OneLine

Focus on the words that matter.

What is OneLine?

OneLine is a unique Chrome extension designed to improve your online reading experience. This handy tool assists by highlighting a single row of words on any website, making it tremendously easier to track reading progress, increase concentration and reduce distraction. It's perfect for anyone who often feels overwhelmed by large blocks of text. For dyslexic readers, OneLine offers three preset highlight colors proven to improve reading strength. Additional features include a comprehensive RGB color picker and an On/Off toggle switch. It seamlessly syncs with your Google account, ensuring your color preferences are saved.

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Extension stats

By: https://useoneline.com

View on Chrome Web Store

Users: 3,000+

Rating: 4.31 (16)

Version: 2.0 (Last updated: 2023-03-27)

Creation date: 2020-05-31

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

activeTab
storage
scripting

Host permissions:

*://*/*

Size: 488.45K

Email: gr*****@useoneline.com

URLs: Website

Ranking

# 18089 ▼ 57

Other rankings

#3931 in Workflow & Planning

#24 in line keyword 47

#53 in recommend keyword 27 ▲ 1

#100 in increase keyword 64 ▼ 4

#152 in change color keyword 15 ▲ 11

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Extension summary

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Have you ever been lost in a sea of words while reading online? OneLine is a reading aid for the web that increases your focus and reading efficiency by highlighting a single row of words. OneLine can be used on any website. If you have trouble reading, OneLine can help. OneLine comes preset with recommended colors proven to increase reading strength for dyslexic readers and allows you to customize the color of the highlighted line.

Features:

Three recommended highlight colors proven to increase reading strength
Full RGB color picker
Set and save your favorite colors. Favorites are saved and synced to your Google account.
On/Off Toggle switch

Using OneLine:

Click on the highlight icon in Chrome to view OneLine settings.
To change color, click color settings, select the color from the picker or recommended buttons then click the bookmark button to save your favorites.
Move OneLine up and down with the arrow keys (or 'W' an 'S') to keep track of where you are.

Report issues on the OneLine website: https://useoneline.com/#contact

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

Helpful for improving reading speed and retention
Well designed and easy to use
Great for plaintext websites like Project Gutenberg and fanfic sites

Cons

Does not work with PDF files opened in Chrome/Brave
Nigh unusable on many websites
Lack of a feature to move through paragraphs or select specific lines easily

Most mentioned

Need for PDF support
Issues with usability on various websites
Appreciation for the tool's design and effectiveness

Recent reviews

Great tool! A very helpful tool for webpage reading. Appreciate if it is developed for working with pdfs also. Thanks

Prasanth S, 2024-09-19

Got this so i can easily track where i am on my computer and write the information into my notebook but so far it has not worked on any of my school sites or online text books.