Web User - UK (2019-12-27)

FIREFOX

Darkmodehas
becomeubiquitous
and,whileit’sgentler
bothonyoureyes
andonyourdevice’s
battery,it’snot
alwayseasytomake
outthewordsonthe
screen.Somesites
simplyaren’t
designedfordarkmodeanditshows–unlikethetextonthepage!
TextContrastforDarkThemes(bit.ly/contrast 491 )makessubtletweakstotext,
sothatwordscanbemoreeasilyread.Clickthetoolbarbuttontoquicklyswitch
tostandardcoloursorturnofftheextension’seffects.Youcanalsowhitelistand
blacklistsites,sotheyfollowyoursettingsoroverridethem.
Clickingthecogicon,meanwhile,letsyoumodifythedefaultcontrastsettings
toyourliking.ToswitchondarkmodeinFirefox,clickthethree-linemenubutton,
selectCustomise,choosethethemefromthedrop-downmenuandclickDone.

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Makedark-mode texteasier

to read

Forcevideostoplayfull-
screen
It’snotalwayseasy
togetembedded
videostoplayfull
screen.Often,the
optionisn’tvisibleor
it’sunavailable.On
somesites,suchas
Facebook,evenselectingEnlargewon’t
makethevideotrulyfull-screenandyou
maystillbeleftsquintingatthescreen.
WindowedFullscreenVideo(bit.ly/
fullscreen 491 )doesthehardworkfor
you. Navigat etot he desiredvideo and
make sure it’s visi bleonthe page,then
click theextension’s toolbar button and
thevideo will immediately spring into
full-screen modewhil eplayback
contr olsremain at thefootoft he page.
Another click of th ebuttonand the
videowill revert to small-screen view.
Thetoolworks be st with YouT ube
videos,ofc ourse, and Twitch.Itw on’t
work with everyvideo,though.Int hese
instances, you’ll seeadial oguebox
explainingthat thevideo can’tbef ound.

Remove comments from
websites
Theweb cansometimes feel like one
tiresome rant –anargumentbetween
fools, aflame warwith no endin sight.

Copytextwithout

formatting

CopyasPlainText

(bit.ly/text4 91 )isausefultool

forcopyinglargeamountsof

textfromwebsites.Generally,

whentransferringtexttoaWord

document,youcarryoverallthe

formatting,whichthenneedsto

berevertedtoplaintext.This

extensionsavesyouperforming

theextrasteps–justhighlight

yourtextandright-click.

Alongsidetheusualcontext-

menuoptions,you’llfind‘Copy

asplaintext’.Thisaddsyourtext

totheclipboardwithoutany

annoyingformatting,suchas

fontsizeandURLs.

Blockmore

trackersin Edge

Despitebeingmere

weeksawayfromrelease,

Microsoftisstilladdingnew

featurestoitsChromium

browser.Theseinclude

enhancementstoTracking

Prevention–asettingthatstops

websitesfollowingyouand

swipingyourdata.Thelatest

updateblocksnewtrackers

without breaking your browsing

experience.There’salso anew

option forhighlight ingtextin

PDFs.Open aPDF in theEdge’s

DevorCanar ybrowser,highlight

your text,then right-click to

bringupthe Hi ghlightoption,

whereyou canchoose between

theYellow, Green,Blue and Pink

highlight er.

OTHERBROWSERS

This fortnight’s mostuseful tips and add-ons tohelp you get the

mostfrom Chrome,Firefox,Opera, Edge and more

With Hide Comments Everywhere

(bit.ly/comments491), youcan make

it more pleasant–or,atl east, less

shouty.

This browsertoolautomatically

hidescomments on awhole rangeof

websites,including YouT ube,

WordPres s, Facebook andsites us ing

Disqus.Despite itsclaim s, we couldn’t

getthe extensiontoworkonTwitter

–arguabl y, theshoutiest placeonthe

internet –but everyother site was

instantlymade quieter.

Afteractivat ingthe add-on,

commentscan betoggledonand off.

WebsiteURLscan also be addedto

Allo wand Blocklists,ify ou want to

automaticallyshoworhide

comments.