Night Shift
Night Shift automatically shifts the colors of your browser content to the warmer end of the color spectrum after dark.
What is Night Shift?
'Night Shift' is a Chrome extension developed to protect users' eyes during night time browsing. The extension automatically changes the colors of your browser content to warmer, eye-friendly shades after dark. Users can choose from three scheduling options: Sunset to Sunrise, Manual, or Custom. With Night Shift, users no longer have to strain their eyes while browsing at night, and can enjoy the experience of browsing with warmer, gentler colors.
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Summary
Night Shift automatically shifts the colors of your browser content to the warmer end of the color spectrum after dark.
⚡ You need to refresh all the tabs, which were opened BEFORE the Night Shift was installed. You can also restart Chrome to refresh all the tabs at once. Otherwise, Night Shift will work only with the newly opened tabs.
⚡In accordance with the Chrome Browser policies, Night Shift is restricted to work on the Chrome Web Store and Home Page. Please open any other website (for example, YouTube) after installing this extension and check the extension in action.
Night Shift provides itself on a scheduled basis, you can choose from 3 options:
- Sunset to Sunrise (Chrome colors will be shaded every day automatically on Sunset).
- Off (manually enable the Night Shift to shade the screen)
- Custom (set up your own schedule to start up and finish display color adjustments)
Take care of your eyes. Change screen brightness to special eye-protective colors from the list or to a color that you prefer. Night shift changes the colors of the screen to warm and eye-protective shades. You can set automatically change screen mode by schedule or select a color theme for a certain website.
Working on a computer a night time may take affect your eyes. Night Shift Mode is a good opportunity to reduce screen brightening to take care of your eyes. Dark Mode isn't suitable for all websites, so applying warm colors to all websites will be the best alternative for screen tinting.
User reviews
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Pros
- Provides a comfortable night mode for web browsing
- Users can customize their desired tone colours
- Less harsh contrast compared to other 'dark mode' extensions
Cons
- Requires manual adjustments for many extended features
- Extension reportedly infected with malware codes
- Dark mode stopped working for some users
Most mentioned
- Need for a 'Exclude this site' feature
- Desire for more customization options, such as adjusting the darkness level and opacity
- Issues with dark mode not working in certain conditions or specific websites
Safety
Risk impact
Night Shift is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Night Shift if you trust the publisher.
Risk likelihood
Night Shift has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.
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