Show HN: macOS app to reduce eye strain (open-source)

by Remy42 on 3/25/2025, 12:43:00 PM with 15 comments

  • by thisislife2 on 3/25/2025, 11:11:00 PM

    1. Good move to protect yourself as a developer and making the app easily available outside the App Store. 2. Consider supporting older macOS versions. 3. Have a look at https://workrave.org/ and https://www.dejal.com/timeout/ for additional feature consideration (competition research). (Tip: Workrave is better, even if TimeOut looks nicer - focus more on that).

  • by pcdoodle on 3/25/2025, 5:46:48 PM

    Very cool idea. This would also be kind of cool to have a timer that would remind you to look at something in the distance every 5 to 10 minutes to keep your focus range exercise while using computer.

  • by pimlottc on 3/26/2025, 3:41:16 AM

    Is this based on any existing research? I would think your body already blinks enough as needed to keep your eyes from drying out.

  • by opan on 3/26/2025, 3:06:16 PM

    I don't see a LICENSE file. Do you intend to choose a license?

    https://choosealicense.com/

  • by cududa on 3/26/2025, 3:19:33 AM

    Really neat -- going to poke around with this!

  • by MelodyUwU on 3/26/2025, 7:11:51 AM

    macos sonoma is a very high requirement...

  • by MichaelTheGeek on 3/25/2025, 5:08:03 PM

    Good idea.