Reader Mode for Browser™

Strips away clutter like buttons, background images, and changes the page's text size, contrast and layout for better readability

Reader Mode for Browser™ - Enhance Web Readability

Reader Mode for Browser™ is an Edge add-on that removes clutter from web pages to improve readability. It allows users to open websites directly in reader view, access reader view button from page action, save in HTML format, and more.
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Add-on stats

Users: 12,497
52
Rating: 4.80
(70)
Version: 3.0.0 (Last updated: 2024-05-02)
Creation date: 2020-08-18
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • storage
  • activeTab
  • contextMenus
  • declarativeContent
  • notifications
  • scripting
  • storage
Host permissions:
  • *://favicon/
Size: 385.71K

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Add-on summary

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Reader View extension removes clutter from web pages to enhance their readability. The extension uses Mozilla's Readability library as the engine to provide similar experience from what you get if you are on the Firefox browser.

After installation, a button is added to your browser's toolbar area. Pressing this button once opens the current page in the "Reader View" mode. You will notice the button's color will be changed to orange while you are in the reader view mode. Clicking on this orange button or pressing the back button of your browser closes the "Reader View" mode and restores the normal rendering mode. Since the extension uses history API, the page scroll position and the entire session is restored when "Reader View" mode is terminated.

★★★ Main Features ★★★

✔ Open website directly in reader view ✔ Open website's links directly in the reader view ✔ Access the reader view button from a page action button ✔ Fullscreen reading ✔ Advertisement removing

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User reviews

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Pros
  • Makes web pages more readable and focused
  • Good functionality with text highlighting for cluttered websites
  • Immersive reading experience with options for customization
  • Works well with PDF saving and has good visibility
  • User-friendly interface with useful tools for reading
Cons
  • Issues with saving PDFs, like missing images
  • Reading aloud feature doesn't work for full-length articles
  • Could improve interface and compatibility with some web images
Most mentioned
  • Effective for simplifying cluttered web pages
  • Good for reading and saving articles
  • User-friendly features and tools for reading
  • Issues reported with PDF saving functionality
User reviews
摸鱼好助手！
by 怀德, 2024-05-29
Love it! Makes web pages more readable and focussed.
by Harvey, 2024-04-24
Seamless experience, good visibility. Functionality based on highlighting text before entering Read mode is a lifesaver on cluttered websites.
by Marcin, 2024-04-05
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Add-on safety

Risk impact

Reader Mode for Browser™ requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Reader Mode for Browser™ has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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