Author: Stefan Van Damme

Today you can get the latest Turn Off the Lights Safari Extension on your iPhone and iPad, which uses the browser extension Manifest version 3 technology. That has better privacy, performance, and security for the users. And you can syncing Safari web extension on your iPhone and Mac.

Download the latest Turn Off the Lights for Safari on TestFlight:
https://testflight.apple.com/join/pj7BWqeJ

New features you can try in this major update:

New home page for iPhone and iPad

The new Turn Off the Lights for Safari on iPhone and iPad includes an improved welcome guide. Where the visual images are bigger and with a bit of information about the feature you can use. And with steps on how to enable the Safari extension on your device. Furthermore, the home screen of the app has been redesigned, with an overview of the community and how to be connected with other members.

Syncing Safari web extension across devices and platforms

Last year, Apple introduced Safari extensions on iOS and iPadOS. One of the new features in iOS 16 and macOS Ventura this year is that users can enable extension syncing across their iOS, iPadOS, and macOS devices. Syncing Safari web extension will so easy in the Apple ecosystem.

In Safari 16 or later, when a user has installed your Safari web extension on one device, they can install your extension on another device directly from Safari Extensions Preferences, without visiting the App Store. When a user enables or disables your extension on one device, the system syncs that change to the user’s other devices that have the web extension installed. The user can disable syncing for a specific extension. Syncing works for all Safari web extensions, including content blockers.

Apple Developer Documentation

Turn Off the Lights for Safari is a universal app, which means it is free on iOS and Mac. And you can get it on both platforms. So syncing Safari web extension will be syncing the Safari web extension to your iOS device and Mac computer in a seamless way.

How to share Safari extension across devices from iPhone and iPad on iOS 16

1. Open the Settings app on your iPhone and iPad
2. Scroll down until you see the menu item Safari, and tap to open it
3. Next, tap on Extensions
4. Finally, turn on the toggle switch to enable the Share Across Devices option

Night Mode with a dark filter for all the images

In this new version, you can dim all the images. So the images are not so bright for your eyes (late at night). You can customize the image-dimmed layer with dark and grayscale filter options. The feature is available for desktop and mobile users.

Control your video with your Game Controller

Do you have your iPad at a far distance from you? Then you can use your wireless PlayStation Controller or Xbox Controller to change instantly the volume of that video player, but also to skip or go to the next YouTube video. Now you can choose also on what website you want to allow this feature (such as only on the YouTube website).

You can download the latest Turn Off the Lights for Safari for your iOS 16 today using TestFlight, and it will be released later on the public release date of iOS 16. It is the only free and Open-Source Safari extension that is available for both Mac and iOS. If you love the Turn Off the Lights in Safari extension, please do not forget to support our hard work by making a small contribution. Each contribution will be much appreciated to continually improve this experience and get the app available for everyone at the Store. And when the macOS Ventura is publicly available you can be syncing Safari web extension and more.

When you are talking about reduce eye strain, there are multiple causes of tired eyes. But the important and most eye fatigue today is the use of smartphones, tablets, e-readers, and computers. Because of the long, heavy, and constantly use for more than eight hours a day at home or at work.

Helpful, Turn Off the Lights is the best browser extension to minimize eye strain, that is free on all web browsers. This accessibility tool helps you to dim the screen (and focus the video you are watching on your screen). But also provide your the fully-customizable option to control the web, that to get dark mode on all websites. That makes it visually comfortable for your eyes, and adjust its readability for your eyes when you are having eye pain from the bright light coming from your computer screen.

Here is a piece of valuable information about reducing eye strain for free, starting with what is eye strain and the practical solution to prevent this health condition of your eyes.

What is eye strain?

Eye strain or better known as asthenopia is an eye condition that has to do with your eyes that have been fatigued or tired, pain in or around the eyes, blurred vision, headache, and occasional double vision. Most of these symptoms are caused by the long use of digital screens such as a computer, iPhone, iPad, Android, or any other activities that involve extensive visual tasks. This group of eye and vision-related problems is part of computer vision syndrome, also referred to as digital eye strain.

The best way to fight and reduce eye strain

Turn Off the Lights – the best Chrome Extension to reduce eye strain from your computer

There is no need to download a separate screen dimmer extension, dark mode extension, or a blue light filter extension. When the user installs many separate browser extensions, it can decrease the performance of your web browser. And create a conflicting issue with other browser extensions.

Screen Dimmer (apply dim filter)

This is the default browser lamp behavior when you click on the gray lamp button. It adds a transparent layer on top of the web page, that is readable. If the dark layer is too dark or still bright for you, when you click 2X on the gray lamp button you get a mini settings panel. Here you can adjust the opacity value and his color. And when you click on the dark layer, it shows you back to the regular website.

Note: There is an option to keep the dark layer on your screen when you click on a hyperlink or button. That without removing this dark layer.

Night Mode (apply dark mode on all websites)

When you are on a very bright news website, it can definitely cause headaches when reading too much concentrated on this web page. When a single click on the night switch it converts the website stylesheet to your own chosen dark theme color. And when click again, it returns back to the default website theme. This feature works for all websites. To protect your eyes, enable dark mode on any website now!

Screen Shader (apply blue light filter)

The screen shader filter adds orange color to reduce eye strain, eye fatigue, and to cozy your brain’s day and night cycle. This alters the coloration of websites to a redder color. That tweak the screen display to show you a more red light, with less green light, and considerably less blue light. When you increase this shade layer value, the more the color of the website will be reddened. So the less your computer display will emit blue light.

Risk Factors For Eye Strain

Eye strain is not for an individual person in a certain geography, but can affect anyone in the world that both children and adults. There are risk factors that make a person more likely to suffer from eye strain, such as existing refractive errors, nearsightedness, farsightedness, and astigmatism. And even further other risk factors include chronic dry eyes, eye muscle problems, prolonged exposure to screens, and reading a text for very long periods of time.

Eye remedies tips for computer work

The use of a computer is one of the common causes of eye strain. So if you work on a flexible or fixed desk, at home or at work. These helpful self-care tips can help you ease the strain on your eyes.

• Blinking amount of your eyes. When you are on working constantly on the computer screen, you are mostly concentrated and fixed on the screen. Thereby, most users are blinking less with their eyes, and that caused dry eyes. Try to get into the habit of blinking your eyes every now and then when watching on a computer screen. That will bring some tears that will moisten your eyes when you open to close the status of your eyes.
• Take a Break. When you are working through the 8 hours working day or longer, give your eyes a break that watching instantly on the bright screen. Try to follow the 20-20-20 rest your eyes rule. That means for every 20 minutes, look at something in the far distance that has a distance of 20 feet or 6 meters, and that for at least 20 seconds.
• Lighting direction. When you have too much lighting shining directly on your device screen, that will create much glare and can cause eye strain. So you will see it difficult to see your other objects. The problem can solve with orient the light on the ceiling in a different direction. Or switch the lamp off that is overhead of you. And do not place your monitor directly in front of a window or white wall. When you are using and desktop monitor you can buy an anti-glare cover over the screen.
• Setup your desktop orientation. When you are working on the computer, place the computer monitor best in the front of you where you sit or stand, that with an arm’s length away from you. So that reduces the neck pain too to not watch to left or right. And your desktop chair on the correct seat level so that your feet are flat on the ground.
• Setup your screen settings. Squeezing to read your text on the computer screen is not good. So try to enlarge the font size to make it easy to read the text. That make will reduce the eye strain. And make sure the screen is not too bright that it shining not much light on your face.

Install the latest Turn Off the Lights browser extension

As a result, you know what Eye strain is and how to reduce eye strain. Thereby, there is no other free browser extension in the world that provides you with this solution, and that is Open-Source. And there is no yearly subscription and no in-app purchase model to unlock a certain feature for the Pro price level. Such as the basic version, Premium version, Business version, Enterprise version, and Ultimate version. It is one version, that has everything inside.

The Turn Off the Lights browser extension is rich with useful and powerful options to have full control of the web page. And with many options to make it so personal to your style, even paid browser extensions do not have this possibility. Turn Off the Lights browser extension is free and Open-Source. As I believe this accessibility tool should be free for everyone. So you get the best web experience in your favorite web browser, on whatever device, mobile or desktop.

Stefan Van Damme – Developer of the Turn Off the Lights browser extension

It is one unique browser extension since the day the first version went online on 15 December 2009, and it is 100% free on all web browsers including Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Opera, Microsoft Edge, Vivaldi, Brave, Yandex, Maxthon, and Naver Whale. Protect Your Eyes Now. For Free!