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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...
MissyQ
Microsoft
Microsoftjesseinsf 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
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. 🤷