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.
Extension stats
By: chaowentan
Users: 1,000+
Rating: 3.91
(23)
Creation date: 2013-01-10
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
Size: 7.11M
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Extension summary
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
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.
make links a text
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.
Extension safety
Risk impact
Purify requires very minimum permissions.
Risk likelihood
Purify has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
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