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Reader View

Reader View

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

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manifest.json

{
  "manifest_version": 3,
  "name": "Reader View",
  "description": "__MSG_description__",
  "default_locale": "en",
  "version": "0.7.5",
  "permissions": [
    "storage",
    "activeTab",
    "scripting",
    "contextMenus",
    "notifications",
    "declarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess"
  ],
  "optional_permissions": [
    "favicon"
  ],
  "optional_host_permissions": [
    "<all_urls>"
  ],
  "background": {
    "service_worker": "worker.js"
  },
  "action": {},
  "homepage_url": "https://webextension.org/listing/chrome-reader-view.html",
  "icons": {
    "16": "data/icons/16.png",
    "32": "data/icons/32.png",
    "48": "data/icons/48.png",
    "64": "data/icons/64.png",
    "128": "data/icons/128.png",
    "256": "data/icons/256.png",
    "512": "data/icons/512.png"
  },
  "options_ui": {
    "page": "data/options/index.html",
    "open_in_tab": true
  },
  "incognito": "split",
  "commands": {
    "_execute_action": {},
    "toggle-reader-view": {
      "description": "Toggle the Reader View"
    }
  },
  "web_accessible_resources": [
    {
      "resources": [
        "/data/reader/template.html"
      ],
      "matches": [
        "*://*/*"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "update_url": "https://edge.microsoft.com/extensionwebstorebase/v1/crx"
}