dimmer

An addon to dim pages.
What is dimmer?
"Dimmer" is a Firefox add-on designed to enhance your browsing experience by applying a dark overlay over web pages. It helps reduce eye strain caused by bright images and videos, even in dark mode. With customizable shortcuts, you can toggle dimming for all tabs or just the active tab. The add-on offers settings that allow you to control whether tabs share their dimming state, making it easy to manage your browsing environment according to your needs.
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Add-on stats

By: mehmetb
Users: 1,019 ▲ 9
Rating: 4.95 (20)
Version: 3.2.0 (Last updated: 2023-11-11)
Creation date: 2020-04-21
Weekly download count: 30
Firefox on Android: No
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Size: 32.90K
Email: me*****@pm.me
URLs: Website

Ranking

# 2982
Other rankings
#182 in overlay keyword 31 ▲ 1 #228 in state keyword 12

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Add-on summary

Analyze keywords

Even if you're using dark mode your eyes can still hurt by bright images/videos. This addon places a dark overlay infront of everything on the page to dim the brightness.

  • Toggle Dim (All tabs): Ctrl + Alt + N (Linux/Windows), ⌘ + ⌥ + N (Mac)
  • Toggle Dim (Active tab only): Ctrl + Alt + B (Linux/Windows), ⌘ + ⌥ + B (Mac)
You can change the shortcuts from about:addons -> Manage Your Extension -> Manage Extension Shortcuts.

Settings

  • All tabs When this option is selected, the states will be shared between the tabs that is set to 'All tabs'. If you change the state (dim/undim or change the dim level) of one of the tabs, the change will be applied to all tabs that are set to use 'All tabs' option.
  • This tab only When this option is selected, the tab will have its own state and it will not be affected by other tabs' state changes.
Changing the settings

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Firefox Browser Add-ons does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Simplicity and ease of use
  • Ability to adjust brightness with a slider
  • Effective at reducing glare and reflections
  • Keyboard shortcut for convenience
  • Does not alter colors, just dims
Cons
  • Dim button fails to close the popup
  • Doesn't work on PDFs viewed in the browser
  • Needs to be activated on each new page
Most mentioned
  • Excellent
  • Works perfectly
  • Game changer for people with headaches
Recent reviews
Excellent addon, does exactly what it says it will with simplicity and logical choices about which tabs to apply it to. Essential in my view.
by Rob, 2024-08-26
by Grey, 2024-07-01
by Grey, 2024-07-01
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Add-on safety

Risk impact

dimmer may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this add-on. Review carefully before installing.

Risk likelihood

dimmer has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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