WhiteBuster

Busting whites since 2017
What is WhiteBuster?
WhiteBuster is a unique Chrome extension designed to enhance the user's browsing experience. It primarily works by transforming white or near-white backgrounds to a color of the user's choice, effectively reducing strain on the eyes. Aside from handling simple webpage elements, WhiteBuster also manages to handle transparent objects, iframes, and runtime created elements, ensuring a consistent aesthetic across all webpages. Despite the extension's efficacy, there are certain limitations such as inability to transform white background images and potential compatibility issues with certain web pages that code therefore depending on the background color being white.

Extension stats

By: kofifus
Users: 1,000+
Rating: 4.53 (15)
Version: 1.4.7 (Last updated: 2017-09-14)
Creation date: 2017-09-14
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • storage
  • http://*/*
  • https://*/*
Size: 23.59K

Other platforms

Not available on Firefox
Not available on Edge
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Extension summary

WhiteBuster will do it's best to turn all white backgrounds on the page to nicer eye -friendly colors ...

  • Converts all background-color of rgb/a(255,255,255), rgb/a(254,254,254) to selected color preserving opacity

  • does it's best to deal with transparent items, iframes and runtime created elements

Caveats:

  • White background images cannot be transformed

  • Badly coded pages that run code depending on background-color being white may break. (I haven't found any so far ...)

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User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Reduces glare without compromising readability or graphics
  • Easy to use
  • Provides background color presets for eye health
Cons
  • Some users may prefer a slider for adjusting brightness
Most mentioned
  • Reduces eye strain
  • Easy to use
  • Background color presets for eye health
User reviews
thank you
by ahmed zein, 2024-03-14

Simply cannot live without it.
by Moe Li, 2019-09-16

I've never left a review on an extension before, but I have to help people who need it find Whitebuster. My eyes are a wreck because of disease, so I have tried a lot of extensions to reduce the glare without compromising readability or graphics. This extension does it all. It's best one I've ever used and so easy to use.
by Valerie Riese, 2019-01-29
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Extension safety

Risk impact

WhiteBuster requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

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

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