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What is the Flash Detection feature and enable it in 3 easy steps?

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1 Flash Detection Level
2 How to enable the feature?

It is one of the Turn Off the Lights browser extension feature that detects the Adobe Flash video players on the current web page. And push automatically all the Flash objects on top of the dark layer, when you click on the gray lamp button in the toolbar. It is a feature that is engineered and designed to detect the video player better and faster.

Flash Detection Level

There are two kinds of levels of Flash Detection in this feature:

  • The basic, this search for inside the web page, and highlight only the Flash objects that come from this website address.
  • The hard way, this disables all ads URL checks and Embed Video Player
Flash Detection feature in the Turn Off the Lights Options page
Flash Detection feature in the Turn Off the Lights Options page

This feature is one of the key engines of the ‘video intelligent detection’ that makes it works on all video websites. That with the embed video player on other websites such as JW Player, Silverlight.

How to enable the feature?

Default is this feature disable in the Turn Off the Lights options page, but you can enable it by following the instructions here below:

  1. Open your web browser
  2. Click right on the gray lamp icon
  3. And click on Options to open the Turn Off the Lights options page.
  4. Open then the Advanced Options tab
  5. On the top of the web page, you see the subject Flash Detection
  6. There you click the second or third option
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About The Author

Stefan Van Damme

Stefan Van Damme is the developer of the popular Turn Off the Lights browser extension, which he began building in December 2009 for Google Chrome. With over a decade of experience in the field, he has expanded the extension's availability to a wide range of web browsers, including Safari, Opera, Firefox, Maxthon, Brave, Vivaldi, Microsoft Edge, Yandex, and Naver Whale. His commitment to providing users with a quality product has made the Turn Off the Lights extension one of the most highly regarded and widely used browser extensions available. Additionally, the extension is free and Open-Source for all web browsers, and has been featured on major blogs such as Google, Microsoft, and Mozilla. With his extensive experience and knowledge in browser extensions, Stefan Van Damme is a highly qualified and authoritative figure in the field.