Turn off the Lights [Firefox only?]
With this add-on you can start watching a video and dim the background so nothing else can bother you while you watch it. This add-on is pretty much an overlay in which one area is not covered so your video can stand out more against a solid coloured background [or a picture if you'd like]. It works with Youtube and even has a setting where it will automatically dim and undim when the video is played, paused or when it ends. This add-on supports HTML5 video as well though there may not be a lot of sites that support it, there is another way to keep videos, animations, pretty much anything in a neat little box. With options to automatically search your webpage for flash player it can also help to make it easier to click and dim without extra thought. If all else fails there is an option to draw your own area to focus on.
Personal Review [again skip if you don't care]: I like the program for when I'm watching long videos because ninety nine out of one hundred times there is a white background behind the video and if the video is changing light levels constantly, it will save eyestrain. It's auto feature on Youtube is nice but if your watching short videos, it get's old fast with the dim and undimming, but they have an option to turn it off. Another peeve I have is I only found Youtube to work with the auto focus feature so I wound up drawing my own when outside of the site. Even with the auto focus being still very Youtube clingy, it's really nice for when you watch long videos, a very nice alternative to full screen because face it, some videos look better in the little player than in a full sized monitor screen.
Something to stick your nose into, can be a keeper, but if they get to coding some more video players in this could be much better. Also it's free to use so why not try it?
Update: There is a website that has an option for HTML5 it is here The Escapist Magazine
No comments:
Post a Comment