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?
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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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Pros
- Highly customizable with text size, width of paragraphs, and image sizes
- Different reading modes, including dark modes and 'Bionic' style
- Reduces clutter by removing ads and non-essential elements from webpages
Cons
- May skip important paragraphs of the webpage, leading to incomplete information
- Sudden breakdowns or errors on sites that previously worked well
- Text-to-speech (TTS) does not work
Most mentioned
- Customizability and user-adjustable settings
- Occasional malfunctions or errors in execution
- Effective decluttering of web pages for improved reading
Recent reviews
Safety
Risk impact
Reader View is relatively safe to use as it 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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