Turn Off the Lights Chrome extension arrives on Microsoft Edge as a preview

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Published onMarch 19, 2016

published onMarch 19, 2016

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Turn Off the Lights, for those that did not know, is a free browser extension for Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and other browsers, where you can dim everything on the screen except the Flash or HTML5 video you are watching. This is a really cool and useful extension that helps viewers focus on the video they want to watch and not be distracted by the brightness of a website.

With the most recent build of Windows 10 Redstone offering support for Microsoft Edge extensions, the developer behind Turn Off the Lights has released a preview of their extension for the Edge browser. Not all of the features work and there are a few things you need to do in order to get the extension working.

Edge doesn’t support the “sync” feature from Google Chrome, so you must change the code from this:chrome.storage.sync.getto thischrome.storage.local.get
Currently there is no “Options” button visible to change the settings in the “Turn Off the Lights” options page.4) Our Turn Off the Lights extension use the pageaction icon, so the icon is also visible in the first page when you open the Edge web browser. Just right of the blue search button. When you click on the gray lamp button, it dims only the webview element. And that is just below the search box, the other part is gray and is coming from the browser UI.

Head over here to grab the extensionand pay close attention to the documentation provided. Let us know in the comments below if you find this extension to be useful. What other extensions are you looking forward to seeing, aside from Adblock?

Turn Off the Lights Edge extension. Preview! @msdevbelux#Windows10#Edge#FridayFeelinghttps://t.co/H2XW6TsxI9pic.twitter.com/vDUN0OQ9r9

— Turn Off the Lights (@TurnOfftheLight)March 18, 2016

Radu Tyrsina

Radu Tyrsina has been a Windows fan ever since he got his first PC, a Pentium III (a monster at that time).

For most of the kids of his age, the Internet was an amazing way to play and communicate with others, but he was deeply impressed by the flow of information and how easily you can find anything on the web.

Prior to founding Windows Report, this particular curiosity about digital content enabled him to grow a number of sites that helped hundreds of millions reach faster the answer they’re looking for.

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