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As a dimming/darkening work around to the notorious white flash in between Chrome page loads, how could the small default loading notification (below) be exploited to cover the entire screen?

In other words, is it possible to create an entire wall of text in between page loads such that a high contrast extension could then darken the entire screen just as it darkens a small portion here?: enter image description here

This is quite hacky, but for good reason. All other solutions no longer work for Chrome 40+:

  1. https://superuser.com/questions/580228/prevent-white-screen-before-loading-page-in-chromium
  2. Google Chrome - Override White Blank page between webpage loads
  3. https://superuser.com/questions/831742/how-do-you-change-chromes-background-color
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  • If I get understand correctly, you want to dim lights till the page is loaded ? – joey rohan Jul 04 '15 at 15:17
  • correct - I want to replace the white loading screen with a black one. As previously reported solutions no longer work, this is my creative attempt at a work around. I've clarified my question - thanks – ecoe Jul 04 '15 at 16:03
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    another hack by forking the source code here https://github.com/hbtlabs/chromium-white-flash-fix – hbt Dec 29 '16 at 19:21

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No, it's not possible to change what that status bar shows, not without digging into Chromium's source (but then you could just change how about:blank looks).

The idea is indeed way too hacky.

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  • how would you change how `about:blank` looks? The overall objective is to get rid of the white flashed screen before the next page loads, so if you know an ends to that means please do share. – ecoe Jul 04 '15 at 17:23
  • Your question is specifically about that status bar. You, yourself, showed that there are questions on this topic already - either edit them to bump them to the top, or better yet offer a bounty. – Xan Jul 04 '15 at 17:28