What is Desaturate Favicons?

Desaturate Favicons is a Chrome extension developed by Adam Schwartz, and its main feature is "Desaturate the favicons of all inactive tabs.".

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Extension Usage Instructions

Favicons—originally “favorites icons”—are the small icons that appear next to the page title inside a tab in Google Chrome.

Many companies choose to utilize this icon as a way to show off their logo or brand. As such, they’re often colorful and bold.

In an effort to provide a more minimalist, distraction-free, browsing experience, this extension desaturates the tab icons for all but the active tab.

In other words, all of the background tabs will appear in grayscale (“black and white”). When you switch which tab you’re viewing, the tab you were just viewing will see its icon switch to grayscale, and the new one you’re viewing will go back to full color.

The extension has no settings. There’s nothing to do. Just install it and it’ll start working right away. If you ever want the full color of icons to return, simply uninstall the extension.

Extension Basic Information

Name	Desaturate Favicons
ID	dkenplobjcbiljmfbgpbpaboipfgpcbm
Official URL	https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/desaturate-favicons/dkenplobjcbiljmfbgpbpaboipfgpcbm
Description	Desaturate the favicons of all inactive tabs.
File Size	25.81 KB
Installation Count	888
Current Version	0.0.4
Last Updated	2021-04-29
Publish Date	2014-04-15
Rating	4.13/5 Total 15 Ratings
Developer	Adam Schwartz
Email	[email protected]
Payment Type	free
Extension Website	http://adamschwartz.co
Help Page URL	https://github.com/adamschwartz/chrome-desaturate-favicons
Supported Languages	en
manifest.json
{ "update_url": "https:\/\/clients2.google.com\/service\/update2\/crx", "manifest_version": 2, "name": "Desaturate Favicons", "description": "Desaturate the favicons of all inactive tabs.", "version": "0.0.4", "permissions": [ "", "tabs" ], "background": { "scripts": [ "js\/background.js" ] }, "icons": { "16": "icons\/icon16.png", "48": "icons\/icon48.png", "128": "icons\/icon128.png" } }