# Widescreen Browsing

> Limit the width of webpages for a better widescreen experience

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/widescreen-browsing](https://chrome-stats.com/d/widescreen-browsing)

## Overview

- **ID:** `widescreen-browsing`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Forelleh
- **Category:** appearance,tabs
- **Daily users:** 101
- **Weekly downloads:** 4
- **Rating:** 4.64 / 5 (11 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.1.0
- **Last updated:** 2023-01-08
- **First published:** 2020-07-01
- **Size:** 22 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/widescreen-browsing/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/nilshellerhoff/widescreen-browsing/issues](https://github.com/nilshellerhoff/widescreen-browsing/issues)

## Description

Widescreen Browsing is a handy Chrome extension designed to improve your widescreen internet experience by limiting the width of webpages. Many websites, like Wikipedia, stretch their content across wide screens, which can reduce readability. With this tool, you can set a preferred width for each domain, ensuring content remains comfortably readable without spanning the entire screen.

The extension is open-source, encouraging community collaboration and improvements. While still under development and not fully compatible with all websites, users can report issues or contribute at the GitHub repository. Widescreen Browsing offers a simple yet effective solution for users looking to customize how web content appears on widescreens, making browsing more enjoyable and less strainful on the eyes.

## Rankings

- #11,525 — Overall
- #13 — browsing
- #95 — screensaver
- #109 — screen time
- #131 — screen
- #138 — limit

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `storage`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/widescreen-browsing)