Piss off, publisher frames!

Tells journal publisher frames and popups to piss off!

What is Piss off, publisher frames!?

"Piss off, publisher frames!" is a Chrome extension designed to improve the reading experience of academic journal articles online. It does this by removing frames and popups that publishers put around PDFs, allowing you to view the file in your whole window. This extension works on major publisher websites and can be easily enabled or disabled. It's straightforward, has no ads or tracking, and is solely focused on providing a clean article view.

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By: Backside Attack

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Users: 1,000+

Rating: 4.81 (31)

Version: 0.38 (Last updated: 2020-02-20)

Creation date: 2020-02-20

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

tabs
https://*/*
http://*/*

Size: 28.82K

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 23233 ▼ 58

Other rankings

#12105 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 37 #95 in string keyword 8 ▲ 4 #183 in article keyword 11 ▲ 4 #236 in break keyword 11 ▲ 17 #273 in query keyword 6 ▲ 4

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Summary

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Update Feb 15, 2020 -- Better late than never!

Do you read academic journal articles on the World Wide Web using a computing machine of some kind??

Do you like to view the article PDF in your whole window and not in frames and pop-ups that academic journal publishers like to provide?

Good! Then, this is the right Chrome Extension for you!

Features:

Eliminates useless PDF sidebars on select major publisher websites!
Eliminates pop-up PDF windows on major journal article repositories that JStor and deliver Science Direct-ly to you!
Doesn't really do anything else!

User reviews

User reviews summary

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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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

Allows users to read Wiley articles without ReadCube
Very simple to use
Works well with research sites

Cons

Does not work with the science hub on .se and .tw domains
Issue with Wiley pdf link

Most mentioned

Works well with Wiley articles
Does not work with some specific domains
Easy to use

Recent reviews

A must have extension for researcheres on Chrome!

Yi-Lin Wu, 2020-03-26

Beeest addon ever.

Dong-Jiunn Jeffery Truong, 2019-12-23

it is nice but does not work for the hub of science with .se and .tw domains.

Mehdi Davoudi, 2019-02-04

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Safety

Risk impact

Piss off, publisher frames! 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 Piss off, publisher frames! if you trust the publisher.