Desktop Lighter 1.4

Rated 50/50 by IG-87 at Jun 2, 2008

"GREAT" I am photosensitive and I could not stand reading or writing documents, I could not even stand reading this page cuz its very much white. None that Im aware of.

Rated 50/50 by FreeSpeech at Jun 27, 2008

Um.. a waist is the part of the abdomen between the rib cage and hips. This is actually a very handy little app. It only uses 2512K RAM and zero CPU. I would like to see a scale on it. And be able to save presets.

Rated 10/50 by Tao2005 at Jun 27, 2008

Every monitor now adays if not all, have a control panel, that controls Brightness, Contrast, etc. This program will only eat up resources, that your computer needs. If you don't know how to turn up or down the brightness of your monitor, then read the manual. A technician would do it for you, for a fee. This is a waist. Don't d/l it.

Rated 50/50 by tarrith at Jun 28, 2008

A technician may do it for free, but if you lugged you comp into my shop and asked me to adjust you brightness for nothing. I would say that I can't increase your intelligence for free. Use your brain. Find how to do it yourself or download an app that can. Oh my THIS WILL DO IT! Case closed give me $5.

Rated 50/50 by initiael at Oct 1, 2008

"Light and lightweight" Does just what it sets out to do with an option to run at startup and does not require much memory Not sure why the buttons are not labeled (even an X to cancel or check mark for OK would be fine) but it's still easy to use

Rated 40/50 by Cris3 at Oct 29, 2008

I would give it a 5 if it were to adjust in 1% increments instead of just 5% increments. The tool is useful but could use finer settings.

Rated 50/50 by IG-87 at Nov 3, 2008

"Download now!" Hell yeah this is exactly what my photosensitive eyes need!!!!!! nope. no cons found. great for us photosensitive guys!! believe me, its annoying to hate light... maybe thats why they call me a shady person... :'(

Rated 30/50 by RAMdrd at Dec 3, 2008

Simple interface, dims super bright displays far beyond what some OEM controls allow. Very effective. (XP Pro) Closing the app does not restore screen to previous brightness. Interface is somewhat crude. In low ambient light conditions, I like to be able to reduce the brightness of today's super bright monitors. This app does that quite well. When the ambient lighting conditions become brighter, I would like to return the screen to the previous higher brightness. With this app I have to move the slider. A keyboard command or On/Off button to toggle between two preset levels of brightness or just return to the previous level would be extremely convenient. Desktop Lighter is a huge step in the right direction.

Rated 50/50 by TigerTou at Dec 23, 2008

Cool! Would like option to change size and color.

Rated 50/50 by peacock1947 at Oct 20, 2009

"Very Good on my Computer" Eazy to work with and no problems. Til now not any cons. All the things you can do is okay.

Rated 40/50 by WARDIANE at Oct 22, 2009

"better than no dimmer switch" it lights up my....eyes cant see the commands on the desktop app

Rated 50/50 by grandc4 at Jan 24, 2010

"Excellent, just the job!" My new HP TouchSmart PC with Windows 7 won't save the screen brightness setting - this little program allows easy brightness control, and the setting is saved! (you probably need to tick the "launch with Windows" box for this to work. None really really, would be nice if the control remembered it's position on the screen if you move it, but that's a very minor niggle. Great - overcomes HP's & Microsoft's shortcomings!!

Rated 40/50 by fcsail at Jan 28, 2010

"GREAT PRODUCT AND ITS FREE" DOES THE JOB MAYBE THEY COULD ADD SOME OTHER OPTIONS

Rated 50/50 by rini58 at Mar 16, 2010

It's great. It's fun. It's safe. Everyone should have it !!!! It's small but can really enhance your wallpapers/screensavers. It is cool. A true little gem. It cuts down on eye strain, very much. It's a must have goodie. Can not find any, not a one. Because my eyes are often sensitive from chronic sinuitis I have come to really appreciate this little gem. I can now run a low watt bulb in my desk lamp because this little gem takes care of my lighting needs in 2 heartbeats. Cllick on the desktop Icon, then slide the adjustment. Cuts down dramatically on eye strain for long hours computer useage. It's absolutely amazing in how much, this bit of adaptive lightting, can make a huge comfort improvement. Won't ever do without it now.

Rated 50/50 by vancelecnet at Dec 7, 2010

My new LED is really bright. Digging into the monitor menu is a lot of work. This little software does the trick. I can adjust my screen brightness with a few key strokes. Amazing. If it can adjust the contrast level. That will be awesome.

Rated 10/50 by iLeeW at May 21, 2011

Controls screen brightness to a degree See below: Summary: I realized that after a certain point, this program wasn't actually "brightening" my computer. What it was in fact doing was changing the colors on my screen; after having my screen brightness set to 100% through Windows, this program continued to affect my screen's "brightness" level beyond that, except it wasn't actually brightening; It was replacing lighter shades on my computer with the color white, and sort of creating the illusion of brightness by bleaching out lighter shades. The color of the blue side panel in Windows' folders disappeared completely when increased to maximum. Basically, instead of increasing illumination, it just starts bleaching lighter colors out after a certain point.I was also dismayed to realize during experimentation that if I set this software to minimum brightness and then uninstalled the program, my computer didn't go back to the brightness level it was at before the program was installed. The brightness level stayed dim even after this program was both closed and removed, and even though the brightness level as set through Windows was at maximum!Therefore, this software somehow affected my computer's settings in a way that wasn't actually fundamentally tied in to my operating system's brightness mechanics, but in some other way instead. I tried reinstalling and then readjusting before closing the program again, and wish I could know that I have my screen settings the way they were before I installed this, but now I'm not sure. I now regret that I ever used this.And FYI, I subsequently discovered through a bit of research that in Windows, you can change your computer's brightness levels with a simple hotkey/keyboard shortcut: Fn + up arrow/down arrow.