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Too Wide!

Too Wide!

Sites such as Wikipedia insist on using the full width of the screen. This add-on adds a contextual menu (right-click) item which allows you reduce the width of the document body.

What is Too Wide!?
Too Wide! is a Firefox add-on that allows you to reduce the width of websites like Wikipedia, making them more comfortable to read. Customize the page width and enjoy a pleasant reading experience even on wider screens.
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Users: 83 ▲ 2
Rating: 4.28 (18)
Version: 2.1.1 (Last updated: 2022-09-27)
Creation date: 2017-04-02
Weekly download count: 4
Firefox on Android: Yes
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • activeTab
  • contextMenus
  • storage
Size: 118.86K
URLs: Website
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Sites such as Wikipedia insist on using the full width of the screen. For many of us, this means it renders the page much too wide to be comfortably readable.

This add-on adds a contextual (right-click) menu which allows you to toggle the width of the current page.

By default, the new width will be 960px. You can adjust this in preferences.

Although designed to work with Wikipedia and its cousins, it will also work with many other pages designed a long time ago, before wide screens became fashionable.

User reviews
This was redundant and doesn't do what I hoped. I hoped it would widen those pages that unnecessarily narrow the text like the pre-WebEX "Dr. Body Narrow" did. Instead of this, just use "Restore" aka "Windowed mode" instead of maximizing the size of the browser window and adjust the size of the window to the size you want.
by SlickRCBD, 2023-05-19
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Risk impact

Too Wide! may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this add-on. Review carefully before installing.

Risk likelihood

Too Wide! has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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