There is for instance the option to automatically dim the background when you click the play button to play videos, or restrict the dimming to select video sites only.įor YouTube, it is possible to define elements that you want to remain visible on the site. The developers have added other options to the extension to make it more useful. Update: The most recent version of Turn Off the Light supports both Flash-based and HTML5-based videos, and should work on many different websites. The extension can be downloaded from Google's official Google Chrome Extension gallery. Turn Off The Light is compatible with many different video portals, we have not encountered any in our tests that did not work. The only other option that is offered by Turn Off The Light is the setting to automatically dim the background on YouTube. This would render all elements on the page but the video itself black with no elements shining through. It is for instance possible to dim the video pages completely so that no element but the video is displayed during playback. Both the percentage of the opacity and the color can be defined in the options. It is by default set to 80 and the color black. The opacity can be configured in the options of the extension. A click on that icon dims all elements on that page so that it becomes easier to concentrate on the video that is played on the page.Īll other elements on the page, or at least the majority of those, are displayed in black so that they do not disturb you while you are watching the video.

The extension displays a black light bulb in the Chrome address bar whenever it detects a video on a page. Turn Off The Light is an extension for the Google Chrome web browser that can dim all elements on pages with videos but the video itself. Those elements can be a distraction especially for sensitive Internet users, or if they are not static but dynamic in nature.

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