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You can get today the most ultimate tool in your Safari web browser. Because the Turn Off the Lights extension can do much more then you think.

What is new in this Turn Off the Lights for Safari extension version? There are many amazing improvements available for you. You get all the innovative features from the Turn Off the Lights Chrome extension version 4 engine. Here below a brief overview of what you can do in the new Safari extension version.

The Double Click Menu

When you open a web page, you can click double on gray lamp button. This will open the popup menu on top of the website content. In this popup window, you can change the opacity and color of the dark layer.

Also, you can enable here the Night Mode, Atmosphere Lighting feature with a single click on the checkbox.

Discover your favorite website in the dark

In this new version, you can know how much energy you saved when you dim the web page for a certain time. And you can know what is your favorite website where you engage the most with the Turn Off the Lights extension. This analytics information is only available on your Mac computer.

Better Night Mode

This version includes also an update for the Night Mode feature. With a click on the switch, you can convert the website day theme to a night theme. And with the new double click menu, you can customize live the background color, text and hyperlink color.

Improvement Options page

The Options page layout is more simple and easy to use. And yes, there is Dark Mode available when you click on the three-dot icon. That is great for dark macOS Mojave users.

The Turn Off the Lights for Safari extension is 100% free. And we don’t charge you to get this extension in your Safari web browser. As we believe this tool must be available for everyone, from students to teachers, and users who want to protect his eyes against this bright white light.

But for the developer as us, the macOS platform to publish this Safari extension is not free, Apple charges us each year 99$. If you like our work, please make a small donation to keep this free and open Source Turn Off the Lights available each year.

Today marks the 10–year anniversary of the launch of the most popular web browser Google Chrome. The first version went online on 2 September 2008 as a simple and fast web browser for Windows XP and later, with 43 supported languages. In December 2009, Google released beta versions of Chrome for OS X and Linux.
And finally, the Chrome extension support was launched on 25 January 2010 along with Google Chrome 4.0.

10th Anniversary! Happy Birthday!

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Happy birthday dear Google Chrome
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Birthday wishes for 10th Anniversary Google Chrome

10th Anniversary of the Google Chrome web browser. Thanks to Google Chrome can you browse and search faster on the internet than any web browser today.
The user interface is so different than any other web browser and got this Omnibox feature. Omnibox is a URL box that combines the functions of both the address bar and search box.
And Chrome is designed to automatically keep itself up-to-date. While you’re browsing, Chrome downloads updates in the background without interrupting what you’re doing. And the next time you open Google Chrome, you use the latest new version. The latest version gets the users secure with the latest security update, fixed bugs, and add new amazing features to enjoy the web experience even better. Thank you Google Chrome!

The Turn Off the Lights Chrome extension was since the start of extension support available on 15 December 2009. And it is one of the unique and most notable extensions in the Chrome Web Store (formerly Google Chrome Extensions Gallery). That has been featured by Google and YouTube’s official blog. Just like the Google Chrome web browser (the Chromium project) is Turn Off the Lights Browser extension is an Open Source project. And available to everyone who wants to get a great dark experience.

Happy 10th Anniversary Google Chrome. So have you not tried the new Turn Off the Lights Chrome extension? You can download the Turn Off the Lights Chrome extension on the Chrome Web Store. And if you have any questions or feedback for us, you can submit yours on the support page.

We take all your feedback and privacy concerns very seriously. And we will improve the Turn Off the Lights Open-Source browser extension on every update. So that it is more enjoyable and you get the best night experience (when you are using the Night Mode feature). Furthermore, that with no annoying pop-ups and no screen cover that ask you to update your web browser. Also, the developer of this Browser extension said this valuable rule:

“Keep it simple, and do what it must do.”
– Stefan Van Damme

Most noteworthy, because it is one of the reasons why Turn Off the Lights is one of the most popular browser extension.

Removed the Google Analytics

Starting from the Turn Off the Lights Browser extension version 4.0.20.0 and higher, it will contain no Google Analytics Javascript code anymore. We used this JavaScript code to know the total number of users that are using this browser extension. And there is no reason to keep this file in the browser extension. Because most web browsers show this information on the browser extension web page.

These days you see more bad browser extensions in the store. And they do really bad things to you and your web browser.
Turn Off the Lights Browser extension do not do these bad things. Your privacy is the highest priority. We say no to tracking, no pop-ups, no malware, and that it is free to use and it is an open-source project. Where you as a user can always read the browser extension code on GitHub:
https://github.com/turnoffthelights/Turn-Off-the-Lights-Chrome-extension/tree/master/js
That is all readable text, line by line and it is not encrypted with random variable names.

Turn Off the Lights Browser extension is build by your feedback and your concern. And if there is something not good, we will fix this issue. Or if you don’t know what that function does, you can always contact us on the Turn Off the Lights Support page. And we are happy to explain it to you.

The browser extension will be automatically updated to the latest version. So, if you are a new user, then you can get the Turn Off the Lights browser extension here on the official download page.

If you like Turn Off the Lights, do not forget to support our work by donating a small amount. This to keep our browser extension online for everyone.