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 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

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Users: 68,080 ▲ 4.60K

Rating: 4.80 (31)

Version: 0.7.8 (Last updated: 2024-11-03)

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: 282.33K

URLs: Website ,Privacy policy

Ranking

# 526 ▲ 46

Other platforms

Reader View (v0.7.8)

4.69

(1,030) 300,000

Reader View (v1.0.7)

4.22

(23) 2,135

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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 including text size, background color, and paragraph width
Effective in removing ads and distractions for a better reading experience
Includes multiple dark modes and unique features like 'Bionic' style option
Simple to use with well-thought-out options that enhance readability
Feature-rich compared to other reader view extensions

Cons

May skip certain paragraphs, which can be problematic for users relying on complete information
Occasional errors in functionality, particularly after updates or at certain websites

Most mentioned

Great for reading without distractions
Excellent customization features
Highly recommended by users
Effective at enhancing the reading experience compared to built-in options

Recent reviews

Funciona perfectamente en Linux y es una excelente alternativa al lector predeterminado, ya que permite habilitar el lector por voz, al menos en esta versión

by Jesus, 2024-10-20

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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