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Get your screen dimmer for Windows 10 now in the Windows Store

How to get the best screen dimmer for Windows 10? Well, the best screen dimmer concept is already available as a Browser extension. And on the Mac, with the launch of the ‘Turn Off the Lights for Desktop’ for Mac computers.
Today we have great news for Windows 10 users! It is now possible to automatically protect your eyes late at night with the ‘Turn Off the Lights for Desktop’ Windows 10 App. When you installed the new app on your computer, you will see that it adds a white lamp button left on your clock. And just like in the browser extension, you can activate the black transparent layer with one single click or finger tap.

Screen dimmer for Windows 10
Screen dimmer for Windows 10

Screen dimmer for Windows 10 Desktop App

It’s the only and most advanced eye protection app in the Windows Store. That is all with the white lamp button in your taskbar. You can download the screen dimmer for Windows 10 Desktop app now on the Windows Store. The minimum requirement to install this new Windows Store app is Windows 10 anniversary 1607.

Turn Off the Lights for Desktop Windows 10 Desktop App
Turn Off the Lights for Desktop Windows 10 Desktop App

What can I adapt to this app?

It is more than just a regular white lamp button. Here is a brief overview of what you can adapt in the settings window:

  • Change the opacity value;
  • Show the solid color as the background (or your own chosen yellow light filter);
  • Or choose your own Image background;
  • Or use a video background as a dark layer when you click on the white lamp button;
  • Customize the keyboard shortcuts, for lights on/off and increase/decrease the opacity value;
  • Start automatically up the app when you start up your computer;
  • Option to show a spotlight around your mouse cursor;
  • Option to show the fade effects when activating the dark layer;
  • Advanced Eye Protection schedule, this is to schedule when you want the lights off at night example at 11 pm on Friday and on the weekend at 9 pm;
  • Highlight the currently opened program on top of the dark layer, such as the video player app.

The ‘Turn Off the Lights for Desktop’ Windows app is a free update for existing users. Previous users will get a coupon in their email box to download this new version for their Windows 10 computers. That has this easy and useful experience to dim the screen on top of all your open window applications. And to customize the dark layer to your favorite dark tint with more or less transparency.

Get it from Microsoft Store

The coupon is expired after 1 year automatically to get the latest Screen dimmer for Windows 10 update from the Microsoft Windows Store. (promo action is ended) If you need any assistance or help on how to use or setup up this screen dimmer you can contact us at Turn Off the Lights Support.

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Stefan Van Damme

If You Love Chrome, You’ll Love Dark Chrome theme in 3 steps

Today we are happy to announce our up to date Chrome themes. We redefine the style and the dark Chrome theme look for your Google Chrome web browser. So it doesn’t disturb you and create no distraction in your productivity work. Now you can choose between three most gorgeous themes and with a bonus theme. All those themes will match well with our Turn Off the Lights Browser extension lamp icon.

Dark Chrome theme

The first one we created is a darker theme, that is not too dark. We choose the black color with a 80% opacity. So it is very coherent with the lights off layer (from the Turn Off the Lights Browser extension). You see that it extends the layer more out of the web view, and is a way to get less distraction from the other elements in the toolbar. It is called the Dark Chrome theme on the Chrome Web Store.

Dark Chrome theme

Black Chrome theme

The other theme is the Black Chrome Theme, this is the most complete black theme that is 100% black as background color. This from the titlebar, bookmark bar up to and including the window frame border. Where the arrows and settings buttons are in a white color.

Black theme is better then Dark Chrome theme
Black theme for Google Chrome

While you as user can choose for the white lamp button of Turn Off the Lights Chrome extension, this will math very well with this theme.

Light Chrome theme

The light or white theme, create a brighter and a clean web browser. Where it feels more essential for day users.

Light Theme for Google Chrome
Light Theme for Google Chrome

Valentine Day’s Chrome theme

Valetine's Day Chrome theme
Valentine’s Day theme for Google Chrome

Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day or better know as Saint Valentine’s Day, and the last theme we designed especially for that day is the beautiful red Valentine’s Day Chrome theme.

You can download and try all of the above these free themes today on this web page:
Turn Off the Lights Browser Theme

Hope you like the coherent themes for your Chrome web browser. Don’t forget to rate this to 5 stars. And if you can make a donation, we appreciate it immensely.

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Stefan Van Damme

Touch Bar support for the Turn Off the Lights for Desktop Mac app

Turn Off the Lights for Desktop is one of the most customizable and advanced Mac app ever. That you can use to dims your whole screen. And today we are excited to update this experience even further. As a result, we added few easy control buttons in your Touch Bar (for Macbook Pro 13 inch and Macbook 15 inch late 2016 model), so you can easily dim your screen with one tap, change the opacity, and even change the color of this dark layer.

Touch Bar

You get the best experience on your fingertips, move the slider to left or right to get a comfortable feeling for your eyes. Furthermore, you can change the color of this dark layer live with a finger tap on your Touch Bar.
Touch bar Turn Off the Lights mac app

Notification Center Widget

You as a user can swipe with your two fingers and tap to change quickly the opacity value. This  Notification Center widget is movable in your sidebar. Move to the left, to decrease to opacity value of the dark layer and vice versa.

Notification Center Widget Turn Off the Lights for Desktop Mac app

Translation Update

We updated also support for the following language Catalan, Chinese (Simplified), Polish, Slovenian, Swedish and Romanian.

It is a free update, for all the Mac users who installed the Turn Off the Lights for Desktop Mac app. The Mac app is available for macOS Sierra. If you have any questions or need help, you can ask it on our support page.

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Stefan Van Damme