Description
A chrome extension for customizing highlight color.
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Custom Highlight is a versatile Chrome extension praised for allowing custom highlight colors that improve readability and user focus. It works well on most websites and saves user settings persistently across restarts. However, it often requires refreshing or restarting Chrome to function properly and shows inconsistent performance on platforms like Google Docs. Some users experience loss of highlights on page reloads within a session, and the need to save settings manually when changing colors is seen as a drawback. Despite minor usability quirks, it is generally recommended and valued by its users.
Pros
- Custom Highlight allows users to change highlight colors, which is appreciated for better readability and eye comfort.
- It works well on most websites and is versatile across different types of content, including text files and Google Sheets.
- The extension saves settings and retains highlights after browser restarts, providing good persistence.
- Users find it easy to use after an initial refresh or restart, with many recommending restarting Chrome to solve issues.
- It offers a customization feature not commonly found in other highlight extensions, improving user focus and organization.
Cons
- Requires refreshing or restarting Chrome for changes to take effect and for highlights to show up consistently.
- Doesn't work reliably on certain platforms, notably Google Docs and Google Web Store pages, despite some claims to the contrary.
- Some highlights disappear after navigating away or refreshing the page, indicating inconsistent persistence during a session.
- Users must save settings every time they change highlight colors, which could be improved for convenience.
- Initial confusion and lack of clear instructions about the need to reload can be a minor usability hurdle.
Permissions
This extension can:
- storage
- scripting
This extension can access:
- <all_urls>
Additional Information
1.5.0
February 28, 2025
0.06 MB
en-US