Charset

Charset

Modify the default encoding for the website

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What is Charset?

Charset is an Edge extension tool aimed at improving your web browsing experience. Leveraging this tool, users can manually modify the default encoding for websites, which is particularly useful for websites configured incorrectly where the browser cannot accurately determine the encoding used. This resolves the issue of websites displaying garbled characters. Originally designed for websites primarily scripted in Chinese and English, it now comes with extensive language support. In addition, the extension records and pins the three most recently used encodings and supports setting default encoding for all pages.

Merlin
Stats
Stats date:
Rating: 4.70 (9)
Version: 0.5.4 (Last updated: 2020-07-15)
Creation date: 2020-07-15
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • <all_urls>
  • webRequest
  • webRequestBlocking
  • contextMenus
  • tabs
Size: 55.59K
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Other platforms

Charset
Charset (v0.5.5)
4.78 (110) 173,540
Not available on Firefox
Merlin
Summary

Due to the low frequency of use, Chromium-based browsers removed the ability to manually set the webpage encoding after version 55. However, on some websites that are configured incorrectly, the new browser cannot accurately determine the encoding used, which causes the website to display garbled characters.

Open Source Address on GitHub: https://github.com/jinliming2/Chrome-Charset

v0.5.4(2020/7/6)

  1. [Matching] Prioritize matching based on request type (GitHub Issue: #18-https://github.com/jinliming2/Chrome-Charset/issues/18)
  2. [i18n] Supplementary extended description

v0.5.3(2020/3/15)

  1. [Style] Adapt to the new Edge browser

v0.5.2(2019/5/12)

  1. [Style] Adapt to the Dark mode theme in the new Chrome
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User reviews
so-so

感谢你们的辛勤付出,更改网页语言编码虽然使用频率不高,但是在遇到乱码时这个能解决看不懂的问题。非常好的一款扩展工具!
by 隽辰, 2022-01-06

Nice app, works very good!
by Tomáš, 2021-08-30
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Safety
Risk impact

Charset is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this add-on. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Charset if you trust the publisher.

Risk likelihood

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

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