Text Free Browsing

Hides all text on every website

Text Free Browsing Chrome Extension: Surb Web Without Text

"Text Free Browsing" is a Chrome extension that allows users to surf the web without seeing any text. Created as an art project by Rafaël Rozendaal & Jonas Lund, this extension can be turned on and off at will. It offers a unique, distraction-free browsing experience for personal use.

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This extension was removed from Chrome Web Store on 2023-11-25

By: Jonas Lund

Users: 1,394+

Rating: 4.69

(36)

Version: 4.1 (Last updated: 2017-07-21)

Creation date: 2017-07-21

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood:

High risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

tabs
*://*/*

Size: 13.56K

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Not available on Android

Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

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Extension summary

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Text Free Browsing is an extension that can hide text while you surf the web. You can turn it on or off at any moment. An art project by Rafaël Rozendaal & Jonas Lund

For personal use only: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

http://www.newrafael.com http://www.jonaslund.biz

User reviews

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Pros

Removes text for cleaner browsing
Useful on social media sites like Twitter, Pinterest
Great for reducing 'visual pollution'

Cons

Doesn't work on all sites (eg. Google, deviantart)
Lack of shortcut keys
Fails to remove text-shadows

Most mentioned

Removes/hides text when browsing
Usefulness on social media
Limited functionality on some sites

User reviews

I love this extension, I use it to look at pictures on Twitter and other social media without having to scroll through tons of text-only posts that aren't even related to what I wanted to look at. Sometimes you just don't want to read everything everyone has to say. It's a lifesaver.