Skimmet

Skimmet is an UX tool to evaluate skimmer friendliness of your website.
What is Skimmet?
Skimmet is a browser extension that allows you to evaluate the skimmer friendliness of your website. It helps UI/UX, content writing, and data visualization professionals analyze visual weight, hierarchy, and effectiveness of their website elements.

Extension stats

Users: 225
Rating: 5.00 (4)
Version: 1.2 (Last updated: 2017-07-18)
Creation date: 2017-07-18
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • tabs
  • http://*/*
Size: 28.85K
URLs: Website

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Extension summary

Skimmet is a browser extension to evaluate skimmer friendliness of your website. It is helpful for people belonging to UI/UX, content writing & data visualization domain. Skimmet adds a toolbar button with 2 filter options.

Skimming is a fast reading technique. While skimming user aim is extract information as soon as possible. During this exercise user intentionally skip a lot of content. In a way, you can say skimmer simply runs a blind eye onto your content. So to draw user attention on most important information designer play around visual weight and visual hierarchy.Skimmet helps you evaluate effectiveness & impact of the same in order to make website skimmer friendly.

Now, lets us know more about skimmet filter’s usefulness :

BLUR - As said earlier user runs blind eye onto your content. A blind eye ignore details. Weight & hierarchy carried by screen elements will win in attracting his attention. Evaluating your screen in blur mode helps you

Analyse eye catchiness of region/element in the visible screen space. Feel strength of your Call To Action button. Anticipate eye motion of skimmer. Your article may contain multi-level heading. Skimming your article in blur mode gives you good idea on how effective is your visual hierarchy.

GRAYSCALE - Evaluating your screen in blur and gray scale mode gives you ultimate idea of the visual weight. This technique is very helpful in creating effective data visualization as well. It helps you

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User reviews

Works perfectly, no complaints. Ensure to restart your browser before trying it out.
by Todd Shorrock, 2019-09-04

Yes, I like it. should try.
by James Aarya, 2019-04-22
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Skimmet is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Skimmet if you trust the publisher.

Risk likelihood

Skimmet has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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