Google Chrome - Override White Blank page when loading new tabs

Question

"I'm looking for different Chrome apps to make my pages darker/inverted to reduce eye strain, I found some apps that work but the only thing left, which these apps doesn't seem to override, is the White Blank page.

When a new page is loaded, Chrome first displays a White Blank page, while the page is loading then displays the website's content. Is there a way to override this While page to say Black? At the moment, everytime I click on a link or open a new webpage, the screen goes from darkcoloured (through inverted/darkening page apps) to the White Blank screen for a brief second then the new page loads in a dark colour again. This acts like a "White Flash" by the screen everytime a new page is loaded and causes further eye strain. This is why I want to know if there is a way to override this White colour to Black."

This question was already asked before in here, but the answers suggested back then do not seem to be working on my current version of chrome 49.0.2623.87 m.

The links that I have referred to already :

-This

-comment 261 here

-This

I created two files manifest.json and script.js in AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions\

and did the "load unpacked extension" and that did not work either.

Answer 1

Edit 2021-01-01

Install chromium-based Brave web browser as a drop-in alternative to Chrome. Then:

• Install DarkReader
• Click Settings > Appearance > Brave colors > Dark
• Open new tab and click Customize in new tab page to get an acceptably dark appearance:
  

Additional Benefits to Brave:

Brave is forked off of chromium, so generally behaves the same as chrome. It prioritizes user privacy and comes built-in with Ad Blocking capability that is also very easy to disable as you're browsing. Plus many other features I'm not mentioning here.

Original Solution (If you really don't want to use Brave)

As of April 2016, this issue has been pending for over 8 years (aside from the intermittent work-arounds that no longer apply as you pointed out). If you haven't already, please consider "starring" these reported issues.

Current Reported Bugs:

https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=1373 https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=470669 https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=311 https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=457714 https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=128290 https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=119871 https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=409378 https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=126341 https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=64317 https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=530026

Especially the first two links appear to be gaining some traction. More users that support them being fixed helps gain more attention and allows you to monitor progress from email notifications (or you can unsubscribe).

Report This Issue:

Next, submit feedback to chrome through your browser following these steps:

1. Open Chrome and click the "hamburger" menu on the top right corner
2. Click Help > Report an issue.
3. Add detail similar to the following:

Between page loads and new tabs being opened, there is a brief moment where the entire browser screen is painted white, causing severe eye strain.

This issue has been referred to in the following chromium issues:

https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=1373 https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=470669 https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=311 https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=457714 https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=128290 https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=119871 https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=409378 https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=126341 https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=64317 https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=530026

4. Click send feedback

I would then recommend installing Chrome Canary, as some of the experimental fixes to those issues above will first appear in Canary.

Invert Computer Colors:

Finally, as a last resort, turn on color inversion and use the whitest chrome theme possible.

• http://smallbusiness.chron.com/invert-colors-computer-43975.html
• https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5780779?start=0

White theme (that is very dark when inverted):

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/minimal-white/clcbojcafbggjenbeflknhfimpcikmlc?hl=en-GB