Skimmer

Skimmer

A chrome extension that summarizes news articles

Merlin
Stats
This extension was removed from Chrome Web Store on 2022-04-21
By: ldp54
Users: 908
Rating: 3.40 (5)
Version: 0.0.0.5 (Last updated: 2016-08-30)
Creation date: 2016-08-30
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: High risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • http://phloxblog.in/
  • tabs
  • storage
  • identity
  • http://*/*
  • https://*/*
  • http://gateway-a.watsonplatform.net/*
  • http://d3js.org/d3.v3.min.js
Size: 513.02K
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Summary

A tool that summarizes your articles.

  • Streamline your article reading
  • See key words and concepts
  • Get links to key concepts to learn more
  • Visualization of sentiment scores of the most relevant words - hover over the words!
  • Save your articles to come back to later

UPDATES:

  • Bug fixes
  • Updated delete functionality
User reviews
Talk big and doesn't work
by CC Lee, 2021-03-06

This no longer works.
by Jeffrey Bennett, 2021-01-28

Simple, but very concise. Quite recommendable.
by 정도현 정도현, 2018-10-09
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Safety
Risk impact

Skimmer 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 Skimmer if you trust the publisher.

Risk likelihood

Skimmer may not be trust-worthy. Avoid installing if possible unless you really trust this publisher.

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