Compare Chrome extensions: Caret Browsing vs High Contrast

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Stats	Caret Browsing	High Contrast
User count	50,000+	400,000+
Average rating	4.22	3.47
Rating count	1,310	5,897
Last updated	2024-04-16	2016-11-08
Size	179.20K	158.72K
Version	1.1.0	0.9.3

Short description
Browse the text of web pages using arrow keys.	Change or invert the color scheme to make webpages easier to read.
Full summary
This is scheduled to be deprecated. Press F7 to turn on Caret Browsing. Press it again to turn it off. Use arrow keys to move throughout the document. Click anywhere to move the cursor to that location. Press Shift + arrows to select text. Hold down Option to move by word. When you reach a link or control, it is automatically focused. Press Enter to click a link or button. When a focused control (like a text box or a list box) is capturing arrow keys, press Esc followed by the left or right arrow to continue Caret Browsing. Alternatively, press Tab to move to the next focusable control.	High Contrast lets you browse the web with your choice of several high-contrast color filters designed to make it easier to read text. When you install this extension, all pages are "inverted", so black becomes white and white becomes black. Press the "browser action" icon in the toolbar to toggle it on and off, or customize your settings on a per-site basis. Use a convenient keyboard shortcut to quickly change your settings while you browse. Other extensions try to change the default colors, but this ends up breaking many popular websites. Only this extension applies filters to your page that invert almost everything - the only exception is photos, which are left alone. Also note that the Chrome web store and other built-in pages like the New Tab page and Settings pages are unaffected - extensions like this one are not allowed to modify them, by design.