Screen Dimmer

SUMMARY

Screen Dimmer is an extension that helps you quickly change your browser screen to a dark or shaded theme. Applies screen shading across chrome tabs with a variety of colors and modes. You are also free to choose shader color intensity from 0 to 100. Provides comprehensive instructions on how to enable Dark Theme on popular sites - Whitescreen Protection will help you to get rid of the annoying white screen that pops up on any page load causing considerable discomfort. - Exclude white-list which allows disabling extension changes across selected domains. - Media-only mode apply screen dimmer only to media files while browsing sites with a native dark theme enabled. - Instructions on how to enable Dark mode on popular sites How to use: 1. Install the extension and go to any other tab in your browser (The Web Store is blocking content-changing extensions) 2. Click on the Screen Dimmer icon in your extensions list 3. Setup preferred settings 4. Optionally: pin extension for easy access New in Version 0.6.0: Added Ukrainian and Japanese localization Please contact me if you want to improve the localization or add your language New in Version 0.5.1: Patch notes 1. Updated dark theme text color to more neutral shade so it's not too bright when reading at night 2. Updated Custom Overlay apply to cover the entire screen for specific sites New in Version 0.5.0: Dimmer settings are now unique to each site to improve the surfing experience. If no settings are provided the default overlay will be displayed Added Scheduler functionality. Now the dimmer can be put on hold before dusk. Always On is a default value for this option Added Custom Overlay option, upload your custom image instead of default page overlay (up to 5MB). Please, be aware that this functionality is currently in the experimental stage Updated Media Only apply strategy Fixed Whitescreen Protector closing issue Updated UI Updated Dark Mode color scheme Updated extension logo Added Animation button to Whitescreen Protector screen, click on toggle to disable the animation Added close functionality to the Whitescreen Protector page, press C to force-close the page Added support button New in Version 0.3.3: Fixed issue for not applying overlay for already opened tabs on extension install/enable New in Version 0.3.2: Added hint when the extension is blocked by the site (ex: Chrome Web Store) New in Version 0.3.0: Introduced Dark Mode Instructions. This feature will assist you to go through the steps of how to enable the Dark theme for popular sites if you currently using a light theme. To see the instruction page click a hint link at the bottom of the extension menu New in Version 0.2.3: Whitescreen protector is now tied to the initial tab and will close together with the tab Added timer that will close Whitescreen protector if it takes too long to load the tab Minor layout changes in transition and extension windows New in Version 0.2.2: Bug fix for Color Reset and Dark theme page reload Whitescreen protector is now more reactive to page content Whitescreen protector is now tied to Page Overlay, but still can be used by itself Changed colors with high contrast Minor Interface changes

The latest version of Screen Dimmer is available on the Chrome web and is currently being used by 952 active users. The initial version was launched on 2022-12-21.

HOW TO INSTALL Screen Dimmer FROM A CRX FILE

1. Download Screen Dimmer CRX file
2. NOTE: Sometimes the browser may block downloading / installing CRX file from outside the Chrome Web Store. If so, you may need to download the ZIP file instead
3. In the URL bar, go to chrome://extensions
4. Enable Developer mode

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