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🌸 Introducing the Turn Off the Lights Naver Whale extension – #1 Tool

There is a new Naver Whale extension on the market. But what is Naver Whale? The Naver Whale is another free web browser developed by the South Korean technology company Naver Corporation. And it is one of the fasted growing web browsers on the Korean market. The Whale browser has a unique sidebar, which can be switched off in the menu, on the right side. Naver whale is based on the Chromium web browser. So web page rendering works the same as it does in Google Chrome and other Chromium-based browsers.

Naver Whale web browser with Naver Whale extensions
Naver Whale web browser with Naver Whale extensions

This sidebar provides quick access to mostly NAVERs own web services as well as bookmarks and some handy tools like a music player and a toolbox with a calculator, timer, memo, translation, bookmarks, and a calendar. It is the ideal web browser if you live in Korea. In the Whale web browser, you can also customize the experience by installing Naver Whale extensions.

Today we introduce the launch of the Turn Off the Lights Naver Whale extension, so you can enjoy the video and web at its best in your Nave Whale web browser. So you can pop out the chosen video you want to see and keep your focus.

Turn Off the Lights Naver Whale extension on a YouTube video about Cherry Blossom on the Seoul streets
Turn Off the Lights Naver Whale extension on a YouTube video about Cherry Blossom on the Seoul streets

You can experience all the features from the original Turn Off the Lights Chrome extension. That includes to focus the current video player and dimming the rest. Get a harmonious dark mode on all websites that you can change to your favorite colors, Mouse Volume scroll, force YouTube to play the highest video resolution, etc. It all supports the features of the Chrome extension. Furthermore, it is free and Open-Source.

Download the Naver Whale extension

You can download the official Turn Off the Lights Naver Whale extension from the Whale Store. As it is available in more than 54 languages including English, Korean, and Japanese.

If you love the free Turn Off the Lights Naver Whale extension on the Naver Whale web browser, do not forget to support our hard work by making a small contribution. So that we can continually improve this experience and get the app available for everyone at the Store.

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Stefan Van Damme

🌍 Translate for the Next Big Browser Extension Update

Web browsers are bringing the hands together for a uniform browser extension platform. And that will brings the browser extension to a new Manifest version 3. With the main focus to bring performance and privacy improvement to the users. But also some new strings that need to translate for the next Turn Off the Lights browser extension.

The English messages.json file is the translation file that is used in the browser extension ecosystem. That you can also use to translate it to the other local language.
The English messages.json file is the translation file that is used in the browser extension ecosystem. That you can also use to translate it to the other local language.

Tomorrow Google Chrome release its 100 version. That is a huge milestone in the history of the Chrome web browser. And later this year it will end the support of the Manifest version 2 Chrome extension. So there is a huge code work to be done in converting this to the latest requirement for the web browser. And translation is one of these important tasks. So that to make it understandable for all the users around the world.

Translate

The browser extension support up to 54 languages. And today we published on the Crowdin project page new strings for the browser extension Manifest v3. That from a string in the Options page to the web browser user interface themes. If you know a person that writes one of these languages: Afrikaans, Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, Asturian, Azerbaijani, Basque, Bengali, Bulgarian, Burmese, Catalan, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Chinese Traditional (Hong Kong), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English (United Kingdom), Estonian, Filipino, Finnish, French, Galician, Georgian, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Kabyle, Kannada, Korean, Kurdish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Malayalam, Maltese, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazilian), Romanian, Russian, Serbian (Cyrillic), Serbian (Latin), Sinhala, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Spanish (Argentina), Swahili, Swedish, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu (Pakistan), and Vietnamese. You can help to make this free browser extension understandable for these languages.

Honor list

Each individual contributor will be honored, and his name will be visible on the Translation Community web page. Furthermore, you can ask for a digital certificate to prove you are one of the members that translate the free and Open-Source browser extension.

What are you waiting for Translate it Now! And if you know a friend that writes one of these languages, do not hesitate to share this news with them.

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Stefan Van Damme

🖤 Top Dark & Black Themes Now Open-Source [3 Best in 2022 and 2023]

When you download and install the Google Chrome web browser for the first time. Out of the box, the standard Chrome theme looks a bit flat. And maybe it is not to your personal taste. We will provide you with Top Dark & Black Themes designed by us the experts in black design.

Besides developing the industry standard Turn Off the Lights browser extension. That is to keep focus and well protected your eyes against the bright light. The Turn Off the Lights team also design coherent themes that match well with the Turn Off the Lights browser extension style. That has the same goal to make the use of the web browser more comfortable for your eyes that day and night. Here is the full collection of the best dark & black themes. Whatever your taste, there is a perfect theme for you.

Reasons why get Dark & Black Themes

First, they can reduce eye strain, especially when using a computer or device for long periods of time. Dark backgrounds with lighter text can make it easier to read and reduce the glare from the screen.

Second, dark and black themes can also help to conserve battery power on devices with OLED or AMOLED displays. Because these types of displays only light up the pixels that are displaying content, using a dark or black background can significantly reduce the amount of power used.

Third, dark and black themes can also improve visibility in low-light conditions. This can be especially beneficial for users who work or use their devices in dimly lit environments.

Top Dark & Black Themes

  1. Dark Theme for Google Chrome / Dark Theme for Firefox / Dark Theme for Microsoft Edge

The best dark mode web browser theme for your favorite web browser. That makes browsing the web more comfortable. Here the high-quality theme uses not the shining black as the background and frame color. Because this reflects everything back to you.

Download now the Dark Theme from the Chrome Web Store

One of the Top Dark & Black Themes - Dark Theme
One of the Top Dark & Black Themes – Dark Theme
  1. Complete Black Theme for Google Chrome / Complete Black Theme for Firefox / Complete Black Theme for Microsoft Edge

This is a classic all-black theme. That makes everything completely black. That is great to save energy on an OLED screen. So if you want to save energy and protect your eyes then this theme will fit your preferences.

Download now the Complete Back Theme from the Chrome Web Store

One of the Top Dark & Black Themes - Black Theme
One of the Top Dark & Black Themes – Black Theme
  1. Black and White Theme for Google Chrome / Black and White Theme for Firefox / Black and White Theme for Microsoft Edge

This theme is an abstract of two solid colors, black and white. Everything on the web browser user interface is in black. And the inactive tabs are with stronger white background color with the text in black. So you can read easily the title of these inactive tab pages.

Download now the Back and White Theme from the Chrome Web Store

One of the Top Dark & Black Themes - Black and White Theme
One of the Top Dark & Black Themes – Black and White Theme

Top Dark & Black Themes are now available on GitHub

Furthermore, all these Dark & Black Themes are free and Open-Source. And now you can see the code on the official Turn Off the Lights GitHub Repository “Browser Themes”. It includes Dark & Black Themes for all web browsers such as Google Chrome, Firefox, and Microsoft Edge.

Top Dark & Black Themes available in the Open-Source Browser Themes Repository at Github
Top Dark & Black Themes available in the Open-Source Browser Themes Repository at GitHub

And last, please do not forget to support our hard work by making a small contribution. That is to continually improve this dark experience and get you the best web and video experience in your favorite web browser.

About The Author

Stefan Van Damme