Compare Chrome extensions: Turn Off the Lights vs IE Tab

Stats Turn Off the Lights Turn Off the Lights IE Tab IE Tab
User count 2,000,000+ 6,000,000+
Average rating 4.60 4.32
Rating count 33,519 19,094
Last updated 2023-10-12 2024-03-04
Size 3.41M 950.27K
Version 4.2.6.0 17.3.3.1
Short description
The entire page will be fading to dark, so you can watch the videos as if you were in the cinema. Works for YouTube™ and beyond. Display web pages using IE within Chrome. Use Java, Silverlight, ActiveX, Sharepoint, and more.
Full summary

With a single click on the lamp button, the page will fade to dark. And automatically focus on the video. By clicking on it again, the page will return to normal.

Turn Off the Lights is a lightweight and useful add-in designed for a more comfortable watching experience.

A few great features in this browser extension:

  • Turn the lights back on, by clicking on it
  • Support multiple video sites: YouTube, Dailymotion, Vimeo,... and more
  • Customize your YouTube: Auto HD: Set videos to play in HD automatically. Users can select from highres > 8K > 5K > 4K > 1080p > 720p > 480p > 360p > 240p > 144p > default Auto Wide: Automatically plays the video on the widest mode ,... and more
  • Easter Eggs: Shortcut key: T -> Do you like a real movie theater feeling?
  • Option to make the screen dark when the user clicks on the play button
  • Option to turn on/off the fade in and fade out effects
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IE Tab exactly emulates Internet Explorer, and enables you to load your web pages with different versions of IE (IE7 - IE11)

FULLY SUPPORTED IN WINDOWS 11 AND AFTER INTERNET EXPLORER IS REMOVED IN FEBRUARY 2023.

Please note that IE Tab for Windows does require the use of a separate executable, ietabhelper.exe. You can read more about that in the FAQ below.

-- FEATURES --

  • Create a list of URLs that will automatically open in IE Tab

  • Group Policy support for enterprise deployments

  • Securely use the old IE rendering engine

  • Edit Sharepoint documents instead of opening read-only

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