Reader View

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

Reader View: Simple, Distraction-Free Reading on Edge

'Reader View' is an Edge add-on developed from Mozilla's open-source Readability. It enhances reading by removing clutter and distractions such as buttons and advertisements from webpages. It also provides tools for personalizing reading view with changes in color, background-color, font and width. Additional features include reading in fullscreen mode, saving pages in HTML format, providing text to speech engine, document emailing, mathematical formulas display, and much more.

Add-on stats

By: Bermet
Version: 0.8.0 (Last updated: 2024-11-18)
Creation date: 2021-07-21
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • storage
  • activeTab
  • scripting
  • contextMenus
  • notifications
  • declarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess
Size: 284.52K

Other platforms

Reader View (v0.8.0)
4.69 (1,046) 300,000
Not available on Android
Reader View (v1.0.7)
4.22 (23) 2,165
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Add-on summary

Reader View extension brings Mozilla's open-source Readability implantation to Chromium. Using this extension you can strip clutters from webpages and read them on "Reader View" mode. The extension allows you to toggle between normal view and reader view by pressing the page-action button.

Note that reader view mode works best for web pages that have a lot of content. There are some tools in the left side panel that can help you personalize your Reader View. You can change color, background-color, font-size, font-family and width of the reader view.

Features: -> Remove distraction -> Read in fullscreen mode -> Remove advertisements -> Save in HTML format -> Print document -> Read content using a powerful Text to Speech (TTS) engine -> Edit HTML content (live editor) -> Email document (with title, body, and reference to the original document) -> Correctly display mathematical formulas (MathJax equations are Supported) -> Highlight selected text

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User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Edge Add-on Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Highly customizable readability options
  • Works well for various websites including news sites
  • Includes features like text size adjustment and background color changes
  • Bionic style option available
  • Extensibility and configurability through CSS
Cons
  • Sometimes skips certain paragraphs
  • Issues with images being removed in reading mode
  • Recent technical errors impacting functionality
  • Text-to-speech feature may not work for all users
Most mentioned
  • Excellent reader view extension
  • Customization features are appreciated
  • Not all websites display correctly
  • User-friendly interface
User reviews
It is impossible to use. The program cuts out all photos (pictures, illustrations) in the "reading" mode and prints the PDF file. That is, the program damages the display of the site._ Использовать невозможно. Программа вырезает все фото (картинки, иллюстрации) в режиме "чтение" и вывод на печать файла PDF. То есть, программа повреждает отображение сайта.
by Mark, 2024-11-14

It's useful but be careful as it skips certain paragraphs of the webpage. Due to this uncertainty related to this app, I wasted my time working on an assignment for which those missed paragraphs were key to solving the assignment.
by Rajesh, 2024-03-11

Fantastic. Love that you included a "Bionic" style option, helps me a lot.
by Reony, 2023-07-20
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Add-on safety

Risk impact

Reader View requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Reader View is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

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