Readable Twitter

Make twitter timelines more readable by adding a button to hide retweets, muting bright colors, and moving the content to the left.

Extension stats

This extension was removed from Chrome Web Store on 2022-12-18
By: rajbot
Users: 10
Rating: 2.80 (5)
Version: 1.5 (Last updated: 2014-07-11)
Creation date: 2014-07-11
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: High risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Size: 37.91K

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Extension summary

  • adds a button to temporarily hide retweets.
  • tones down colors and removes background images.
  • swaps the content and the sidebar, so you can make the window narrower and still see tweets.

User reviews

doesn't work
by ANRK ALT, 2020-02-17

Doesn't seem to work
by Rick H, 2017-11-12

Still trying to get it to work
by Jacquelyne Howard, 2017-04-15
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Readable Twitter requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

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

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