Fokus

Emphasized text-highlighting

What is Fokus?

'Fokus' is a Chrome extension that enhances your reading focus by emphasizing your selected text. It achieves this by covering the rest of the webpage with a semi-transparent black layer. Easily adjustable and provides an immersive reading experience by just holding down a shift, ctrl, alt, or cmd key.

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Extension stats

By: hakim.elhattab

View on Chrome Web Store

Users: 1,000+

Rating: 4.37 (27)

Version: 1.7 (Last updated: 2012-09-30)

Creation date: 2012-09-30

Risk impact: Low risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

storage

Size: 10.50K

Ranking

# 23426 ▲ 678

Other rankings

#13367 in Workflow & Planning ▼ 7 #122 in overlay keyword 32 ▼ 4

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Extension summary

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Fokus emphasizes anything you select by covering the rest of the page with a semi-transparent black overlay.

You can try it out here http://lab.hakim.se/fokus/ before installing.

The plugin comes with a few options that can be accessed from Chrome's extension listing page. This allows you to:

Adjust overlay opacity
Specify a modifier key shift/ctrl/alt/cmd which must be held down to active the overlay
Adjust the padding around selection

User reviews

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Pros

Works as expected and is really useful.
Helps users with visual impairments, like cataracts.
Great idea and design from a talented developer.
Can be useful in educational settings for focusing on specific text.
Has been updated to include a modifier key option for better usability.

Cons

Not user intuitive for some users.
Can interfere with text selection and right-click actions.
Issues with functionality in input fields, especially in social media.
Limited customization options, such as background color settings.

Most mentioned

Works as expected and is really useful.
Issues with text selection and right-click actions.
Great idea but execution could be better.
Desire for options to disable on specific sites or modify behavior.

Recent reviews

Works as expected and is really useful. Just wanted a quick way to switch on and off.

Jens Fridsen, 2023-03-20

I can't figure out how it works! It seems like a great extension based on the demo site but in't user intuitive. Could someone help me explain how to use the extension? Thanks1