Merlin
Reader View

Reader View

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

What is Reader View?
Reader View is an Edge extension providing a seamless reading experience by stripping away non-essential elements from web pages. It utilizes Mozilla's Readability library for similar experience to the Firefox browser's reader. Key features include direct opening of websites and site links in Reader View, fullscreen reading, text to speech, advertisement removal & keyboard shortcuts. You can save pages in HTML format. An orange button appears in the browser toolbar while in use, and click or back button navigation returns you to the normal browser view.
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Version: 1.0.2 (Last updated: 2020-08-18)
Creation date: 2020-08-18
Risk impact: Very low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • storage
  • activeTab
  • contextMenus
  • declarativeContent
  • chrome://favicon/
Size: 1.46M
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# 1223 ▼ 2
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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 summary
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Pros
  • Seamless experience
  • Good visibility
  • Customizable
Cons
  • Save button error
  • Reading aloud issues
Most mentioned
  • Seamless experience
  • Good visibility
  • Customizable
Recent reviews
Very nice--works great--no issues--very useful--gets rid of stuff to help you read page better.
by Harvey, 2021-10-14
Love it! Makes web pages more readable and focussed.
by Harvey, 2024-04-24
Very nice--works great--no issues--very useful--gets rid of stuff to help you read page better.
by Harvey, 2021-10-14
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Safety
Risk impact

Reader View is safe to use. It does not request any sensitive permissions.

Risk likelihood

Reader View has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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