Skim
Skim modifies the way words are displayed in NYT articles. It hopes to investigate if obscuring characters can enhance reading.
Skim Chrome Extension - Modify the way words are displayed
Skim is a Chrome extension named Skim that modifies the way words are displayed in NYT articles. It provides three ways to view articles: DISEMVOWEL, SCRAMBLE, and SHAPES. It was built in a day as a prototype to investigate the legibility of modified words.
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Other platforms
Not available on Android
Not available on Firefox
Not available on Edge
Extension safety
Risk impact
Skim requires very minimum permissions.
Risk impact analysis details
- High Injects scripts into web pages, which may alter or extract site contents, resulting in a substantial risk.
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Risk likelihood
We don't have sufficient data to confidently determine the risk likelihood of Skim. Use it at your own risk.
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- High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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