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    • andrew84
      andrew84 @Pebbles1980 last edited by

      @Pebbles1980 It was fixed in in 65 version as it seems, I don't remember when it was spoiled again.

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      • Pebbles1980
        Pebbles1980 @andrew84 last edited by

        @andrew84
        Yeah ok, It still does it in the new beta too.

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        • andrew84
          andrew84 @Pebbles1980 last edited by andrew84

          @Pebbles1980 You can also check how does it work with background tabs (when you open bookmarks/links by clicking mouse's wheel or right click > 'open in new tab'). When you visit background tab for the first time you'll see a full screen flash also, on all chromium browsers.
          It's engine issue, as it seems. As far as I know, Chrome (Opera and Edge too) uses a workaround for this: the background tab you are activating will use previous tab's web page background color for the flashbang effect (to exclude the all the time white flasbangs ).
          For example, if you're now on web page with white background and open a dark page in the background tab (steam page or youtube in dark mode for example), when you active the tab you'll see a white flashbang. If you're currently on dark page (steam page for example with dark blue background), and open some white page in the background you'll see a dark blue flashbang before page appearing when you activate the background tab. If you open few dark pages in a row in the background, the flashbang's color will stay dark (dark blue for steam/dark gray for you yotube) until you visit some page that has a white background.
          So regarding the flashbangs, all the chromium browsers are headache for me.

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          • Pebbles1980
            Pebbles1980 last edited by Pebbles1980

            Thanks for that Andrew. I never noticed that. Ill try to keep everything on night mode I spose.
            Is there anything in the pipeline to have this fixed though?

            I tried going from steampowered to youtube and the flashbang remains.

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            • andrew84
              andrew84 @Pebbles1980 last edited by andrew84

              @Pebbles1980 remains white? If you open dark youtube tab in the background (when you are on steam page), you should see the dark blue flashbang when you activate youtube tab for the first time. If you continue to open backgrund tabs with youtube pages, the flashbang will remain gray.

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              • Pebbles1980
                Pebbles1980 last edited by

                I have 2 dark tabs open, Youtube and steampowered.
                If I open a new page thats dark also escapefromtarkov.com it still does the white flashbang

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                • andrew84
                  andrew84 @Pebbles1980 last edited by andrew84

                  @Pebbles1980 my last posts was related only to background tabs, I don't how it works with new pages (where from it takes the background color). Following the logic, when clicking Speed dial tile the flashbang should be dark gray when dark theme is activated, and white when the light theme is active

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                  • Pebbles1980
                    Pebbles1980 last edited by

                    Sorry Andrew, but there are white flashbangs no matter the site background colour 😞

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                    • andrew84
                      andrew84 @Pebbles1980 last edited by andrew84

                      @Pebbles1980 visit steam page, open any link from steam page in the background (click on link using mouse wheel), when you visit the background tab you should see the dark blue flashbang.

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                      • Pebbles1980
                        Pebbles1980 last edited by

                        Yes, so opening new pages from a darksite removes flashes, but anything from my speed dial doesnt. Even if they are all dark

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                        • andrew84
                          andrew84 @Pebbles1980 last edited by

                          @Pebbles1980 Yes, this is strange because when I turn off wallpaper on start page, the background is dark gray in dark theme and white in light theme, so the flashbang should be also dark gray in dark mode when opening SD tiles (in ideal, there shouldn't be any flashbangs at all like it was shown on their demo for the 65 version https://www-static-blogs.operacdn.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/10/fast_on_slow_win7.gif ).

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                          • Pebbles1980
                            Pebbles1980 last edited by

                            Flashbangs everywhere mate,
                            Thanks for trying 🙂

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                            • alobpreis
                              alobpreis @Pebbles1980 last edited by

                              @Pebbles1980, did you try a portable version, as I mentioned before? Just in case there is something specific to your profile that could be the culprit.
                              If I have open Youtube (dark theme) and steampowered, and then open a new tab (speed dial with dark background), I have no white flashing.

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                              • Pebbles1980
                                Pebbles1980 last edited by

                                Well I did just download the GX version and its the same.

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                                • alobpreis
                                  alobpreis last edited by alobpreis

                                  I just downloaded GX portable, and being in a dark page and having a dark speed dial with both versions (my theme, and all default in the GX version), I can only get a white flash when I press Ctrl F12 to open the settings. Opening another speed dial or a page, has no white flash here.
                                  For example, if you are at https://www.escapefromtarkov.com, and click on Support (opens in same tab) or Wiki (opens in new tab), do you get that white flash? It doesn't happen to me with either version.

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                                  • Pebbles1980
                                    Pebbles1980 last edited by Pebbles1980

                                    No doing that particular move doesnt reproduce the flash. Opening any page from my speed dial does. Does not matter if its a dark theme or not.
                                    So I have dark theme on, dark theme on any page I can. So its dark, I open facebook from speed dial, white flashbang, then goes back to dark.

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                                    • alobpreis
                                      alobpreis last edited by

                                      I added the pages you mentioned to the speed dial, and this is how it behaves here with a just-installed portable GX:

                                      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_p7jgOkFww

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                                      • andrew84
                                        andrew84 @alobpreis last edited by andrew84

                                        @alobpreis In your case it really works as it should.
                                        Maybe Win version plays the role here too. I use Win 8.1 (which doesn't have a system dark theme). I had in 66 or 67 (I don't remember) the similar result as yours, but in 68 I see a white flash while opening SD tiles.

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                                        • Pebbles1980
                                          Pebbles1980 last edited by

                                          Ive just done the same as you Alob, and its the same. Fresh install.

                                          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IW8ZY4gGZU

                                          ??

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                                          • andrew84
                                            andrew84 @Pebbles1980 last edited by

                                            @Pebbles1980 as you can see on his demo, when he clicks on a tile there is a small delay (loading circle is spinning) before page appears. In your case (and in my too) the page is trying to load instantly and the white flashbangs occurs.
                                            I believe that during this short delay the flashbang happens too, but it happens somewhere in the background and not visible.

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