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jesseinsf
Brass Contributor
May 01, 2020

Bright white flash when opening Chromium Edge

This usually if very bothersome at night when Dark Mode is on. Every time when I open Edge there is a bright white flash before the page appears. I have a Core i9 9900k, Asus Maximus XI Extreme Mothe...
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MissyQ
Former Employee
May 04, 2020

jesseinsf This is something that I have personally brought up to the team, and we've been working on trying to get this improved. A big part of what is happening (we believe) is that it's only on the initial loading of the browser (or new window), or initial loading of a new tab, and doesn't really appear anywhere else. Is this in line with your experience?

 

If you haven't yet, please submit feedback immediately after experiencing the white flash via the chat icon in the top right of the browser, by holding Alt+Shift+I, or navigating through the . . . menu > Help & feedback > Send feedback. Include all diagnostics, and then let me know when you do. I want to have the team investigate your situation a bit more. Thanks so much for bringing this up!

 

(And thanks to Rohit Yadav for the tag.)

 

Missy Quarry (she/her/hers)
Community Manager - Microsoft Edge

  • msblcb's avatar
    msblcb
    Copper Contributor
    Apr 08, 2022

    RE MissyQ 

    > This is something that I have personally brought up to the team, and we've been working on trying to get this improved. . . . I want to have the team investigate your situation a bit more. Thanks so much for bringing this up!

     

    So did they?  Investigate?  And?  What has happened on this in the two years since this post?  I couldn't seem to even find a dev bug ticket on this.   Users have been pleading for a fix since long before 2020.  

     

    When the flash happens is well-known by now, but it's especially irritating when Edge is slow to load a new tab/window.  Imagine you're in a dimly lit room, dark mode, and the bright white screen lingers screaming at your eyes while you wait for loading.  I literally have to close my eyes. 

     

    Trust me I've tried many many kludges to suppress this over the years . . custom CSS, extensions, much more.  🤷‍

     

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    jesseinsf
    Brass Contributor
    Sep 19, 2020

    MissyQ My apologies for this terrible late reply but, Yes, it is when opening Edge for the first time or when opening in a new window. Or when opening a new window.

  • Rohit Yadav's avatar
    Rohit Yadav
    Bronze Contributor
    May 04, 2020

    MissyQ Thank you so much for such a detailed reply! We feel honoured to have Community managers like you & everyone else on the community. :smile:

    Regarding the white flash, it is visible in a number of places:

    1. Launching Browser window 
    2. Launching an app
    3. Shifting a tab to a new window
    4. Returning back to a tab which has been put to sleep. It gives a white flash.

    All of these scenarios must be addressed because when working in the night, those flashes are awful.

    My suggestion was to replace these flashes with something more logical: Splash Screen. Splash Screen were present in the legacy Edge also, and all of the Microsoft's apps have them, so it seems logical to have them in the browser.

    I have submitted feedback many times previously, and will submit it again!