Description
Supercharge your paper reading: follow references, skim outline, jump to figures, cite and save.
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Extension Rank
"Button For Google" Keyword
"Article" Keyword
"Will" Keyword
"Summarize Pdf" Keyword
"Reader" Keyword
"Policy" Keyword
"Pdf" Keyword
"Night Mode" Keyword
"Install" Keyword
"Google Search" Keyword
"Google" Keyword
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Review Summary
Users find Google Scholar PDF Reader highly useful for research tasks, appreciating features like citation navigation, AI summaries, and night mode. However, common complaints include the absence of highlight and annotation tools, lack of two-page view, and certain performance issues on specific browsers. Additional requests include faster citation loading, better export data completeness (like DOI), and enhanced AI outline interaction. Overall, it's a helpful extension with room for improvement focused on usability and feature enhancement.
Pros
- Very useful for research, especially with citation navigation and AI-generated outlines/summaries.
- Night mode feature is well-liked and appreciated for reading comfort.
- Helps in filtering through papers and referencing with support for APA and other formats.
- Generally runs well and is considered a time saver for serious research.
- Offers easy access to full details on references and figures without navigating through document sections.
Cons
- Lacks highlighting, annotation, and note-taking features, which multiple users desire.
- Does not support two-page view, seen as a significant drawback compared to other PDF viewers.
- Performance issues on some browsers like Vivaldi and limited compatibility with Google Drive PDFs.
- Loading citations can be slow, and structure retention when copying AI outlines is poor.
- Missing DOI information when exporting BibTeX citations. Some requested zoom options on AI outline are absent.
Permissions
This extension can:
- webNavigation
- webRequest
- declarativeNetRequest
- scripting
- storage
- offscreen
- clipboardWrite
This extension can access:
- <all_urls>
Additional Information
0.2.5
April 23, 2025
3.43 MB
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Developer Information
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