Reader View

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 a powerful Firefox add-on designed for a comfortable reading experience on the internet. It implements the open-source readability version of Mozilla to Chromium. When activated, it strips away unnecessary elements such as buttons, background images, and adjusts the page's layout, text size, and contrast for ease of reading. Users can switch between normal and reader view mode with just one click on the page-action button. Other prominent features include fullscreen reading, advertisement removal, saving the page in HTML format, Text to Speech feature, and easy navigation to the next and previous pages. Keyboard shortcuts are available for most actions, enhancing usability. Try "Reader View" for a clutter-free reading encounter online.
Merlin
Stats
Rating: 4.00 (22)
Version: 1.0.7 (Last updated: 2019-11-21)
Creation date: 2019-09-30
Weekly download count: 68
Firefox on Android: No
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • storage
  • activeTab
  • contextMenus
  • https://*.freebusinessapps.net/*
  • notifications
Size: 1.51M
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Reader View
Reader View (v0.7.5)
4.68 (994) 300,000
Reader View
Reader View (v0.7.5)
4.80 (31) 67,983
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Summary

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.

Using navigation buttons in left sidebar you can simple save your Reader View on your Computer's hard drive or right in your Google drive.

Try our software now. Its 100% free to use, and you can access the test results onto your hard drive or Google Drive.

Main features:

  1. Fullscreen reading
  2. Advertisement removing
  3. Save in HTML format
  4. Text to Speech (TTS)
  5. Move to the next and previous pages
  6. Keyboard shortcuts for almost all actions
User reviews
User reviews summary
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Pros
  • Superb and easy of use, better than native function from firefox itself
  • Il lettore è estremamente utile per una lettura senza distrazione.
  • Fantastic! ... It works incredibly well.
Cons
  • Access my data to share with freebusinessapps.net
  • text to speech doesn't work
  • Not working _ не работает.
Most mentioned
  • Concerns about privacy related to data sharing with freebusinessapps.net
  • Usability and improvement over native Firefox reader view
  • Difficulty in customizing appearance like background colors
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Safety
Risk impact

Reader View is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

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

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