Zoom Text Only

Zoom text without distorting the images

What is Zoom Text Only?

Zoom Text Only is a Chrome extension aimed at enhancing readability online. It enables users to zoom in on text, leaving images untouched. The extension is unique in its ability to save zoom preferences specific to each domain, offering a personalized and effortless browsing experience. It comes with several keyboard shortcuts by default. The extension does have minor bugs with pages using extensive JavaScript. However, with continual updates, this feature holds promise for those seeking a more pleasant text-reading experience online.

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Extension stats

By: https://www.lihanli.com

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Users: 10,000+

Rating: 3.99 (164)

Version: 1.5.3 (Last updated: 2021-04-28)

Creation date: 2016-05-05

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

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

Size: 1.87M

Email: li*****@gmail.com

URLs: Website

Ranking

# 7690 ▼ 75

Other rankings

#4123 in Accessibility #7 in zoom keyword 44 ▲ 3

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Not available on Firefox

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Extension summary

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The only text zoom extension that works!! Saves your zoom setting for each domain. Leave a ★★★★★ review with feature request.

Default Keyboard Shortcuts: Zoom in: Alt + = Zoom out: Alt + - Reset Zoom: Alt + 0

Known bugs:

There is a small delay from when the page loads to when it gets zoomed. Only way to fix this is for chrome devs to implement this functionality natively.
Some pages which use a lot of javascript to render parts of the page don't get the zoom applied (i.e. twitter.com)
The extension does not come with any sounds. If you hear sounds when changing the zoom level those are due to the system sound scheme. This video has information on how to turn it off.

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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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

Effective for zooming text only
Works well on various websites including Reddit
Handy tool for users
Useful for those with vision impairments
Functions well on mobile devices

Cons

Overlay notification is too long and annoying
Does not remember settings between pages
Does not work on certain popular websites like YouTube and Twitter
Some bugs with specific features like hovercard text
User interface changes requested (button placement)

Most mentioned

Only zooms text, not images
Settings do not persist across sessions
Works well on some websites but not all
Long overlay notification
User interface issues

Recent reviews

Just had a notification that this extension has been turned off because " it doesn't follow best practices for Chrome extensions." What exactly is it doing wrong? I need something I can use on a per-site basis that makes *text* bigger but not images, and this does exactly that. What's the issue here?

J Loveys, 2024-10-12

The exension works well and I do find it useful. However, the 5 second long "Text zoom nnn%" overlay is too anoying and cannot be disabled. So I will be looking for the same zoom on other extensions. Removed from chrome.