Reader View
What is Reader View?
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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
- 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
- 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
- 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
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Reader View is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.
Risk likelihood
Reader View has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.
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