# Dark Background Preload

> Apply dark background color for all websites with minimal delay.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/dark-background-preload](https://chrome-stats.com/d/dark-background-preload)

## Overview

- **ID:** `dark-background-preload`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** jingyu9575
- **Category:** appearance
- **Daily users:** 19
- **Weekly downloads:** 3
- **Rating:** 4.92 / 5 (13 ratings)
- **Version:** 0.2resigned1
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-26
- **First published:** 2018-12-07
- **Size:** 10 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-11
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/dark-background-preload/)

## Description

Dark Background Preload is a Firefox add-on that helps mitigate light flashes caused by delayed loading of dark background color. It preloads and applies a customizable almost black (#2a2a2e) background color to all websites.

## Rankings

- #24,813 — Overall
- #44 — background
- #49 — hd backgrounds
- #117 — reload

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `<all_urls>`
- `storage`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/dark-background-preload)