Chrome-Stats extension
Disable Google Search Text Highlights
This minimalistic extension disables "Scroll to Text Fragment" feature in Google search results
What is Disable Google Search Text Highlights?
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Summary
Google search results sometimes highlight text snippets on pages opened from search results.
The feature can sometimes be annoying, however currently there's no way to disable it from browser preferences.
This extension has been created to override it and disable the highlights.
Disable Google Search Text Highlights is open source software: https://github.com/everyonesdesign/disable-google-search-text-highlights
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Pros
- Removes annoying text highlights from Google search results
- Open-source, so it can be fixed if it ever breaks
- Works as described
Cons
- Stopped working for some users after a recent update
- Shouldn't be necessary, as Google should provide an option to disable text highlights
Most mentioned
- Annoying text highlights
- Google's incompetence in addressing user concerns
- Open-source nature of the extension
Recent reviews
Catringa, 2021-02-28
Grün Blau Gelb, 2024-03-24
sapi01 gmail, 2024-01-16Safety
Risk impact
Disable Google Search Text Highlights is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.
Risk likelihood
Disable Google Search Text Highlights has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.
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