Minimal Reading Mode

Optimize any website for legibility and reading: clear spaced font, nice contrast, zen focus & night dark mode. Simple & lightweight

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Minimal Reading Mode - Chrome Extension for Optimal Reading

Minimal Reading Mode is a Chrome extension that optimizes any webpage for improved reading. With an emphasis on clarity and readability, it provides a clear font, excellent contrast, zen focus, and an auto night dark mode. It customizes settings including font size, color, typography, margin, line-height, and spacing to provide a smooth and legible reading environment. The extension also includes image minification, automatic scroll to content, ad-removal and is uniquely designed to be super lightweight and CPU-friendly.

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Extension stats

By: https://xaviesteve.com

Users: 5,000+

Rating: 4.00

(40)

Version: 1.7.3 (Last updated: 2022-02-06)

Creation date: 2020-04-17

Permissions:

activeTab
storage

Size: 19.96K

Email: xa*****@xaviesteve.com

URLs: Website ,Privacy policy

Full description: See detailed description

Ranking

# 13,733 ▲ 20

Other rankings

#3518 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 17

#118 in optimize keyword 9 ▼ 7

#168 in article keyword 22 ▼ 9

#187 in custom font keyword 33 ▼ 5

#202 in reader keyword 89 ▼ 21

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Other platforms

Not available on Android

Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Minimal and effective for focused reading
Works well with other extensions like Weava Highlighter
Great for handling websites with complex layouts
Lightweight and does not require extensive permissions
Simple and fast to use with a single click

Cons

Issues with font and color choices, causing eye strain
Icons can be unresponsive or disappear
Lacks customization for scrollbars and highlights
Need for an 'Exit read mode' button and remembering settings
Font color on dark backgrounds creates readability issues

Most mentioned

Customization options for font and color
Issues with visibility and usability of controls
General effectiveness and simplicity for reading

User reviews

The best. Tiny and great features.

John Weiss, 2024-11-17

Good Enough

MC Lim (Leo), 2024-04-28

Holy! That one is good. Well done sir

Entropy B. Ball, 2024-03-29

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Minimal Reading Mode does not require any sensitive permissions.

Risk impact analysis details

Low Request access to the following domains:

Risk likelihood

We don't have sufficient data to confidently determine the risk likelihood of Minimal Reading Mode. Use it at your own risk.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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