Reader View

Strips away clutter like buttons, background images, and changes the page's text size, contrast and layout for better readability

What is Reader View?

'Reader View' is a Chrome extension designed to provide a distraction-free reading experience. It strips away unnecessary elements such as buttons, background images, and ads, and optimizes the text size, layout, and contrast. It's equipped with handy tools that allow you to personalize the reading mode. You can also save content in HTML format, email documents, use a Text to Speech engine, add notes, highlight text, and more. Ideal for long reads, informative articles, and educational content.

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By: yokris.dev

View on Chrome Web Store

Users: 300,000+

Rating: 4.69 (1,016) ▲ 3 new ratings

Version: 0.7.5 (Last updated: 2023-12-24)

Creation date: 2020-03-29

Risk impact: Low risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

storage
activeTab
scripting
contextMenus
notifications
declarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess

Size: 286.72K

Email: yo*****@gmail.com

URLs: Privacy policy

Ranking

# 1171 ▼ 109

Other rankings

#333 in Accessibility

#4 in reader keyword 89

#49 in article keyword 9

#50 in browser extension keyword 60 ▼ 4

#61 in display keyword 14 ▼ 1

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Other platforms

Reader View (v1.0.7)

4.08 (24) 2,072+

Reader View (v0.7.5)

4.80 (30) 61,216+

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Extension summary

Analyze keywords

Reader View extension brings Mozilla's open-source Readability implantation to Chromium. Using this extension you can strip clutters from webpages and read them on "Reader View" mode. The extension allows you to toggle between normal view and reader view by pressing the page-action button.

Note that reader view mode works best for web pages that have a lot of content. There are some tools in the left side panel that can help you personalize your Reader View. You can change color, background-color, font-size, font-family and width of the reader view.

Features: -> Remove distraction -> Read in fullscreen mode -> Remove advertisements -> Save in HTML format -> Print document -> Read content using a powerful Text to Speech (TTS) engine -> Edit HTML content (live editor) -> Email document (with title, body, and reference to the original document) -> Correctly display mathematical formulas (MathJax equations are Supported) -> Highlight selected text

User reviews

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Pros

User-friendly interface with various reading and editing options
Ability to save highlights, notes, and export to HTML or PDF
Full control over text size, font, and page layout
Quick and lightweight performance
Excellent organization features like sticky notes

Cons

Similar appearance to Chrome's Reading List, leading to confusion
Occasional issues with displaying article photos in reader mode
Lacks customization for text color backgrounds
Limited highlight color options
Concerns about lack of development updates since 2023

Most mentioned

Useful for saving educational and informational resources
Positive feedback about the overall functionality and performance
Need for additional features like summarizing articles
Strong user appreciation for the development team
Interest in the extension for potential investment opportunities

Recent reviews

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