Publishing a version for Firefox

[szaraw]

Hello Marc

Congrats on your great extension.

I have been using it on the Edge browser. I switched to Firefox some time ago and noticed that their extension store lacks an equally good equivalent to Screen Shader. The screen extensions there fall into two groups: some interfere too much with the appearance of web pages causing them to load slowly, while simpler extensions lack basic functions. When I write about the lack of basic functions, I mean the side scroll bar, which, despite the operation of these extensions, unfortunately does not change its color and remains bright white. These extensions also stop working completely when opening PDF files in the browser.

None of these problems are present in your extension, so my question is: Are you planning to publish a Screen Shader extension for the Firefox browser?

Regards : )

[MarcGuiselin]

Thanks, If you are using Firefox you are likely on a device that supports F.lux which you can download here: https://justgetflux.com/ I use it myself I can wholeheartedly recommend that application. While you may have less options for customization, it will shade your whole screen including applications and not just the browser window. Screen shader was built to provide similar features to F.lux on chromebooks at a time when there were few alternatives. It honestly wouldn't be too much work adding this to Firefox, but I don't see much of a purpose for it as an extension can only do so much compared to a native application. But you're not the first to ask; and if you have a valid use case I can see what I can do. So what do you think? Sincerely, Marc

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On Wed, Apr 24, 2024, 16:18 szaraw ***@***.***> wrote: Hello Marc Congrats on your great extension. I have been using it on the Edge browser. I switched to Firefox some time ago and noticed that their extension store lacks an equally good equivalent to Screen Shader. The screen extensions there fall into two groups: some interfere too much with the appearance of web pages causing them to load slowly, while simpler extensions lack basic functions. When I write about the lack of basic functions, I mean the side scroll bar, which, despite the operation of these extensions, unfortunately does not change its color and remains bright white. These extensions also stop working completely when opening PDF files in the browser. None of these problems are present in your extension, so my question is: Are you planning to publish a Screen Shader extension for the Firefox browser? Regards : ) — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#5>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AF6AVE76TNHINRNTH3FXIT3Y665NBAVCNFSM6AAAAABGXAVXWKVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43ASLTON2WKOZSGI3DCNBSGEYTANA> . You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[john-Ly]

Well, I think a lot. It's a great ext i used for chrome in win11.
In my case, I don't use the screen shader default mode. I change the color to light grey(#CCCCCC), because it's not comfortable for eyes to view pages with white backgroud( few sites has theme toggle button for user), especially in night. Must to say, it's the best, even compared with "dark reader". "dark reader" only has dark(for me, it's too much) or light two modes, and some page elements can't render well (I am not familar with the css adjustment). I find you add a kind of overlay tech within chrome, so most elements render well.
highlight: support multi/user-def color options, which great than other countpart

But, i switch to archlinux recently. I install both firefox and chrome. I don't ask for firefox port because It may take a lot of your time.

1. linux gui is trying to migrated to "wayland". This year, lots of distributions do the work. (I take a loot at f.lux homepage, the last release date of it is 2013, which means old x11 gui protocol. So, passed. https://github.com/xflux-gui/fluxgui)
2. firefox seems to has almost same rules to write addon, I mean some compatibility. official porting guides. I tried to port your "screen shader" ext to firefox for my own use (no public), it reports some minor warning which can be easily fixed. However, the popup page of the addon shows blank with only navybar which can't be clicked. I am not familar with js/css development, so I fallback to chrome where your ext works perfect.
3. chrome in archlinux( kde 6 or other wayland), has some annoying bugs now (version-124.). so I wish a lot if your ext support fifrfox.

It's a minor/tiny ask for porting firefox. I mean, it totaly depends on you. Porting work may exhausted your time, even your good feelings when you sucking at endless details and unknown bugs.
Anyway, thx for your ext.

[szaraw]

I have no serious reason to necessarily be able to use this extension. I just thought if there was an option to use this extension on Firefox, that would be cool. So if it's too much work, that's okay.

I am familiar with the f.lux program, but with the addition of Windows 10's built-in feature to dim the entire screen with a warm color, f.lux is no longer necessary for me. However, even when I used it in the past, it lacked the function to set gray tones. It does have such an option, but the screen then becomes completely faded from color, completely black and white. I also, like john-Ly, use a gray color (#2D4048), which is not available in f.lux. I use the Firelux extension, but unfortunately the side scroll bar remains white, and the extension itself stops working when opening PDF files.

The lack of shading for the system taskbar and for the browser's top bar is not a problem for me, since I use a dark theme anyway, so additional shading makes them too dark.