Please use and enjoy it, and if you can make a donation of any amount, we'd appreciate it immensely

🎞 Watch and Discover new features with the YouTube Video Tutorial

Since the beginning of this year 2020, we launched each week a brand new YouTube video tutorial on how to enable a useful feature in your favorite web browser. That from the Night Mode to the install of the Dark Mode theme in your desktop web browser. And it includes up to 50 how-to YouTube video tutorials.

Turn Off the Lights YouTube Video Tutorials
Turn Off the Lights YouTube Video Tutorials

Watch YouTube Video Tutorial Playlist

Learn something new today. And explore all the useful features in your favorite web browser with the Turn Off the Lights browser extension. So you will experience the web like never seen before.

We will much appreciate your support on our work by subscribing to our Turn Off the Lights YouTube Channel. And click on the notification bell icon, so you will be notified when there is a new YouTube video available. And you will discover an interesting feature that you did not know about the Turn Off the Lights browser extension and project. Subscribe Now!

If you like to want to see a different YouTube video tutorial, please let us know on the official Turn Off the Lights Support page. All feedback is welcome so you can know how to set it up for you and for your friends and family.

About The Author

Stefan Van Damme

πŸ€“ 3 Awesome Time-Savers with Google’s Chrome Omnibox

Also new in the Turn Off the Lights Browser extension version 4.1, is the Omnibox search actions. It is a nifty way to execute that command in your web browser. Just like a terminal window but in the web browser address bar. To start this time-saver feature, you must type only the keyword “totl” in your Google Chrome Omnibox (and other Chromium web browsers support this feature such as Opera, Yandex, and Microsoft Edge). And then type one of the following sentences.

Omnibox suggestions
Turn Off the Lights Browser extension – Omnibox suggestions

Omnibox suggestions in Turn Off the Lights

Here you can enable the dark user interface for the current website and can convert it back the regular day mode.

  • night mode
  • day mode
Turn Off the Lights Browser extension - Night Mode command from the Omnibox
Turn Off the Lights Browser extension – Night Mode command from the Omnibox

How to use this Omnibox search action? For example, when you type this in the address bar of your web browser:
totl night mode
That will activate the current Night Mode feature on the current web page, and even if you did not enable the night mode feature from the Turn Off the Lights Options page. It will switch to this default dark colors for the background page. And the bright color for the text and hyperlink.

The below keywords will dim or remove the dark layer the currently open tab page.

  • light off
  • light on

When you type this keyword in your web browser address bar, that will open the Turn Off the Lights Support page. Where you as a user can read the most asked questions with answers. And you can send feedback to us.

  • help

If you like to have more functions, please let us know on the official Turn Off the Lights Support page. All feedback is welcome to improve these actions and execute the feature in your favorite web browser address bar.

About The Author

Stefan Van Damme

πŸ•Ή Hidden Easter egg game in Turn Off the Lights Browser extension

Did you found the hidden easter egg game? There is a secret Turn Off the Lights game hidden in the Options page.

On 15 December 2009, the first version of this extension was released for the Google Chrome web browser. And this year we celebrate the 10 years the Turn Off the Lights Browser extension. Therefore, there is a hidden easter egg game in the Turn Off the Lights v4.1 Browser extension and higher. Since the last major release, we added the search box. So you can easily find the setting you want to enable and that all to get you the best amazing web experience. But when you type the keyword “balloon” in the search box, you see that it load a mini-game on the Options page.

How do you play this easter game?

Turn Off the Lights Browser extension - Easter Egg Game
Turn Off the Lights Browser extension – Easter Egg Game

First, open the Turn Off the Lights Options page, and type in the search box the keyword “balloon”. You see it show and load the balloon mini-game. And with the arrow up key or mouse click on the canvas, you can move the balloon upwards, and when you do not press the arrow up key. The gravity brings the balloon slightly down.
The goal of this game is to move the party balloon between the two walls. And at each time you went through this wall, it will go faster and faster. Because for every 100 points you get a ping sound and that increases the speed of this track. Concentration is important as with one click too much, you can reach the wall or the ceiling. And then the game will stop and provide your current high score. Furthermore, you can share this score with your friends on your favorite social network.

Celebrate 10-year Turn Off the Lights birthday today with this game. And can you beat our high score game of 2714 points?

About The Author

Stefan Van Damme