TL;DR - Article Summarizer

TL;DR: Your 1-click article sharing with automatic summary
What is TL;DR - Article Summarizer?
TL;DR - Article Summarizer is a unique Chrome extension designed to accelerate the process of consuming information online. It's an intuitive tool that generates a brief summary of online articles, a feature that not only enhances your reading speed but also increases comprehension. Additionally, it conveniently highlights the text in the article body that's included in the summary, giving you a chance to delve deeper if you wish. As if that's not enough, this extension provides you with a one-click option to share the summarized articles, thus making your information sharing more efficient.

Extension stats

By: elad165
Rating: 1.71 (14)
Version: 1.2 (Last updated: 2014-11-05)
Creation date: 2014-11-05
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • tabs
  • <all_urls>
Size: 58.17K

Other platforms

Not available on Firefox
Not available on Edge
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Extension summary

  • Cut to the chase - Let us summarize the article for you
  • High-speed your article reading
  • One-click share your TL;DR
  • Summary text is highlighted in the article body

User reviews

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Pros
  • Saves time writing article summaries
  • Great concept
  • Helpful for summarizing texts and articles
Cons
  • Doesn't work consistently
  • Repeated complaints about functionality
  • Limited to emailing only
Most mentioned
  • Doesn't work
  • Resumidor de textos e artigos
  • Saves time
Recent reviews
Intended for emailing only.
by Pat MySecret, 2021-10-03

É um resumidor de textos e artigos.
by Bank Oliveira, 2017-11-04

doesnt work at alll
by Gajanand Patel, 2016-04-18
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Extension safety

Risk impact

TL;DR - Article Summarizer requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

TL;DR - Article Summarizer has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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