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!
What is Best Reader View?
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.
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Add-on stats

Rating: 4.20 (15)
Version: 1.2.6 (Last updated: 2021-04-13)
Creation date: 2021-04-13
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • storage
  • activeTab
  • identity
  • chrome://favicon/
  • contextMenus
Size: 102.84K

Ranking

# 2701 ▼ 19
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Best Reader View (v1.2.7)
4.70 (56) 7,000
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Add-on summary

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Best Reader View removes webpage clutters and renders only the article itself. It's modeled after Safari's Reader View, with an extra new feature called focus mode. Please try and find out.

Main features:

  1. Beautifully rendered pages that rivals that of Safari.
  2. Many different options like font, size, themes to choose from.
  3. Open Best Reader automatically as you wish.
  4. Take notes or highlight selections.
  5. The awesome Focus Mode let you view the content in its original page.
  6. Save page to pdf or print use Chrome's print command.
  7. Your data is safe! All processing is done locally in Edge Browser. No history is sent out to network.

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 Edge Add-on Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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 likelihood

Best Reader View has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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