Best Reader View
Tired of cluttered web pages full of commericals? Best Reader View cleans all up and renders the only main article of the page!
What is Best Reader View?
Best Reader View is a highly efficacious Chrome extension that uses Firefox's open source Readability module to transform web pages into clean, reader-friendly versions. It offers a whole lot of features like various font, size, and theme options, autopilot mode, note-taking and highlighting selections, Focus Mode for original page viewing, saving page as PDF, and offline data processing. This extension is designed with a user-friendly UX, modeled after Safari's reader view, providing an exceptional reading experience free from distractions.
Stats
Users:
7,000+
Rating:
4.72
(53)
Creation date:
2020-05-24
Risk impact:
Low risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version:
2
Permissions:
Size:
104.45K
Email:
re*****@gmail.com
URLs:
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Summary
Main features:
- Beautifully rendered pages that rivals that of Safari.
- Many different options like font, size, themes to choose from.
- Open Best Reader automatically as you wish.
- Take notes or highlight selections.
- The awesome Focus Mode let you view the content in its original page.
- Save page to pdf or print use Chrome's print command.
- Your data is safe! All processing is done locally in Chrome. No history is sent out to network.
- Providing share functionality to twitter and facebook on highlighting the text.
Best Reader View is based on Firefox's open source Readability module, with heavy pre and post processing. It renders web pages better than Firefox's owner reader mode view!. The UX is modeled after Safari's reader view. With Best Reader View, you get the best features out of the two other leading browsers.
User reviews
User reviews summary
Pros
- Effective and beautiful design
- Simplicity and ease of use
- Similar to Safari's reader view
- Highlighting and note-taking features
- Ability to add a domain for auto-load
Cons
- Limited customization options (font, background color)
- Inability to copy/paste from the reader view
- Not compatible with all websites
- Options cannot be activated for some users
Most mentioned
- Similar to Safari's reader view
- Limited customization options
- Inability to copy/paste from the reader view
- Effective and beautiful design
- Simplicity and ease of use
Recent reviews
Wow, that's like in Safari, and that's a good thing. I consider Safari Reader Mode as the best one. SRV even has the Seravek font like in Safari. This extension should be a part of any Chrome browser.
Safety
Risk impact
Best Reader View is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.
Risk likelihood
Best Reader View has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.
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