Best Reader View

Tired of cluttered web pages full of commericals? Best Reader View cleans all up and renders the only main article of the page!

Best Reader View: Simplified Edge Add-on for Clutter-Free Reading

Best Reader View is a convenient add-on for the Edge browser designed to improve your online reading experience. It removes webpage clutters and displays only the article content, just like Safari's Reader View, but with a special new feature - the focus mode. Among other notable features are beautifully rendered pages, various customizable options like font, size, and themes, ability to open Best Reader automatically, option to take notes or highlight text, the Focus Mode that represents the content in the original page format, and the function to save pages as pdf or print them using Chrome's print command. Most importantly, it prioritizes user privacy by ensuring all processing is done locally within the browser, with no history info leaving your network.

Add-on stats

Users: 3,191
103
Rating: 4.20
(15)
Version: 1.2.6 (Last updated: 2021-04-13)
Version code: 1.2.6
Creation date: 2021-04-13
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • storage
  • activeTab
  • identity
  • chrome://favicon/
  • contextMenus
Size: 102.84K
Full description: See detailed description

Other platforms

Best Reader View (v1.2.7)
4.64 (58) 7,000
Not available on Android
Not available on Firefox
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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 Edge Add-on Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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
  • Comforting reading experience
  • Convenient and easy to use
  • Liked by users who prefer a neat and organized reading mode
Cons
  • Cannot disable reader mode easily
  • Does not work on many sites
  • Does not support bold font feature
  • Cannot open PDF files
Most mentioned
  • Need for a toggle to disable reader mode
  • Issues with functionality and ease of use
  • Request for PDF support
  • Desire for a bold font feature
  • Interest in a dark mode feature
User reviews
This extension makes the reading experience so comforting :'') Just add an option to turn off the reader mode. That would be super convenient. I had to refresh the page whenever I needed to disable the reader mode which honestly does not make sense to me. Thanks
by Abrar, 2021-12-07

Doesn't work, as far as I can tell.
by Joseph, 2021-06-15

please remove- highlight only one line per paragraph
by Divyanshu, 2021-05-11
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Add-on safety

Risk impact

Best Reader View requires very minimum permissions.

Risk impact analysis details
  • High Injects scripts into web pages, which may alter or extract site contents, resulting in a substantial risk.
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Risk likelihood

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