Purify

Read news articles with minimal distraction and scrolling.

What is Purify?

'Purify' is a Chrome extension tailored for news reading enthusiasts. Whether you're reading about politics, entertainment, sports or tech trends, 'Purify' enhances your reading experience by transforming the article into a minimalistic view. It effectively removes all distracting elements, leaving only the primary content of the article on your screen. Furthermore, it maximizes the use of available screen space to limit the need for excessive scrolling, allowing you to absorb information at a single glance.

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Extension stats

By: chaowentan

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Users: 1,000+

Rating: 3.91 (23)

Version: 0.2 (Last updated: 2013-01-10)

Creation date: 2013-01-10

Risk impact: Low risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

contextMenus

Size: 7.11M

Ranking

# 23479 ▼ 2

Other rankings

#12809 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 23 #264 in article keyword 9 ▼ 1

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Extension summary

Analyze keywords

Whenever you find an interesting news article, try using Purify to convert it into a minimalistic view that

Only displays the content of the article & hides all the distractions, and
Utilizes all the available screen space to minimize scrolling.

User reviews

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Pros

Good clean simple view that uniquely goes left to right vs scrolling down.
Useful for reading articles without the clutter of ads and sidebars.
Options for full screen and font adjustment available.
Works well on wide monitors and tablets.

Cons

Hasn't been updated since 2013.
Issues with text cutting off.
Limited functionality compared to other reading extensions.
Lacks clear instructions on how to use.

Most mentioned

Last update 2013.
Good mom and pop extension.
Two columns instead of three option.
Confusing compared to alternatives like Readability.

Recent reviews

Good clean simple view that uniquely goes left to right vs scrolling down. Good mom and pop extension. Full screen and font adjustment options only. Last update 2013.

Pat MySecret, 2023-08-29

make links a text

Peter Amir, 2023-05-11

Finally a reading extension that doesn't waste as much white space. The other extensions clear the left and right sides, but they don't make use of it like Purify does. A couple option ideas: 1) Option for two columns instead of three. Two columns keeps the viewing angle more centered. 2) Right arrow moves you two columns instead of just one. This would work well with the two column option above. In the current state, if you're someone who reads all three visible columns, you might want a right arrow next button to show you three new columns.