SEP+

Improve the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy reading experience
What is SEP+?
SEP+ is a dedicated Chrome extension designed to enhance users' Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy browsing experience. The extension brings a multitude of features including better typography for improved readability, a dark mode for comfortable viewing, the relocation of article navigation to the sidebar, the display of footnotes on hover, handy keyboard shortcuts for search, and optimized print settings. SEP+ only accesses information on plato.stanford.edu and maintains a firm stance against ads or data collection from users.

Extension stats

Users: 666 ▲ 6
Rating: 4.83 (12)
Version: 1.1.2 (Last updated: 2024-11-18)
Creation date: 2021-10-09
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • http://plato.stanford.edu/*
  • https://plato.stanford.edu/*
Size: 50.91K

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Extension summary

SEP+ is a browser extension for the Stanford Encyclopedia of Encyclopedia that:

  • Improves typography for better readability
  • Adds dark mode
  • Moves article navigation to the sidebar
  • Displays footnotes on hover
  • Adds keyboard shortcuts for search
  • Optimizes articles for printing (adds footnotes, removes irrelevant sections)

SEP+ only has access to plato.stanford.edu and will never serve ads or collect user data.

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Very useful
  • Super helpful tool
  • Makes reading the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy more pleasant
  • Great tool
  • Nice tool
Cons
  • Can't scroll down on the table of contents
  • Lack of customizability
Most mentioned
  • Awesome
  • Thank you!
  • Great tool
  • Very useful
  • Can't scroll down on the table of contents
Recent reviews
Awesome
by Que, 2023-08-14

It's nice. The main issue is just that you can't scroll down on the table of contents, and also as a less major concern the lack of customizability. The former is a bug and should be fixed for proper functionality.
by JaEF, 2021-10-25

Thank you!
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Extension safety

Risk impact

SEP+ requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

SEP+ has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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