grateful to cdiggy for alerting me to shades, which is indeed the only way to go, now that i know about it, but cdiggy's review is unnecessarily harsh. the only way i would give a freeware app a poor rating is if it was malicious or destructive. it is truly shameful to take and use an app for years (especially freeware) and give it a poor rating, just because you found a better app.
this is a typical example of why i love versiontracker's reviews to find good apps. if you find something that is rated 4 or 5 stars, you can bet it is awesome, because so many people expect commercial quality from a freeware app.
btw, that's what you get from shades. shareware or commercial quality with a freeware license. if Shades - 1.2b2 (current version as of this review) was shareware or commercial, i would have recommended brightness control, by virtue of price.
i rarely leave comments on apps i learn about from versiontracker, but after using this one for a week, i was coming back to vt to sing the praises of this great little utility. my new 24" imac is so ridiculously bright, and the normal brightness control in display system prefs only dims the display to what i would call a normal brightness. it was unbearable working at night with the room lights dimmed.
i am grateful to cdiggy for alerting me to shades, which is indeed the only way to go, now that i know about it, but cdiggy's review is unnecessarily harsh. the only way i would give a freeware app a poor rating is if it was malicious or destructive. it is truly shameful to take and use an app for years (especially freeware) and give it a poor rating, just because you found a better app.
this is a typical example of why i love versiontracker's reviews to find good apps. if you find something that is rated 4 or 5 stars, you can bet it is awesome, because so many people expect commercial quality from a freeware app.
btw, that's what you get from shades. shareware or commercial quality with a freeware license. if Shades - 1.2b2 (current version as of this review) was shareware or commercial, i would have recommended brightness control, by virtue of price.
Not the only game in town... - Version: 1.0.4, 9/28/2007 12:08AM PST
(0 of 1 users found this comment useful)
cdiggy
I've used BC for years, and it has helped. But, I just discovered an app and I gotta say Shades is the only way to go. Ever notice in BC when you lower the brightness you also lose contrast? It gets all hazy and makes me think I have cataracts! Also, when you are done adjusting with BC you have to either minimize the window, or hide the app altogether. Shades doesn't mess with your contrast, and has a handy menu-bar control that's very accessible and gets out of your way by itself. Sorry BC, but you haven't made any progress and now the real deal is here.
Most Recent Replies: View All 3 Replies
- Not the only game in town...
