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.

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Add-on stats

By: Bermet

Users: 58,964

371

Rating: 4.70

(33)

Version: 0.8.0 (Last updated: 2024-11-18)

Creation date: 2021-07-21

Risk impact: Low risk impact

Risk likelihood:

Moderate risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

storage
activeTab
scripting
contextMenus
notifications
declarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess

Size: 284.52K

URLs: Website ,Privacy policy

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# 582 ▼ 6

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Add-on summary

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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

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 Edge Add-on Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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 with various websites
User-friendly and great for the eyes
Feature-rich with editing capabilities
Excellent performance on Linux

Cons

Dull icon color makes it hard to identify
Issues with displaying images in reading mode
Occasionally skips paragraphs or content
Errors when executing scripts in some situations
TTS (text-to-speech) feature doesn't work consistently

Most mentioned

Highly customizable features
Good performance and usability
Dull icon color
Issues with images and content skipping
Errors reported while using the extension

User reviews

Can you please help me add the feature to save files as *.mhtml?

by Vi, 2025-01-09

I love this extension. It is awesome, except for one thing that gives me a bit of aggravation, which is that the grey icon for it is by far the most dull of the 10 extensions beside my address bar. Consequently, despite utilizing it the most of my extensions, it is the most difficult to visually scan for and click on. All icons of my other extensions are in lively colors and/or shapes; they stand out and are instantaneously recognizable. I simply wish the dull grey of the Reader View icon were changed to at least a bolder color. That's the only reason for the 4 stars not being 5. Despite that one annoyance, the combined functionality of Reader View and greater editing capabilities than others, makes this extension superior to the 6 or 7 others I've taken a look at.

by Blake, 2024-12-25

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

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