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🔰 Learn exciting features in the new and amazing Interactive Welcome Guide

Posted on February 4, 2019October 7, 2021 by Stefan Van Damme

Today you can learn more about the exciting features of the Turn Off the Lights Browser extension in the new and interactive welcome guide. In this guide, you will learn the basics to become a product expert as a Turn Off the Lights Browser extension user. That with each scroll movement, you can read and experience live the function of that feature. Above all, you can learn all features without the need to install the Turn Off the Lights Browser extension in your web browser.

Interactive Elements

For each slide, there is a mini and clean web browser visible on the slide. In other words, that with all the basic user interface elements such as an active tab, address bar, web page container box and the browser extension icon in the toolbar. So here you can test this feature and that without enabling the feature first in the Turn Off the Lights browser extension. In addition, you can get a real feeling on how it will look, and how you will experience this feature in a real web browser window.

Responsive Design

The Guide is so developed that it looks good on all devices. That on your desktop, tablet, and mobile web browsers. The page fit in the current size of your web browser screen. And all the slides and interactive elements will fit in the center of this available screen size. In conclusion, the Welcome Guide is desktop and mobile user-friendly.

Support for Dark Mode

If you are a macOS user and you are using the latest Safari web browser (Safari Technology Preview). Then you can use the new dark mode in our Welcome Guide. So it matched better with your operation system appearance, and it is more conformable for your eyes.

Welcome Guide in Dark Mode - Turn Off the Lights Browser Extension — *Welcome Guide in Dark Mode – Turn Off the Lights Browser Extension*

Try it yourself today! The new interactive Welcome Guide is available for all major web browser. Such as Google Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Safari, Yandex and Microsoft Edge. We hope you like it as we do here at Turn Off the Lights. And don’t forget you can support our open source work with a small donation.

About The Author

Stefan Van Damme

Stefan Van Damme is the lead Developer of the Turn Off the Lights Browser Extension for Google Chrome, Safari, Opera, Firefox, Maxthon, Yandex, Vivaldi, Brave, and Microsoft Edge.

📋 Build the Next Greatest and Amazing feature you want. Feedback us Now!

Posted on January 7, 2019March 27, 2021 by Stefan Van Damme

Since the first version of our Turn Off the Lights Browser extension (released on 15 December 2009), we take all your feedback, security, and privacy concerns very seriously. For instance, if you do not like a feature we take immediate action to improve this bad experience. Because the goal of this browser extension is to keep it simple for our users with no annoying elements. That includes no unnecessary popup that warns you to update your web browser. The browser extension has one single purpose. So that you get the best internet experience and you can increase your education, productivity, or entertainment time. In conclusion, you have control over what this powerful browser extension should and not do. And you can manage the settings all yourself on the Turn Off the Lights Options page. Also, we believe that the Turn Off the Lights browser extension is the industry standard to get the best dark experience in your web browsers. And it is one of the reasons that this browser extension is featured by Google, YouTube, Mozilla, Microsoft Edge, Opera, and the Yandex web browser.

The Turn Off the Lights Browser extension is an Open Source project and you are free to read our code on the Github website. Above all, it is very easy to read, line by line and it is not encrypted with random variable names. From the beginning, we build our browser extension by user feedback, such as from you. And if you find a problem, a bug, or you need any help, we are here to help you on the official Turn Off the Lights support page.

We need your Feedback

Sometimes we can do it better. And we would love to hear your feedback, your concern and what you like and do not like in this free and open source browser extension. Please help and fill in this feedback survey. It only takes about 3 a 4 minutes of your time. The feedback survey is anonymous and confidential.

Fill in this Feedback survey

(You may share this blog post with your friends, colleagues, and family members. How much feedback we receive about this browser extension. That the better we hear your biggest concern and make this next browser extension version more amazing than ever before.)

About The Author

Stefan Van Damme

Stefan Van Damme is the lead Developer of the Turn Off the Lights Browser Extension for Google Chrome, Safari, Opera, Firefox, Maxthon, Yandex, Vivaldi, Brave, and Microsoft Edge.

🎄 The Essential new things you can experience since 2018

Posted on December 17, 2018February 8, 2023 by Stefan Van Damme

Blink blink… and the year is almost on his end. It was an ultimate year with amazing updates for Turn Off the Lights. In the year 2018, you saw tremendous improvements in design and user experience. And we can’t wait for the 2019 updates that will blow you away. Here is a short overview from the Turn Off the Lights software update in the year 2018:

The Essential new things for Browser users

In April 2018 we created The Biggest Ultimate update for our web users. The Turn Off the Lights Options page has a completely different user interface, that is simple and responsive in all screen sizes (desktop, tablet, and mobile). That you experience the YouTube experience even better.
And with the support of the Dark Mode options page, so you see your settings on a not-bright page. But a darker theme that makes it more comfortable for your eyes.

In May 2018, we remember Global Accessibility Awareness Day, that disability users need a helpful tool, so they can experience the web in a less fearful way.

In September 2018, is Google’s birthday month but also to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Google Chrome web browser.

In October 2018, the Apple Safari extension received the same engine update, with the Double Click menu to easily change the dark layer opacity. And to enable quickly the Night Mode feature (custom panel to choose your own background, text, and hyperlink color).

In November 2018, the American Education week, use this tool for special needs students. Here we highlighted a teacher review about the use of our Turn Off the Lights Chrome extension. And recommended you to use it too.

The Essential new things for Desktop users

In June 2018, we did the Big Ultimate update for the desktop users. The screen dimmer preference page has an Acrylic material theme. So it feels more together with the latest Windows 10 coherent and fluent design. The Turn Off the Lights for Desktop app is the only unique and best screen dimmer for Windows 10 users.

It has a Responsive Layout, so the preference page matches your current open screen size. And easy to find your setting with the search box in the navigation bar.

And you Turn Off the Lights for Desktop settings are saved in the cloud, so whenever you login into your Microsoft Surface or other Windows devices. You get the same experience on each device. The best and most powerful app to dim your screen on Windows 10.

Thank You

We would like to thank all our users, for their feedback, contributions, and support. It is always a pleasure to improve our work, and we are always here to make this small and free nifty browser extension better with each update. That is on your user request. Thank you and we wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2019!

About The Author

Stefan Van Damme

Stefan Van Damme is the lead Developer of the Turn Off the Lights Browser Extension for Google Chrome, Safari, Opera, Firefox, Maxthon, Yandex, Vivaldi, Brave, and Microsoft Edge.