Bionic Reader

- Apply Bionic Reading style with adjustable strength to a webpage. - Adjustable vowels for different languages. - Adjustable font family, font size, font weight and font opacity. - Support Unicode characters. - Apply dark mode to a webpage.
What is Bionic Reader?
Bionic Reader is a user-friendly Firefox extension that applies Bionic Reading technique to any webpage, enhancing reading experience. With adjustable settings, it helps to alter font, size, weight and opacity as per user preference. It also supports Unicode characters and can customize vowels based on different languages. Adding to the readability, it provides an option to switch to dark mode.
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Add-on stats

By: Rain Jr.
Users: 4,791 ▲ 4
Rating: 3.92 (52)
Version: 1.6.25 (Last updated: 2024-01-08)
Creation date: 2022-07-15
Weekly download count: 149
Firefox on Android: Yes
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • storage
  • tabs
Size: 32.67K

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# 1177 ▼ 3
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  • For anyone, who want to see the SOURCE CODE, just google something like "HOW TO VIEW FIREFOX EXTENSION SOURCE CODE". The extension webpage keeps all previous versions with changes log and you can extract the extension file (*.xpi) EASILY to get the source code. I see no reason to public this extension on websites like github,...

  • Some websites may not work properly with this extension. They may use text node as a placeholder for other element and will break the page if we modified it.

  • You can use shortcut keys to quickly turn on/off and control other options, in case you encounter any problem.

  • Please adjust the text opacity in the options menu if you use dark mode, for better visibility.

1. Apply Bionic Reading style with adjustable strength to a webpage.

  • You can skip short words and short text (do no apply Bionic Reading style).
  • You can change the strength of bionic algorithm (more bold characters with higher value).

2. Adjustable vowels for different languages.

  • You can input characters that will be treated as vowels for the algorithm. For example: a á à ả ã ạ.

3. Adjustable font family, font size, font weight and font opacity.

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User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Firefox Browser Add-ons does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Great functionality for customizing typography on websites
  • User-friendly and intuitive interface
  • Works well across various websites, including dynamic sites
  • Free to use, making accessibility more approachable
  • Ability to restore original fonts easily
Cons
  • Breaks functionality on multiple websites, including popular ones like WhatsApp and Reddit
  • Issues with saving user settings and preferences
  • Lack of blacklist/whitelist options for better control over its application
  • Keyboard shortcut conflicts with other applications
  • Concerns over security and access to personal data
Most mentioned
  • Breaks functionality on several websites
  • Problems with saving settings
  • Need for whitelist/blacklist features
  • User-friendly with good typography options
  • Free to use unlike the original Bionic font
Recent reviews
This is great, the only issue I have with it is how domain exceptions are handled when the extension is enabled for all websites: there are no wildcards. This is annoying on sites that have many subdomains, for example all *.arduino.cc sites are buggy with the extension, so it would be a massive time saver to be able to blacklist all of them with a single entry rather than adding each one manually, and would also avoid missing any in the process.
by Leonito, 2024-11-04
by Firefox user 18667913, 2024-11-03
Good functionality options when it comes to the actual typography settings it applies, but currently breaks a huge amount of sites. This would benefit *massively* from two things: 1) the ability to provide class names it will apply to, rather than entire domains. 2) the ability to use a picker to select elements it would apply to, or right click and use the context menu to apply to that element (and that choice being saved).
by EmSixTeen, 2024-10-19
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Add-on safety

Risk impact

Bionic Reader requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

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

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